Opinions on Central Asian Ovcharkas?

[Mike CHS]

I don't know a lot about them other than the folks we got our Border Collie from has two of them they use as LGDs. When I first saw them I thought he had a couple of small horses in with his sheep. He keeps them in with electric netting but I can only guess they dont get out only because they don't want to.

 

[Grazer]

Hi Carrosaur, sorry for resurrecting your slightly old topic (I rarely frequent forums anymore), but I'd like to try and answer your questions.

First I'd like to point out that other posters on this thread confuse the CO (Caucasian Ovcharka) with the CAO (Central Asian Ovcharka).
This happens very often in countries where these two breeds are rare. The CO and the CAO, while closely related, are two different breeds.
And both the CO and the CAO are in fact LGD's.
With that said however, they're a lot of dog and aren't suited for everyone. I go into this in more detail on my website here: http://caucasianovcharka.wix.com/info#!caucasian-ovcharka-as-lgd/c1f36
What I wrote there is in regard to the CO, and keep in mind the typical CAO is generally speaking a lot more accepting of strangers than a typical, well bred CO.
But still most of what's written there can be applied to the CAO as well.
And I briefly explain here: http://caucasianovcharka.wix.com/info#!misconceptions/mainPage how the CO and the CAO are two different breeds.

There are unfortunately a lot of bad CAO breeders out there, a lot (the same goes for the CO of course, but you mentioned you're interested in the CAO).
Both overseas and in the U.S. and it's getting harder and harder to find a well bred CAO from working lines.
There's a number of CAO breeders in the U.S. that use them to guard their livestock and/or poultry, like for example this one: http://www.grandcentralasians.com/about-the-breed.html
I don't know this lady personally, so please keep in mind I'm not recommending her or anything and you should always do your due diligence before you get a dog, but I do hope you'll find their website helpful in your further research.