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•   Caucasian Ovtcharka Dog - Breed Information The Caucasian Ovtcharka (Caucasian Ovcharka), is a guardian breed from the Caucasus Mountain area. Some claim the breed is a domestication of the wolves of this region, others that the breed developed from Mastiff-Spitz crosses. Some experts contend that the breed naturally developed from a group of sheepdogs that migrated to the Caucasus from Tibet. •   Dog Breed Pictures: Caucasian Ovtcharka The Caucasian Ovtcharka origins can be traced back to the late 1300s. Its habitat was in the Caucasus and Ural Mountains of Russia where it was used for guarding sheep.