Turkmenistan has dedicated statues and news coverage to the Alabai breed Police alabai shepherd dogs are seen riding in trucks during a military parade in central Ashgabat on September 27, 2019, on ...

Turkmenistan celebrated a new national holiday on Sunday that was dedicated to the Alabai dog breed, which is also referred to as the “wolf-crusher,” due to its strength. The dog breed, which is known ...

What would you do for your favourite dog? Buy treats, pamper him all day, play with ball, or erect a giant statue of gold? The Turkmenistan President has done the latter because, why not? The ...

The statue, with a screen showing Turkmenistan’s beloved Alabai dogs in action wrapped around the pedestal, joins another on a different major junction, also coated in gold, of President Kurbanguly ...

A gift for foreign leaders, a subject of presidential poetry and the inspiration for a new statue in the capital -- the alabai shepherd dog's stock has never been higher in horse-loving Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.

Turkmenistan has marked a new national holiday dedicated to its Alabai dog breed, to which its long-time leader has already erected a gilded monument and written an ode. President Gurbanguly ...

A dog owner has left people on social media astounded, and slightly intimidated, after showing the size of his puppy at just 13 months old. The owner of Appa, an Alabai puppy, frequently shares videos ...

A dog working for Turkmenistan"s security services has won the country"s "most courageous dog of the year" contest, the latest in the ultra-closed state"s push to promote the national Alabai breed.

Turkmenistan has dedicated statues and news coverage to the Alabai breed, a Central Asian Shepherd, which has been elevated to a national symbol. (AFP pic) A dog working for Turkmenistan’s security ...