Herding group dog breeds

Australia, Dingo-type dog, herd cattle

Australian cattle dog

Pyrenees Mountains (France and Spain), brought to America by Basque shepherds from Australia
“eye” for scanning the herd

Australian Shepherd

One of Britain’s oldest breeds, used to herd sheep in Scotland, “collie” generic for dogs that herd sheep, “Beardies”

drivers/caregivers of herds

Bearded Collie

France, 1578

variations of black and tan

Beauceron

four native dogs of Belgium, pronounced (Lak-in-wah)

Belgian Laekenois

France, herd, police and military working dog

Schutzhund

rich fawn to mahogany, with black tips on hairs, black mask and ears

Belgian Malinois

Belgium, herd sheep, on the battlefields during WWI (message carriers), ambulance dogs,
pulled machine guns

Schutzhund

Belgian Sheepdog

Schutzhund

Belgian Tervuren

Originally Iran, livestock guardians, later Italian Alps, sheep herding dog, nearly extinct after WWII
3 types of coat hair: “dog hair”, “goat hair”, “wool”

Bergamasco Sheepdog

Berger (French for shepherd), picard ( region of France), active and athletic herding dog,
working companion

Berger Picard

Border country between Scotland and England
sheep herding (world’s premier sheep herder)
cattle herding
“gatherers” (wide sweeping outruns), not drivers
intense gaze “eye”

Border Collie

Belgium, working dog

Bouvier des Flandres

French, 12th century

“eyebrows and a beard”

Briard

Israel, rare, ancient breed
WWII : messengers, mine detectors, trackers, guard dogs

2 patterns of coat

1. predominantly white with black mask
2. solid (black or brown) with or without markings

Canaan Dog

Wales, corgi Celtic word for dog or Welsh word for dwarf dog

drive cattle by “nipping” at their heels

Cardigans: long, foxlike tail, slightly larger with heavier bone, males weigh up to 38, ears are rounded

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Rough Coated Collie

Scotland, England, Gaelic “useful” , dolichocephalic
quintessential herding dog,
rough, smooth

Smooth Coated Collie

Smallest of the tri-colored Swiss Mountain Dogs

Entlebucher Mountain Dog

Developed north of Arctic circle, withstand extremely low temperatures, intolerant of heat
herd reindeer
"startle reflex”

Finnish Laphund

Germany, herding and farm dog, servant and companion, world’s leading police, guard and military dog, (GSD or Alsatian)
dog for blind

German Shepherd Dog

Iceland (Vikings)
2 types: longhaired and shorthaired

Icelandic Sheepdog

England, “Heeler smile”

Lancashire Heeler

1960s, small size herding dog, (unregistered dogs-Australian Sheperds), US, Equestrians, horse shows,
docked or natural bobtail

affinity for horses

Miniature American Shepherd

*Hungary, (Finland)
merle

Mudi

Norway, Spitz type, prick ears, large curled (over the back) tail
wheaten (pale cream to bright orange)

Norwegian Buhund

West of England, tails docked as puppies (“bobtails”) for a tax exemption (proved worth as working dog)

Old English Sheepdog

Wales, corgi Celtic word for dog or Welsh word for dwarf dog, drive cattle by nipping at heels

Pembrokes: tail docked close to their body, weigh up to 30 pounds, ears are pointed and erect

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Poland, rare breed, protector of flock

Polish Lowland Sheepdog

Hungary, “tough-as-nails”

wooly, coils

Puli

Hungarian herding breed, (originating ancestral Puli), tail forms a circle over the back
forming corkscrews

Pumi

Pyrenees Mountains of France
search and rescue during WWI
2 TYPES 1. rough-faced and 2. smooth-faced minimal undercoat

Pyrenean Shepherd

Shetland Islands, Shelties, “working collie in miniature”

Shetland Sheepdog

spain

Spanish Water Dog (SWD)

Sweden, “Viking dog”, naturally have no tail (bobtail), stub tail, full curl tail
nip at hocks

Swedish Vallhund