True Stories

A story of the Karachay livestock guardian dogs — baskhan pariy In November 1943, tragedy descended upon the Karachay people. By decision of the Soviet authorities, the Karachays were forcibly deported from their homeland in the North Caucasus. The official accusations concerned collaboration by part of the population with the German occupation authorities, resistance to the restoration of Soviet power, and “banditry”. But the punishment was not imposed only on individuals ac

A story told by Tetiana Polozhentseva, owner of the Star Escort kennel. Tetiana’s daughter had grown up surrounded by dogs, but at that time her husband was firmly against having animals in the apartment. He was building a house, already had enough to worry about, and believed that a dog was the last thing the family needed just then. But someone who has grown up with dogs finds it hard to get used to a home without them. And Tetiana’s daughter missed having a dog beside her

A story told by Tatiana Polozhentseva, owner of Star Escort Kennel. This story begins almost like a fairy tale. There was one summer, one island, tents by the water, and several enormous Caucasian Shepherd Dogs that no one had appointed as guards. But they decided for themselves that guarding was their job. Two groups of friends were camping on the island. They lived close to one another, helped each other, and shared a boat that connected them with the mainland, but each gro

Two real-life Caucasian Shepherd stories from Tetiana Polozhentseva of Star Escort: Pasha’s life-saving loyalty and a young dog’s natural guarding instinct.