As previously announced, the Kennel Club (UK) will recognize the Turkish Kangal Dog with effect from 1 April 2013. Those owners who wish to transfer the registration of currently registered Anatolian Shepherd Dogs should contact the Registrations Dept on 0844 4633 980 for an application form. The breed standard for the Turkish […]
Dog Domestication History
It is by now generally accepted that the dog is a wolf modified through 15,000 or more years of sometimes intensive breeding to live in human society. In Darwin’s terms, the dog is a product of artificial selection, or “selection under domestication,” while the wild wolf is subject to the […]
Guard Dogs for Predator Control
INTRODUCTION Sheep producers losing lambs to predators or dogs find themselves seeking help to control or eliminate these losses. Several options are available to producers. Various kinds of electric and non-electric fences, traps to catch the predators, scare devices, cultural methods of penning sheep such as housing at night, using […]