Posted on 12/15/2017 10:43:53 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Sweet.
I was wondering about his poor paws.
But the owner is named Semen.
Could be, but he dog has a docked tail, too-a lot of people here trim the ears and dock the tails of dogs like Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, Danes, etc-other people leave both natural. The neighbor’s Mastiff has a docked tail but not the clipped ears.
Paws look bloody, too
You're right, I never noticed them.......
I don't know much about dogs and their ability to adjust to extreme climates but that particular dog doesn't seem to have the adequate coat for that severe cold.......Huskies, yes but not this dog.......and we're talking about 58 degrees below zero F...........Oh well.
Curiosity got the best of me, so-according to several sites with photos of both Caucasian Shepherds and Central Asian Shepherd dogs-they are native to really cold places and they look very similar-and like the doggie in the article their ears are pretty short, lots of them have docked tails. They have a thick coat that is not terribly long-my Siberian Husky girl’s coat was almost the same length-we got her from a kennel in WA, near the Canadian border.
Those Russian/Asian shepherd dogs are really big-the Caucasian ones can get above 200 lbs, the Asian breed standard is not much smaller. They are working dogs-mostly guarding people and livestock, but they can be used to herd, too-neat dogs-wish I could afford one-they are really pricey.
My older brother told me that one over 60 years ago.
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