Kars dog — Specs and Facts (2026)

About the Kars dog

The Kars Shepherd, Turkish: Kars Çoban Köpeği, is a Turkish breed of livestock guardian dog. It is one of three breeds of flock guardian dog in Turkey, the others being the Akbash and the Kangal.
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More dog breeds from Turkey

Akbash Turkey Lives 10 yrs Photo: Jerry Kirkhart · CC BY 2.0

Anatolian Shepherd Turkey Height 71 cmWeight 40 kgLives 10 yrs Photo: Dfence · CC BY-SA 3.0

Kangal Shepherd Dog Turkey Photo: friend of tr:Onur1991 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Zerdava Turkey Photo: Annwfwn · CC BY-SA 4.0

Turkish Greyhound Turkey

Other livestock guardian dog breeds

Pyrenean Mountain Dog Spain Height 65 cm Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Tibetan Mastiff People's Republic of China Height 61 cm Photo: Pets Adviser · CC BY 2.0

Karst Shepherd Slovenia Height 54 cmWeight 25 kg Photo: Pleple2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photo credits7 photographs on this page

Akbash — Jerry Kirkhart · CC BY 2.0 · file page
Anatolian Shepherd — Dfence · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
Kangal Shepherd Dog — friend of tr:Onur1991 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
Zerdava — Annwfwn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
Pyrenean Mountain Dog — Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
Tibetan Mastiff — Pets Adviser · CC BY 2.0 · file page
Karst Shepherd — Pleple2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page

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