Armenian pet lovers

Gampr – the national dog breed of Armenia. This very ancient breed of dog, which had formed naturally by the Armenian Plateau old, guarding flocks of sheep from attack by predators – wolves, bears, leopards. Indeed gampr a variety of local Armenian Caucasian Shepherd, specifically Caucasian wolfhound. Under the name of the Caucasian sheep-dog, this breed of dog registered in the Kennel Club, but to a group of dogs known as Alsatians (collie, sheltie, bobtail, briar), she has little in common, as is typical in its origin mastiffs. Consequently caucasian shepherd is much more closely related to the English Mastiff and German mastiff than with sheepdogs.

From the Caucasian sheep-dogs, which we used to see on the exhibitions, gampr differs in that is still only a working dog, capable of in which case alone does not kill very large Caucasian wolf. Caucasian Sheepdog are of two types – long-haired and shorthaired. And the latter type recently unfortunately forgotten. At exhibitions fluffy dog with a huge mane make more impressed and it is this type of preference. Therefore, the vast majority of the Caucasian Sheepdog has a very long coat COSATU and resembles a bear or a lion. However, the train for a working dog is much more suited shorter hair. Therefore, wool of gampr relatively shorter than in the exhibition of the Caucasian sheep-dogs, but has sufficient length and thickness to withstand extreme cold, typical of mountainous regions of Armenia. Too long hair is in such circumstances would be stuck with dirt and dust (after all, the shepherds do not have time daily comb their dogs). Moreover, by ingestion of water or moisture, in a long coat in freezing temperatures formed icicles, and then it completely loses its cold tolerance quality. It is worth to note that even in the arctic wolves, as well as the northern sled dogs such as huskies hair is very thick, but not too long. Also we should remember St. Bernard. At the time when this breed of dogs used to locate and rescue people in the mountains, she was short-haired. Long-haired St. Bernard type appeared only later.

From the Caucasian Sheepdog gampr differ also in size. Gampr – a large, powerful and very physically strong dog, but it is never so huge and heavy as some of the Caucasian sheep-dogs show class. Too heavy dog, with dyspnea and disease of the joints simply would not have survived in those conditions in which they live of gampr not one millennium. You should also say a few words about the temperament and character of gampr. In contrast to the Caucasian sheep-dogs, he is not as aggressive and ferocious people. When the shepherd returned to the mountains, he passes with his flock of sheep and dogs guarding it through all the village, at the same time as you can imagine, he does not keep their dogs on a leash. The dog, which would rush to the people and would be for them potentially dangerous for this purpose, as you can imagine, does not fit to. Aggression and anger of gampr aimed solely at those who encroach on the property or the life of his master, whether man or beast. In conclusion, article I would like to add that based on their physical and mental data, the Armenian gampr is one of the most dangerous dogs in action and one of the best hounds in the world. Against the background of many corrupt unwise selection of breeds, gampr remains extremely healthy physically working dog. 

Gampr – the national dog breed of Armenia. This very ancient breed of dog, which had formed naturally by the Armenian Plateau old, guarding flocks of sheep from attack by predators – wolves, bears, leopards. Indeed gampr a variety of local Armenian Caucasian Shepherd, specifically Caucasian wolfhound. Under the name of the Caucasian sheep-dog, this breed of dog registered in the Kennel Club, but to a group of dogs known as Alsatians (collie, sheltie, bobtail, briar), she has little in common, as is typical in its origin mastiffs. Consequently caucasian shepherd is much more closely related to the English Mastiff and German mastiff than with sheepdogs.

From the Caucasian sheep-dogs, which we used to see on the exhibitions, gampr differs in that is still only a working dog, capable of in which case alone does not kill very large Caucasian wolf. Caucasian Sheepdog are of two types – long-haired and shorthaired. And the latter type recently unfortunately forgotten. At exhibitions fluffy dog with a huge mane make more impressed and it is this type of preference. Therefore, the vast majority of the Caucasian Sheepdog has a very long coat COSATU and resembles a bear or a lion. However, the train for a working dog is much more suited shorter hair. Therefore, wool of gampr relatively shorter than in the exhibition of the Caucasian sheep-dogs, but has sufficient length and thickness to withstand extreme cold, typical of mountainous regions of Armenia. Too long hair is in such circumstances would be stuck with dirt and dust (after all, the shepherds do not have time daily comb their dogs). Moreover, by ingestion of water or moisture, in a long coat in freezing temperatures formed icicles, and then it completely loses its cold tolerance quality. It is worth to note that even in the arctic wolves, as well as the northern sled dogs such as huskies hair is very thick, but not too long. Also we should remember St. Bernard. At the time when this breed of dogs used to locate and rescue people in the mountains, she was short-haired. Long-haired St. Bernard type appeared only later.

From the Caucasian Sheepdog gampr differ also in size. Gampr – a large, powerful and very physically strong dog, but it is never so huge and heavy as some of the Caucasian sheep-dogs show class. Too heavy dog, with dyspnea and disease of the joints simply would not have survived in those conditions in which they live of gampr not one millennium. You should also say a few words about the temperament and character of gampr. In contrast to the Caucasian sheep-dogs, he is not as aggressive and ferocious people. When the shepherd returned to the mountains, he passes with his flock of sheep and dogs guarding it through all the village, at the same time as you can imagine, he does not keep their dogs on a leash. The dog, which would rush to the people and would be for them potentially dangerous for this purpose, as you can imagine, does not fit to. Aggression and anger of gampr aimed solely at those who encroach on the property or the life of his master, whether man or beast. In conclusion, article I would like to add that based on their physical and mental data, the Armenian gampr is one of the most dangerous dogs in action and one of the best hounds in the world. Against the background of many corrupt unwise selection of breeds, gampr remains extremely healthy physically working dog.

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