In the 1940s the Russian army began kennel program under the “Red Star” banner to breed a dog for the specific needs of the army, and subject to a breeding program under the auspices and control of the Soviet cynologists or dog scientists and breeding specialists.
The breeding goal was to develop a large, robust, willing to work dog with a good temperament that would be versatile, and could adapt very well to the great climatic differences within the very large geographical are of the great country.
The cynologists were bold from the outset and they systematically mated one chosen male dog with a giant schnauzer, an Airedale Terrier dog, a Rottweiler, and another giant schnauzer bitch and then again with a giant schnauzer-male and an Airedale Terrier dog.
This breeding created 4 main breeding lines, and overall, about 20 breeds were involved in the formation of the Black Terriers breed, with in breeding being avoided, so they soon bred a dog, that was very stable in character and temperament, but not so in appearance.
The brief at the time was to focus on character and temperament, however the dogs guarding borders, for example, were selected for their physical attributes and their ability to look aggressive as part of the protection.
On 13 May 1981 the Black Russian Terrier was recognized as the newest breed of dog, and received recognition by the FCI who described the breed on the 22 / 23 May 1984 in Mexico.
Description
The dog is up to 75 cm high in the working dog class, with black and grey in between and the pelt as hard, dense, and tight-fitting from 4 to 10 cm long hair. The eyebrows are rough and bristly, the ears are set high, hanging over the cartilages, are small, triangular and the front edge lies close to the skull.
Use
Formerly this dog was sued as protection and as a guard dog, now it is kept as a family dog.
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