Sunday March 22, 2009

Meet the Asian Ovcharka Dog Ancient livestock guardians come from the Central Asian Republics of the former USSR. These dogs are very large and muscular. They are calm, fearless flock guardians. They are independent and will stand their ground. Loving and protective of their families, they should be supervised with children. Socialization is a must, this is not the breed for a timid owner. These dogs need lots of exercise and room to run. Their dense coat comes in 2 varieties, long and short. They do not require a lot of grooming, but will shed heavily in the Spring. These dogs are NOT herding or Police dogs. They weigh 88 to 143 lbs. and stand 24-32″ at the shoulders.
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Good morning, this week I have decided to feature some of the Rare Breeds Dogs we hardly see, some we hardly hear of in the states. I hope you enjoy learning about them. I know, I am learning more just doing the research on them all. Bob and I have judged for the American Rare Breed Assoc. many years ago. Several of the breeds we judged are now AKC registered, some in the Miscellanous classes. Many new breeds have been added since then so this will help me(at least) bring myself up to date.
Bob and I headed out to the kennel and did the morning chores which all of you know by now. I snapped a few photographs of Bob in action.
While I was outside I looked around for some signs of spring and nothing. You’ll see in the slideshow what I was able to find, nothing really springy.
I am going to try and install a new photo editing program so be patient with me adding the slide show this morning.
Have a great day and hopefully I can get this up and running shortly.
Here we go…