Kangal Shepherd Dog

Working & guardian dogs · Turkey

About the Kangal Shepherd Dog

The Kangal Shepherd Dog or Turkish Kangal is a traditional Turkish breed of large livestock guardian dog. The breed name derives from that of the town and district of Kangal in Sivas Province, the easternmost province of the Central Anatolia Region in central Turkey. The coat colour varies from pale fawn to wolf grey, always with a black mask.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Kangal Shepherd Dog” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Varieties on the map

These varieties have their own Wikidata entries but are covered by this Wikipedia article, so they share this page: Anatolian Shepherd (Turkey).

Type	Working & guardian dogs
Origin (Wikidata)	Turkey
Map pin	Representative point in Turkey (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 70–80 cm (28–31 in) Females: 63–75 cm (25–30 in)
Weight	Males: 48–60 kg (106–132 lb) Females: 40–50 kg (88–110 lb)
Size class	Giant (our grouping, from the weight above)
FCI classification	Group 2 (standard no. 331)
Wikidata	Q38508

Height and weight as given in the infobox of the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0), with unit conversions added; we omit figures we cannot read reliably.

Dog breeds from Turkey · Working & guardian dogs