I-Anatolian Shepherd iyinja inhlobo yayo eqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile ukukhonza umuntu. Isilwane sihlanganisa ngokumangalisayo isibindi, isimo sengqondo, amandla, nokuzola. Lona ungumsizi othembekile nomngane womuntu, olungele ukubonisa ukwethembeka kumnikazi ngezindleko zokuphila kwakhe.
Ngokwengqondo, isilwane sithanda ukunakwa kumnikazi waso, sithanda ukuzwa uthando nokunakekelwa kwakhe. Yingakho inja ichitha isikhathi esiningi eduze nomnikazi wayo. Uma ufundisa kahle futhi uqeqesha inja, khona-ke izobonisa uthando nomusa hhayi kuphela ngokuphathelene nomuntu oyedwa, ongumnikazi wayo oqondile kodwa futhi maqondana namanye amalungu omndeni. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngokuphathelene nabantu abangabazi nabasemzini, inja ingaziphatha ngokuqaphile futhi ingathembeki.