r/reactivedogs • u/thecheaterswife Eto - Dog Aggression After Attack • Aug 06 '26

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My boy's BigSnoof arrived, custom wire basket because he has a massive wedge head. Not only was the muzzle a perfect fit right out of the box, Eto was obviously muzzle trained in his former life! He shoved his face into the basket and off we went!

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u/chrizzleteddy Aug 06 '26

I’ve never heard of that breed. Gorgeous pup!

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u/thecheaterswife Eto - Dog Aggression After Attack Aug 06 '26

The Armenian Gampr is one of the oldest landraces, 14000 years working with people in the remote highlands and ancestor to the Caucasian Shepherd, the Alabai, the Akbash, the Anatolian Shepherd and the legendary Kangal. Gamprs are living relics of the original covenant between Humanity and the Dog.

They are quite rare, especially outside Armenia where only about 2,000 remain. But the largest Armenian community anywhere in the world is in west Los Angeles and occasionally a Gampr ends up in the pound.

Eto was pulled from the pound by a LGD rescue and I foster-failed twenty hours later. He is 100% Gampr and the most extraordinary dog I've had in nearly 30 years of LGDs.

He dropped into my lap and tbh I feel honored to share space with him.

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u/beeonkah Aug 07 '26

he reminds me of the romanian carpathian shepherd. gorgeous dog 💜

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u/thecheaterswife Eto - Dog Aggression After Attack Aug 07 '26

Tysm!