Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.

What would you do for your favourite dog? Buy treats, pamper him all day, play with ball, or erect a giant statue of gold? The Turkmenistan President has done the latter because, why not? The ...

President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife will receive two Alabai dogs, the national dog of Turkmenistan, gifted by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the supreme leader and Chairman of the People's Council of ...

ASHGABAT, TURKMENISTAN —A gift for foreign leaders, a subject of presidential poetry, and the inspiration for a new statue in the capital, the alabai shepherd dog’s stock has never been higher in ...

Turkmenistan has dedicated statues and news coverage to the Alabai breed Police alabai shepherd dogs are seen riding in trucks during a military parade in central Ashgabat on September 27, 2019, on ...

A huge gilded statue of an Alabai dog has been unveiled on a busy roundabout in the capital of Turkmenistan by the country's long-time leader. The Turkmenistan president has praised the breed as ...

The Alabai is an ancient dog breed that has been a part of human history for thousands of years, and its impact on empires and civilizations is a fascinating story. In this documentary, we explore the ...

First there was the man on his horse. Then came the man’s best friend. Turkmenistan leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has finally followed through on a promise to honor the nationally revered Alabai ...