Anatolian Shepherd Temperament and Personality Understanding the Ancient Guardian’s Mind—What Every Owner Needs to Know The first time your Anatolian Shepherd makes a decision without consulting you—ignoring your recall command to position themselves between your property and a perceived threat—you realize something profound: this is not a dog that will blindly obey. And that realization…

It happened faster than I could process. My Anatolian Shepherd, who had been lying peacefully in the yard moments before, was suddenly on her feet—body rigid, ears pitched forward, hackles raised in a ridge from neck to tail. A stranger had turned onto our driveway, still a hundred yards away, and she knew before any…