Alice White
#13 In the 30s, the Turkish government presented a representative of the breed to the US Department of Agriculture.
#14 Breeding in the United States began only in 1970, when a Navy lieutenant named Robert C. Ballard brought a pair of dogs to his hometown, which gave birth to the first American brood of the American Anatolian Shepherd.
#15 The American Kennel Club fully recognized the breed in 1996.
