Kangal Dog Club of America

*Update - December 15, 2024: The 2024 KDCA Holiday Raffle is now closed. Winners were randomly selected and notified today, December...

In the early hours of Monday, February 6th, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked eastern Turkey, the homeland of our beloved Kangal Dogs. ...

Jan Dohner Our ability to maintain an open registry within the UKC and under the control of the club is invaluable to our breed. The...

Jan Dohner What is a dog breed? We often answer this question with a list of breeds recognized by an organization such as the AKC. ...

Great news! We were informed by the UKC that our request to update the official UKC Kangal Dog Breed Standard for our breed was reviewed...

The KDCA/UKC Standard predates the KIF/FCI document by more than two decades. The KDCA Kangal Dog Standard was officially adopted by the...

I spent a lot of time debating just how many wonderful things I could say about my girl Bea… how beautiful she is, how gentle she is,...

As the national parent club for our breed, we have a direct interest in our Standard and it is good form to periodically review it. The...

Babette Turk, Entrepreneur, Homesteader I sat and cried on the cold ground with my little doeling dying in my lap. I tried to give her...

The Top Ten Best and Worst Things about Having an Urban Kangal.

Note: Lots of kennel club names and acronyms ahead! Recently we became aware that some folks are selling dogs as registered Kangal Dogs...

The Kangal Dog is noted for his solid temperament. Temperament is of prime importance in Turkish villages today and in the past -...

Kangal Dog breeders get lots of phone calls and emails from folks interested in obtaining a wonderful Kangal Dog puppy for their family....

This wonderful article was written nearly twenty years ago, but it is still an excellent discussion of livestock guard dog breeds. Dr....

Beyond Kayadibi the country dogs were the largest and most savage of any I had met. In build they were like Newfoundlands, but larger,...