Karakachan Dogs

History and information on the breed
 The Karakachan is a breed of dog that originated in Bulgaria as a mountain livestock guardian dog.
The dog is named after the Karakachans, Balkan Greek nomadic shepherds. The Karakachan dog is one of Europe's oldest breeds,created for guarding its owner's flock and property; it does not hesitate to fight wolves or bears to defend its owner and his family in case of danger. Its ancestors started forming as early as the third millennium BC. The Karakachan dog is a descendant of the dogs of the Thracians, renowned as stock-breeders. The dog is named after the Karakachans. Due to their conservative stock-breeding traditions, they managed to preserve some of the oldest breeds of domestic animals in Europe - the Karakachan sheep, the Karakachan horse, and, of course, the Karakachan Dog
The Karakachan belongs to the rare livestock protection breeds. The dogs are effective at flock protection against predation and theft. Since 1998, there have been three cases of successful predator attacks in the flocks provided with dogs for this project. In one flock of 650 sheep, four had been killed, but this was due to the shepherds dividing the flock in half during grazing, and one half had been left without dogs.
The Karakachan dog is strictly territorial. It accepts the flock as its territory, wherever it is. Being close to the flock, they become visibly aggressive if the flock is threatened. If a stranger tries to remove an animal from the flock, the dogs will become seriously aggressive. However, when a flock is passing through a village the dogs walk calmly without paying attention to people. There is another reason for the lack of accidents: the tradition of guarding livestock with big, aggressive dogs has always existed in Bulgaria. Everyone knows about them and people simply avoid the flocks, so conflicts do not occur. Also there are dogs, which are not really aggressive towards people, but in the same time are excellent guards against other animal predators. The trends in breeding these dogs are to produce offspring less aggressive towards people.
Karakachan dogs are large, long-haired, massive dogs with a well-developed musculature and well-expressed sexual dimorphism. Males are a minimum of 65 centimeters in height; females at least 60 cm. Karakachan dogs are used as herding dogs to escort and guard sheep and goat herds in Bulgaria. From 2004, Karakachan dogs guard successfully livestock on many farms in the U.S.

Don't get confused
The Karakachan dog is also used for the creation of new breeds. In the last 15 years, the Karakachan dog has been used by some amateur dog fans in Bulgaria to create a new big show breed, the Bulgarian Shepherd dog, with which the Karakachan dog should not be confused. These are cross-breeds of Karakachan dogs with giant breeds such as Caucasian Ovcharka, Central Asian Ovcharka, Moskow watchdog, Saint Bernard, Landseer and Newfoundland. The goal is to create giant, heavy dogs similar in coloration to the native Karakachan dog. These new dogs are bred mostly as a pets.


Origin: Bulgaria

Higher classification: Dog

Temperament: Intelligent, Independent, Dominant, Brave, Proud, Vigilant

Height: Male: 25–30 inches (63–75 cm), Female: 24–27 inches (60–69 cm)

Colors: Tri-color, Bi-color

AVAILABLE NOW !!!!!
 ALL SALES ARE CURRENTLY PENDING:
******** NOTE; we have gotten new blood lines in and will be breeding again in 2-3 years**********

Lillian ( Name and Sale Pending)

Whelped :March 30, 2014

Status: Intact

Sex: Female

Health concerns: None

Worked with: Goats (3-13 weeks of age) , Sheep NOW, and has been around birds 5< + weeks of age

Breeding status: breedable when of age.

Registration status: Paid for

Current Dogs with Our Farm
Dogs currently Working on our farm, No matter how out dated the photos are!

Rouge (Male, Breeder sire )

                                  Updated pic (above)

Rouge is currently out in the main field working with goats. 

 Lydia( Female, Momma Dog)
(only issue is the older she gets, the fatter she gets :P )

Updated pic (below)

momma dog is currently working with one of her puppies and still with baby goats to this day 

 Noel ( Female, whelped, 12/10/12, Status: Spayed)

Noel Is currently working with a mixture of animals and is still under going training.

 Luke (Male, Status: NO breeding Intact to be "snipped", whelped 12/10/12)

Luke is currently working with poultry 

Mitzi ( Female, status: Future Breeder: Whelped : 1/22/14, Breeder Beth Nelson)

Mitzi  is currently working with Sheep 

 

Dogs From the Past! 
Nidylia: No longer with us. She did her job and protected the herd, and we salute and morn her for our loss.

 

PAST LITTERS! 

                                   12/10/2012 

March 30,2014

Tibor (above) "Lillian" (below)

Melina (Below)

*Bath time!* 

Nika(Above)

Owners from the Past who got back!

This is JR. I sold him around Aug I sold him to a cattle ranch up  in ABQ NM. :) I got a update pic. I love this pic, and he loves his cows :D ( THANK YOU TO RAY FOR THE PIC)

(Below) Lobo (at 4 months) being introduced to one of hes new working partners a Tetra at Trumpkinland Fibers

Spike (Below)

THANK YOUS 
Because I love my customers here are a few Thank yous!

Thank you to Ray from Albuquerque For the Adoption of JR
Thank you to Elizabeth from Farmington area for the Adoption of Lady Bird
Thank you to the Hoppers from Roswell for the adoption of Patch!
Thank you to Trumpkinland Fiber's Fran and Carl from Washington State for the Adoption of Lobo
Thank you to Brook from WA, for the Adoption of Melinia
Thank you to Beth from OR for the blood line swap!  

And The Many more Who have Adopted from us <3 We love you guys and hope you love your dogs!   

A little more....

• I only sell to those who have livestock and property and the funds to take care of the animal.  
• These dogs need work and are not meant to be indoor pets.
• Protective over family and herd
• Not friends towards all pets ( may see herding dogs as a predator) So need to be trained with them. Email me for more information@ sunshinedezi@gmail.com   
•  My family are  registered breeders with The Karakachan Association