Breed Standards    

General Features:

Boz is not only one of the oldest livestock guardian dogs in Turkey, but also cattle dogs. It is also known as Guregh and Yörük dog. Boz are bred in the Toros Mountains and their surroundings in Southern Anatolia. Their main duty is to protect and secure the livestock at their barns as well as grazing on the land. In Turkey, Boz are bred and utilised for both livestock guardian and field security dogs. They have been performing duties all over the world as livestock guardian since the beginning of the 21st Century. Boz are one of the most successful livestock guardian canines in the heavyweight category around the world. They are very intelligent; they are very tolerant and kind towards children. Likewise, Boz are deeply adhered to the herd, very patient and highly tolerant of them.

Physical Characteristics:

Boz is a bulky, high-speed and thick-boned athletic canine. Its body structure looks like a square close to a rectangle. A Boz's face lengthens from the eye sockets to the tip of its nose with the same thickness, and the tip of its nose is flat, which looks like the shape of a cleaver when given a look in profile view. Their skull structure differentiates a Boz from other shepherd dogs. Its stop is slightly apparent. The coat is attached to the body firmly and has a bilayer structure. The hair length changes depending on the seasons. Boz curl up their tails towards back once, like a crescent. The posture of the neck and skyline intersects with 45 to 60 degree angle. The eye colour ranges from light hazel to black. The upper lip could dangle down below to the lower lip, and the lower lip, discharge lip, could dangle down too.

Size:

Shoulder length for adult males is between 75-85 cm, and weight is 60-80 kg. Shoulder length of 90 cm and weight of 100 kg are also seen. As for adult females, the shoulder length is between 70-80 cm, and the weight is 50-65 kg. The shoulder length of 85 cm and weight of 70 kg are also seen for females.