东欧牧羊犬
East-European Shepherd
「Ukrainian and Russian breed of shepherd dog」
Ukrainian and Russian breed of shepherd dog
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東歐牧羊犬，亦稱Vostochno Evropeiskaya Ovcharka 或 VEO，是一種源自烏克蘭與俄羅斯的牧羊犬品種。該犬種於蘇聯時期自德國牧羊犬經選擇性育種培育而成，目的是培養出體型更大、對寒冷氣候具有更佳耐受力的犬隻，並主要用於軍犬與護衛犬工作。
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👁形貌
The East European Shepherd is significantly larger than the German Shepherd and shows substantial sexual dimorphism: dogs typically stand 67 to 72 cm (26 to 28 in) at the withers although some can be as tall as 74 cm (29 in); bitches are typically 62 to 67 cm (24 to 26 in). The coat is dense and of medium length, with a well-developed undercoat, and often with longer soft hair on the ears, neck, limbs and tail. It may be black-and-tan, sable or solid black; brindles or whites are rare. The eyes may be brown, amber or blue; odd-coloured eyes are known. The ears are long and upright, and the paw
📜源流
The East European Shepherd was bred in the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century. In the 1920s a number of German Shepherds were imported from Germany into the Ukrainian SSR, where a breeding programme was established with the aim of adapting the breed to the harsher Soviet climatic conditions. Over several decades of selective breeding, a distinctly different form of shepherd had been created from that known in the West; from 1950 this was named the Vostochno Evropeiskaya or East European. While initially the breed was centred in Ukraine, it soon spread throughout the Soviet Union, alth