Eligible Registries: Caucasian Ovcharka (Mountain Dog) Club of America, Any Acceptable Domestic or Foreign Registry

Contact: Caucasian Ovcharka (Mountain Dog) Club of America, Ms. Stacey Kubyn, PO Box 227, Chardon, OH 44024; (440) 286-2374; email: cocaclub@aol.com

Contact: American Association of Caucasian Ovcharka Owners, Jackie Renner, PO Box 336, Baker, MT 59313 tel. 406-772-5533; email: jackie@aacoo.net

From the May 2007 Board Meeting - The Caucasian Ovcharka will be eligible to compete in Companion Events effective January 1, 2008.

The authentic Caucasian Ovcharka is a livestock guarding dog of greater than average size and power possessing a robust constitution and exhibiting an inherent distrust of strangers.

The Caucasian Ovcharka is indigenous to the mountain regions of the Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani Union Republics; the Kabardino-Balkar, Daghestan and Kalmyk Autonomous Republics, and the steppe regions of the northern Caucasus and the Astrakhan district. For hundreds of years the Caucasian Ovcharka (Mountain Dog) has functioned as a guarding dog, herding dog, and historically as a fighting dog. Their faithfulness, protectiveness, and ferocity when called upon to defend is legendary.

The breed's intrepidity, hardiness, and tolerance for different temperatures and climates have made it possible to utilize the Caucasian Ovcharka (Mountain Dog) in almost all the regions of the Soviet Union.

Type varies geographically throughout the mountain range, and also varies according to the purpose for which the dogs were utilized. Generally, dogs of the transcaucasus regions are more massively built, while those found in the steppe regions have a somewhat rangier build, are leggier, and are often short-coated.

• The Caucasian Ovcharka has been assigned the Working Group designation.
• The Caucasian Ovcharka has been recorded in the Foundation Stock Service since 1996.
• Other names for the breed include Caucasian Owtcharka, Caucasian Sheepdog, Caucasian Shepherd, Kawkasky Owtscharka and Kaukasische Schaferhund.