Akbaş (dog)
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Turkey |
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| Withers height: |
75.3 cm |
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| Weight: |
44.9 kg |
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Akbaş (literal meaning: "white head") or Akbaş Çoban Köpeği (literal meaning: "white head shepherd dog") refers to a molossoid shepherd dog type in Turkey with a continuously light coat.
description
The Akbaş has medium to long hair. The main color is plain milk to porcelain white. In studies of the Akbaş population in Turkey, the dogs had a mean mass of 44.9 kg and a shoulder height of 75.3 cm. The Akbaş has a strong innate protective behavior . His behavior is described as brave and loyal. In general, the dogs are reserved. But they are also very attentive and independent. An Akbaş can be very fast and persistent and, like many other livestock guardians , can effortlessly jump over a man-high fence. The Akbaş is similar to the Kangal , except for the color, but can be clearly distinguished from it genetically.
Spread, threat status
In Turkey, the Akbaş is mainly found in the provinces of Ankara , Afyon , Eskişehir and Konya . The population there is smaller than that in the USA, where the Akbaş is bred as a pedigree dog. There is also the Akbaş in Canada and the Netherlands.
Recognition as a breed
There is no recognition by the FCI as a dog breed . The recognition of the dog breed by the FCI is operated by the Turkish dog breeding association KIF . The breed of dog that is developed and bred on the basis of this type in Turkey is called Türk Çoban Köpeği Akbaş in the breed standard .
In the FCI there was the Anatolian Shepherd Dog until 2018 , whose standard allowed all colors, including black-headed and white dogs. Since 2018, however, it has been replaced by the Kangal Shepherd Dog, which no longer includes white dogs in the standard.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e O. Yılmaz, HD Sireli, M. Ertuğrul: The shepherd dog breeds in turkey: a survey. In: Research Opinions in Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 5 (4) 2015, pp. 172–177.
- ↑ Dorit Urd Feddersen-Petersen : Expert opinion on keeping guard dogs , Kiel, 2000
- ↑ Orhan Yılmaz, Mehmet Ertuğrul, R. Trevor Wilson: Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production August 27–31, 2012 Bratislava Slovakia ( The domestic livestock resources of Turkey: breed descriptions and status of guard and hunting dogs . ( Memento from June 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )) PDF; 8.6 MB
- ↑ see the homepage of the breeding association KIF on which these dog types are presented
- ↑ Türk Çoban Köpeği Akbaş. In: Akkuş. (Magazine of Akbaş Çoban Köpeğini Koruma ve Araştırma Derneği, AKAD 'Association for the Conservation and Research of the Akbaş Shepherd Dog' ) No. 4, May 2016, pp. 14-21.