Bred to herd and protect flocks of sheep, your Anatolian Shepherd is an incredibly protective dog. They are naturally guarded with strangers until they know that they can be trusted and are watchful of their surroundings, making them excellent watch and guard dogs. Though they are not aggressive dogs, Anatolian Shepherds are very brave and courageous so will have no doubts about scaring off intruders or threats. Your Anatolian Shepherd will love his family deeply and remain completely devoted and loyal to you, but he needs a strong and confident owner or he will become dominant and try to rule the household. For this reason, Anatolian Shepherd Dogs are not well suited and are best with an experienced dog owner who will be confident around them and show their Anatolian Shepherd an air of authority. A stubborn and self-assured dog, your Anatolian Shepherd may be difficult to manage at times. If he doesn’t want to do what you want to do, he won’t do it! Early training and socialisation is very important in achieving an Anatolian Shepherd Dog who is well behaved, obedient and submissive to his owners. While some dominant behaviour, such as jumping on you, may seem cute and harmless when they are a puppy they are very large dogs when they get older and will be too strong to be corrected as he can easily overpower you. With the right training and socialisation they will mature into easy going, docile dogs.