Central Asian Shepherd Dog

The Central Asian Shepherd Dog, also known as the Alabay, Alabai (Turkmen: Alabaý), Tobet (Kazakh: Төбет, romanized: Töbet), and Turkmen Wolfhound (Russian: туркменский волкодав, romanized: turkmenskiy volkodav), is a livestock guardian dog breed. Traditionally, the breed was used for guarding sheep and goat herds, as well as to protect and for guard duty. In 1990, the State Agroindustrial Committee of Turkmenistan approved the standard of the Turkmen Wolf-Hound dog breed.

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