Kangal Dog Stronger and Big

Kangal Dog-Size:
Males: Weight 50-63 kg (110 - 140lbs)
Height 76 - 81.5 cm (30 - 32 ins)
Bitches: Weight 41 - 59 kg (90 - 130 lbs)
Weight: 41 - 59 kg (90 - 130 lbs)
Height: 71 -78.5 cm (28 - 31 ins)

The Kangal Dog is the first and most famous livestock guardian breed that springs to mind in Turkey. Ask anyone and they will start bragging about the breed with respect and pride. Kangal Dogs are the dogs which for many people set the benchmark for livestock guardian dog standards. To them the breed is the embodiment of their national link to Central Asia. It is the best-recognised breed of dog in Turkey and it is considered a national treasure. There are many governmental and university breeding facilities to secure the future of the breed. It is mainly native to Central Anatolia. It is also known as Kangal Dog of Sivas, a historic city on the route of the Silk Road and famous for sheep husbandry for centuries. Little is known about its origin but the reason why it is associated with the city of Sivas could be the fact that animal husbandry in this important city and its provincial towns such as Kangal must have involved a large population of good quality dogs in the past. The breed thus got its name after the town of Kangal, Sivas.

Their resemblance to the breed of sheep they protect is striking. The Akkaraman sheep with its characteristic black face and ears seem to require no other breed of dogs than a Kangal Dog. The steppes of Central Anatolia also seems to have shaped these dogs with a perfect physique. A shepherd cannot ask for a better-adapted livestock guardian than a fawn dog with a black mask and black ears, resembling an Akkaraman sheep, in a treeless brown landscape.


In addition to the advantages of camouflage, the Kangal Dog is a large but active breed. Height at the withers for males is between 75 and 85 cm while it is 65–75 cm for females. A male between 50 and 65 kg and a female between 40 and 55 kg are considered in a good working dog weight. The breed’s double coat comes in colours ranging from fawn to steel grey depending on the outer coat’s dark coloured tips. A small white spot on the chest and white socks below the knees are acceptable, but the less the better. A black mask is the most well-known characteristic of the breed. That’s why it is also known as Karabaş (black head). Contrary to common belief, especially in England, this description is just a name for its colour, like tabby in cats. 

Accepting it as a breed name in England does not do justice to the identity of the breed, because not all dogs with black heads are Kangal Dogs in Turkey. Also in Sivas, “Karabaş” is a common name given to male Kangal Dogs. Today the Kangal Dog holds a very special place in the hearts and minds of Turkish people. In Kangal, Sivas, the district government holds an annual festival for the breed which attracts tourists from all over the world. Also in dog shows organised by the KIF (the Turkish Kennel Club) the classes where Kangal Dogs are entered get the most public attention with the biggest entry.

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