Tobet
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The Tobet is a molosser
of very ancient origins, originating in Kazakhstan
. This dog may reach 90 kg in weight and be over 80 cm tall at the withers. Its main function is to protect livestock. In Russia it has earned the nickname of "Volkodav" which means “wolf crusher”. It can be employed to drive flocks of sheep or goats as well as herds of cattle or horses. It is also used to hunt boar together with tazy hounds (afghan hounds). This is a large molosser athletic enough to keep up with a horse at full gallop. During the era of the Soviet Union, Russian breeders created the so called "Central Asian Ovtcharkarka" by mixing several ancestral breeds of Asian molossers like the Alabai of Turkmenistan, the Tobet of Kazakhstan and the Torkuz of Uzbekistan. The Tobet is one of the original central Asian molosser breeds.
Molosser
Molosser is a category of large, solidly-built dog that includes several breeds, probably all descended from the same root stock. The name derives from Molossia, a subregion of ancient Epirus, ancient Greece, where the large shepherd dog was known as the Molossus.The proper noun "Mastiff", however,...
of very ancient origins, originating in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. This dog may reach 90 kg in weight and be over 80 cm tall at the withers. Its main function is to protect livestock. In Russia it has earned the nickname of "Volkodav" which means “wolf crusher”. It can be employed to drive flocks of sheep or goats as well as herds of cattle or horses. It is also used to hunt boar together with tazy hounds (afghan hounds). This is a large molosser athletic enough to keep up with a horse at full gallop. During the era of the Soviet Union, Russian breeders created the so called "Central Asian Ovtcharkarka" by mixing several ancestral breeds of Asian molossers like the Alabai of Turkmenistan, the Tobet of Kazakhstan and the Torkuz of Uzbekistan. The Tobet is one of the original central Asian molosser breeds.