Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHGABAT (Reuters) - A huge gilded statue of a dog has been unveiled on a busy traffic circle in the capital of Turkmenistan by ...

Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, the ruler of Turkmenistan, really loves his dog. He cherishes it so much that he erected a statue in its honor in the country's capital city of Ashgabat. The Central Asian ...

It hasn’t been since the president was rumored to be dead that Turkmenistan has earned this much international attention. And all it took was unveiling a gold-leafed statue to an Alabai shepherd dog.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The statue, with a screen showing Turkmenistan's beloved Alabai dogs in action wrapped around the pedestal, joins another on a ...