Distinctive breeding of Kazakh Shepherd Dogs helps skilled earners in Qinghe County increase income
Qinghe County is located in the north of **, and administratively belongs to Altay Prefecture. The Kazakh people regard dogs as one of people's seven major forms of property. On the beautiful and fertile Ili, Tacheng and Altay grasslands, hardworking and brave Kazakh herders raise a kind of sheepdog with a huge or powerful build and exceptional bravery; this is the Kazakh Shepherd Dog. Its quality is excellent, and it is recognized worldwide as one of the fierce and powerful mastiff breeds.
The Kazakh Shepherd Dog protection and breeding base in Qinghe County.
On June 26, after Gao Weidong of the Fujiang Farmers Breeding Cooperative in Qinghe County succeeded in raising wolves, he has now also begun raising Kazakh Shepherd Dogs. He told a moving story: formerly, in a pastoral area, there was a Kazakh herding family. One night the master went out, and only the woman and child were left at home. A bear smelled the scent of people and came to the door of the house, and the dog jumped out through the window. The woman worried that the dog could not beat it, and did not dare come out all night. The dog and the bear fought outside the house. After a while, there was no sound... When they got up in the morning and looked, the bear had died from bites to several places on its chest, and the dog was also injured. This story shows that the ferocity of the Kazakh Shepherd Dog is no less than that of the Tibetan Mastiff.
It is understood that the types of dog include the Rentubiete, which fights with bears, and the black-and-white flower type, which symbolizes good fortune and peace. The price of one Kazakh Shepherd Dog is constantly rising. As a local dog breed unique to the northern Xinjiang region, the Kazakh Shepherd Dog was originally mainly distributed in Altay. It has a strong build, can weigh up to 70 kg, tolerates coarse feed, endures severe cold, has a fierce and rigid temperament, is good at attacking, and has a strong sense of territory protection, yet is uncomplaining and loyal to its master and extremely understanding. It is vigilant toward strangers, and its relatively strong protective awareness and other excellent traits make it deeply favored by the broad masses of Kazakh herders in **.
The Kazakh Shepherd Dog is a rare breed and has very important academic research and economic value. Compared with powerful mastiffs, because it is more controllable by humans, it can play a more important role in areas such as border patrol, public security protection, guard duty, stability maintenance and riot control, and disaster rescue, and has already attracted great attention from relevant departments.
In terms of economic benefits: because this project is a protection project, its significance lies in preserving a precious local breed. The current benefits are not significant, and a certain government subsidy policy is needed to advance the project process, but it protects one breed and one fine breed gene. With the future development of science and technology, once this gene can be used, it will generate huge economic benefits. After the total stock scale reaches 100 dogs, maintaining a scale of 100, about 500 puppies will be sold each year, at 1,500 yuan each, for income of 750,000 yuan. For 100 adult shepherd dogs, the annual feed and disease prevention cost per dog is 3,600 yuan, totaling 360,000 yuan. The cost of raising puppies is 200 yuan each, totaling 100,000 yuan per year for 500 puppies; labor cost is 100,000 yuan per year; other costs are 50,000 yuan, for a total cost of 610,000 yuan per year. Profit is 140,000 yuan per year. Later, through vigorous publicity, awareness will gradually increase, and the market prospects are very considerable.
In terms of social benefits: protecting one breed enriches species diversity, especially protecting traditional production livestock breeds in ethnic minority areas, which will inspire people's sense of identity with the country.
"The cooperative raises more than 40 Kazakh Shepherd Dogs, and farming households raise more than 20, giving a fairly good breeding foundation. We are building offices, duty rooms, and 45 kennels for female dogs, male dogs and puppies, etc., adopting a cooperative + farming household development model. Thanks to the strong support of the county party committee, government, and animal husbandry and veterinary bureau. I registered on China Financing Mall as an enterprise member for Kazakh Shepherd Dog breed conservation and breeding and wolf domestication and breeding. Using the website as a platform, we make distinctive breeding industrialized, large-scale and integrated, and drive more farmers and herders to increase income and become prosperous," Gao Weidong said happily.