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Today i will gonna talk about the origin of aboriginal mountain shepherd dog
in Albania well known as "Molos dog" . So before i continue i would like you to support by subscribe
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primitive mountain shepherd dog . I will make a detailed description of physical traits
and general characteristic . We will look at the extraordinary anatomical similarity of the
exemplars found in Albania, with exemplar found in Caucasus , Anatolia, Middle East and Central Asia.
Archaic line of mountain shepherd dog is characterized by heterogeneity, a lot of
polymorphisms appear in the their physique. They are not standard breed they are mongrels.
The fur of the dogs express varieties of colours ,specific and characteristic of those dog
is harsh hair. The length of the hair is variable 3 to 9 centimeter .
It is close related to the environment and the temperature .
The size of those dogs start from 35 kg and up to 70 kg ,
with an average weight 40 to 55 kg . The height of those dogs start from 60 to 80 centimeters
these dogs are athletic and durability to work in mountains terrain . This
ability is an attribute of harmonious skeleton construction, covered by developed musculature .
These dogs have a trapezoidal head , in some exemplar the head is triangular , the
ears of these dogs were cut, to prevent injury during the fight against other dog or predators
and to have a better hearing. The ears cropped give these exemplars the silhouette of the wolf.
This similarity is characteristic of primitive shepherd dog , but it's not simple a coincidence,
in these primitive mountain dogs , wolf genes flow . In many times
these dogs and wolves interbreed each other's, because these dogs
are breed and select in nature . Prevalence of wolf genes in those dogs is 13%
Body dimension of these dogs varies due to heterogeneity . In this group of
primitive shepherd dog , some are taller, some are shorter ,some come wider,
some come more fitness . There are several subtypes in this diverse pond of primitive
mountain dogs . Their characteristic is present of a dry body without dropping skin . These dog does
not express modern mastiff anatomic feature, they have a moderated gill . Eyes are sharp looking.
They have dry lips ,
the upper lips does not go more than under jaw . They do not have a visible dewlap.
These primitive mountain shepherd dog are the source dog of many famous breed,
like turkish kangal, Akbash, Sarplaninac Caucasian shepherd and more .
In different regions these dogs have local names that reflect their archive lines .
Different locations do not reflect a particular breeds, they are traditional names in Albania
we call them "Moloss" because of the fame in antiquity expressed by the philosopher
in ancient Greece, in Georgia these dog call it "Nagazi" , in Armenia "Gampr" , in Azerbaijan
people call them Gurbasar, in Kyrgyzstan they call "kyrgyz-dobot" .
In the North Caucasus people call them " North Caukasian Volkodav " .
The question is where these dogs came from ?! Where these dogs originated?!
To answer those questions we must go back to the
beginning : where livestock and agriculture were born .
By the studies of scholars and the evidences : Agriculture and livestock were born and developed
in Fertile Crescent and in territory of Anatolia . In this territory have
been found archaeological evidences of taming of animals. The Balkan region was closely connected
with this territory . these livestock crops were spread in the Balkan by immigration of Neolithic
farmers . The first migration from asia to europe is thought to be the Danube branch or Danube route
and the second is the Mediterranean branch . And the third is the North Pontic migration .
from the northeast europe
to the balkan , but also show the dissemination of south eastern european farmers into central
Europe . We have a different migration road of livestock into Europe . Was the
Neolithic farmers of Anatolia and Fertile Crescent the one who specialized these dogs,
who were originated from central asia, they profilized them as livestock guardian dog
and were those Neolithic farmers , Pelagian and Phoenician , that spread the livestock and
these primitive line of livestock guardian dogs into Europe . An indisputable proof is the DNA.
Balkan dogs are dominated by " haplogroups A" , these haplogroups originate from Asia
and special from Central Asia and Siberia . Mountain sheedogs of Balkan
are grouped in the Middle East , Because Middle East and Anatolia is the origin of livestock
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