Which dog breed is larger, the Caucasian Shepherd Dog or the Cesky Terrier?
Caucasian Shepherd Dog The Caucasian Shepherd Dog (Adyghe: Хьэпарий, "Khʹèparij", Адыгэ Мэлыхъуэхьэ, "Adygè Mèlykhʺuèkhʹè" ; Karachay-Balkar: Басхан Парий, "Baskhan Parij" ; Armenian: Կովկասյան հովվաշուն, "Kovkasyan hovvašun" ; Azerbaijani: "Qafqaz çoban iti" ; Georgian: კავკასიური ნაგაზი, "Kavkasiuri nagazi" ; Turkish: "Kafkas Çoban Köpeği" ; Ossetian: Аргъонахъ, "Arghonaq" ; Russian: Кавказская овчарка, "Kavkazskaya ovčarka" ) is a large breed of dog that is popular in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. It is extremely popular in Georgia, which has always been the principal region of penetration of Caucasian shepherd dogs. The official standard of this breed is fundamentally based on the dogs taken from Georgia.
Illyrian Shepherd The Illyrian Shepherd was a dog breed registered with the Fédération Cynologique Internationale FCI since 1939 under Standard number 41 "Illirski Ovcar". In 1957 the FCI changed the name of the breed to "Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog Sharplanina" (Šarplaninac). Up to 16 March 1968 the Karst Shepherd (kraški ovčar) carried the same name. Since then the two breeds are independent.