Tushs, all life of whom is linked with ship herds are most skilled breeders of Nagazi in Georgia and equally in the World...

Among all Caucasian mountainers Tushs are only one whos life TOTALLY depends on sheep farming. All population of Tushetians are professional shepherds. We can say that this is a small nation of sheepherds. At the same time, Tushetians are most scilled breeders of Caucasian Ovcharka-Nagazi. Tushetian COs were important subject of trading on Caucasus - mostly this was exchanging of puppies of COs on baby sheeps and cows.

This pictures are to give visual impression of working environment of Tushetian shepherds and endemic, natural Caucasian Ovcharka-Nagazi.

Mountainous village in Tusheti

Tusheti settlement, village

Grown puppie Nagazis in a village

Bitch Nagazi and her puppies - village in Tusheti

Village in Tusheti - motherland of Nagazi

Tusheti village 1950ies

Tushetian ethnography

Nagazis guarding village

Tusheti village

Nagazi puppies in Tusheti village (Cholokidze family, ჭოლოკიძე)

Cholokidze family children and puppies (Tusheti, ჭოლოკიძეები)

Winter - most ship herds, flock and dogs marched to plain. Tusheti village is guarded only by bitches...

Sheep herd, flock marches in mountains (Spring and Outamn) - most dangerous part of life of Nagazis

Seasonal march of hundred thousand ships from and to mountains

"Abano" pass

Ships flock forcing cold mountaineous river

Crossing Dartlo bridge - 1950ies

Ships flock marching

Rest during march - bitch Nagazi feeding puppies

Tush shepherd - 1950ies

Tushetian village in the winter - in the center of photo

Night in mountains - Nagazis guarding Shepherds camp

Sheep herd, flock marches in mountains (Spring and Outamn) - most dangerous part of life of Nagazis

Marching in Kakheti plain to Shiraqi summer pastures

Rest near river Alazani - Kakheti. Nagazi bitch and puppies.

Marching across bridge in Kakheti

Puppie - Tusheti, Alilo, Gaprindauli family (too early missed mother bitch)

Summer sheep herd camp in Kakheti, Shiraqi

Shepherd march - 1950ies

Shiraqi Steppe winter pastures - Kakheti

View short documental film about Tush shepherds and Nagazi life (early 1960ies)
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Picture from film - Nagazi puppies on horsebag during mountain march

Picture from film - Nagazi puppies on horsebag during mountain march

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Caucasian Ovcharka-Nagazi Puppies for sale on Digomi market, Tbilisi, 2005