The Tobet (Kazakh: төбет, IPA: []) is a molosser of very ancient origins, originating in Kazakhstan. This dog may reach 90 kg in weight and be over 80 cm tall at the withers. Its main function is to protect livestock. In Russia it has earned the nickname of "Volkodav" which means “wolf crusher”. It can be employed to drive flocks of sheep or goats as well as herds of cattle or horses. It is also used to hunt boar together with tazy hounds (afghan hounds). This is a large molosser athletic enough to keep up with a horse at full gallop. During the era of the Soviet Union, Russian breeders created the so called "Central Asian Ovtcharkarka" by mixing several ancestral breeds of Asian molossers like the Alabai of Turkmenistan, the Tobet of Kazakhstan and the Torkuz of Uzbekistan. The Tobet is one of the original central Asian molosser breeds.