高加索犬，原产地为俄罗斯高加索地区，血缘来自中亚的獒犬，是世界上体型最大的狗只之一，于苏联时期已被视为国宝。

成犬身高约在64到72公分之间，体重约45到70公斤；毛发又多又长，外层粗糙、内层细软，体格强健，忠于主人，拥有强烈护卫本能及非常大的杀伤力，有传与藏獒有血缘关系。 20世纪60年代曾一度出口到德国，作为当时沿着柏林墙巡逻的边境巡逻犬。高加索犬的毛色有很多种，以黑色和黄色居多。对陌生人的攻击性极强，需要从幼犬开始训练良好的服从性，否则习惯一旦形成，成犬时期很难改变

The Caucasian Shepherd Dog (Adyghe:Хьапарий, Hapariy, Karachay-Balkar:Парий, Pariy, Armenian:Կովկասյան հովվաշուն "Kovkasyan hovvashun", Azerbaijani:Qafqaz çoban iti, Georgian:ნაგაზი "Kavkasiuri nagazi", Ossetian:Аргъонахъ Arghonaq, Russian: Кавказская овчарка Kavkazskaya Ovcharka) is a large breed of dog that is popular in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and North Caucasus area. It is extremely popular in Georgia which has always been the principal region of penetration of the Caucasian shepherd dogs, and the official standard of this breed is fundamentally based on the Georgian-type Caucasian shepherds for being the largest, muscularly built dogs with attractive long hair.