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Anatolian shepherd dog

British  

noun

  1. a large powerfully-built dog of a breed with a large head and a short dense cream or fawn coat, originally used for guarding sheep

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It took years of tending, but slowly, Huston and her helpers have created what she longed for at Flying Heart — a shady refuge with secret places dotted with fragrance, color and an ark’s worth of animals, including chickens, horses, sheep, goats, pigs and Ayla, a massive Anatolian shepherd dog who keeps the cougars away.

From Los Angeles Times