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dog breeds developed in response to local situations
and needs. In many cases, the work
required versatility, while in other cases there
were particular conditions that led to some specialization.
Conditions could change over time. The
Way They Work provides a view of many
of the tasks of stock-working dogs.
Some of the herding breeds have pages galore,
others have at most a mention in passing on a
general list of dogs breeds. I have tried to include
pages that provide information or the most direct
links to pages with such information. If you know
of a page which should be included on this list,
or come across any broken links with regard to
any of links set out below, please let me know.
- APPENZELLER MOUNTAIN
DOG:
- Appenzeller
Mountain Dog -- a Swiss cattle herder
AUSTRALIAN
CATTLE DOG:
- Australian
Cattle Dogs On-Line -- Australian Cattle
Dogs On-Line - information about the breed,
with many helpful Livestock Links.
- Australian
Cattle Dog Club of America
- Everything
Cattle Dog
AUSTRALIAN
KELPIE:
- The
Australian Kelpie (Dogs Down Under) --
information from Australia
- The
Australian Kelpie
- Working
Kelpie Council of Australia
- North
American Australian Kelpie Registry, Inc
AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD:
- The Working Aussie Source
dedicated to the working Aussie stockdog
- Australian
Shepherd Club of America
- Australian Shepherd Club UK
- A
View of Australian Shepherd History
AUSTRALIAN
STUMPY TAIL CATTLE DOG:
- Australian
Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog Club of NSW
BASQUE
SHEPHERD:
- Perro
de Pastor Vasco/Euskal Artzain Txakurra
-- breed
information and photos (in Spanish)
BEARDED
COLLIE:
- Bearded
Collie Club of America
- Bearded
Collie Herding Association
BEAUCERON:
- North
American Beauceron Club
- Beauceron
Club of Canada
BELGIANS:
In the United States, the Belgians are considered separate breeds by
the American Kennel Club. In other countries, and by the United Kennel
Club, all four are considered varieties of one breed.
- United
Belgian Shepherd Dog Association
BELGIAN LAEKENOIS:
-
American Belgian Laekenois Association
BELGIAN MALINOIS:
- American
Belgian Malinois Club
BELGIAN
SHEEPDOG (GROENENDAEL):
- Belgian
Sheepdog Club of America
- The
Belgian as a Stockdog
BELGIAN TERVUREN:
- American
Belgian Tervuren Club
BERGAMASCO
SHEEPDOG:
- Bergamasco
Sheepdog Club of America
- Bergamasco
Sheepdog Association of Canada
- The
Bergamasco -- a sheepdog from
Northern Italy
BERGER PICARD:
- Berger
Picard -- an old herding breed of France
- Berger
Picard Club of America
- Berger
Picard (in German and English, with photos)
BERNESE
MOUNTAIN DOG:
- Bernese
Mountain Dog Home Page
BORDER
COLLIE:
- American
Border Collie Network
- United
States Border Collie Club "dedicated
to preserving the Border Collie as a working
stockdog"
- Border
Collie Museum -- articles about the
history and lore of the Border Collie and
related breeds
- Border
Collies in Herding
BOUVIER
DES FLANDRES:
- Bouvier
des Flandres
- American
Bouvier des Flandres Club
BRIARD:
- Briard
Home Page
- Briard
Club of America
CANAAN
DOG:
- Canaan
Dog Club of America
- Israel
Canaan Dog Club of America
Cão
De Fila De São Miguel (AZORES CATTLE
DOG):
- Kennel Auto de Fé
CATAHOULA
LEOPARD DOG:
- Catahoula
Home Page
CATALONIAN
SHEEPDOG (GOS D'ATURA):
- The
Catalan Sheepdog working group
COLLIE
(ROUGH AND SMOOTH):
- Collie
Club of America
- American
Working Collie Association -- promoting
the working abilities of Rough and Smooth
Collies
- Keystone
Collie Club: Eastern Pennsylvania, USA
COOLIE (see GERMAN COOLIE, KOOLIE)
DUTCH
SHEPHERD:
- American
Dutch Shepherd Club
ENGLISH
SHEPHERD:
- The
English Shepherd -- An American Breed
ENTLEBUCHER SENNENHUND:
- Entlebucher breed
information and photos
- Entlebucher
Sennenhund
GERMAN COOLIE:
- International
German Coolie Society and Registry -- an old
Australian stockdog breed
GERMAN
SHEPHERD DOG:
- German
Shepherd FAQ -- information about the
breed
- German
Shepherd Dog Club of America
GREATER
SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG:
- Greater
Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America
- Greater
Swiss Mountain Dog
ICELANDIC
SHEEPDOG:
- Icelandic
Sheepdog Association of America
- Canadian
Icelandic Sheepdog
Club
- The
Icelandic Sheepdog
KOOLIE:
-
Koolie -- one of Australia's oldest working breeds
-
Koolie Club of Australia
- Working
Koolie Association Australia --founded to promote and preserve the Koolie
as a working breed
LANCASHIRE HEELER:
- The
Lancashire Heeler Club (UK) -- an English droving
dog
- The
American Lancashire Heeler Club
LAPPHUND (FINNISH LAPPHUND, SWEDISH LAPPHUND):
- Lapphunds
- Finnish
Lapphund Club of Great Britain
-
Finnish Lapphund Club of the Netherlands
(Finse Lappenhonden Vereniging Nederland) -- in Dutch
- Finnish
Lapphunds On The Web
- Swedish
Lapphund Club of Sweden
- Lapponian
Herder
- Original
Reindeer Herder -- in Finnish, with many photos;
and a little information in English
McNAB:
- The
McNab Dog
MINIATURE
AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD:
- North
American Miniature Australian Shepherd Club
of the U.S.A.
- Miniature
Australian Shepherd Club of America
MUDI:
- The
Mudi, Hungary's "Driver Dog" -- the
working Mudi (link is to a list of articles, scroll down
to find the article)
- American
Mudi Association
- Mudi
Club of America
- Mudi
Association of Canada
NORWEGIAN BUHUND:
-
Norwegian Buhund Club of America
-
The Norwegian Buhund
OLD
ENGLISH SHEEPDOG:
- The
Official Old English Sheepdog Web Page
- Old
English Sheepdog Club of America
OLD FARM COLLIE/FARM SHEPHERD:
- Collies
-- Back to the Future: The old farm
collie or farm shepherd was the ancestor
of several modern herding breeds; a few
individuals of that ancestral type still
remain.
-
Old
Time Farm Shepherds
- American
Working Farmcollie Association
OLD
GERMAN SHEPHERD (ALTDEUTSCHER SCHAEFERHUND):
- Altdeutscher
Schaeferhund -- The Altdeutscher is the principal herding dog in Germany
and retains the full variety of coat, color,
and type.
- Altdeutscher
Schaeferhund/Altdeutscher Huetehund (in
German)
OVELHEIRO GAUCHO:
- The
Ovelheiro Gaucho, from Brazil
- Ovelheiro
Gaucho -- in Portuguese
PICARDY SHEPHERD -- see BERGER PICARD
POLISH
LOWLAND SHEEPDOG (POLSKI OWCZAREK NIZINNY):
- American
Polish Lowland Sheepdog Club (APONC)
- Canadian
Polish Lowland Sheepdog Club
PORTUGUESE SHEEPDOG (Cão Da Serra de
Aries):
- Portuguese
Sheepdog Club of America
- The
Friendly Serra Club (FSC) -- in the U.K.
- Canil
da Casa do Seareiro -- in Portugal
PULI:
- The
Puli Club of America
- The
Herding Puli
PUMI
- The Pumi,
from Hungary
- Hungarian
Pumi Club of America
PYRENEAN
SHEPHERD:
- Pyrenean
Shepherd Club of America
- Berger
des Pyrénées (in German and English,
with photos)
ROTTWEILER:
- Rottweiler
FAQ -- information about the breed
- American
Rottweiler Club
SAMOYED:
- Organization
for the Working Samoyed
- The
Samoyed Club of America
SCHAPENDOES
- The Schapendoes, a
shaggy herder from The Netherlands
SCHNAUZER:
- Giant
Schnauzer Club of America
- Standard
Schnauzer Club of America
SHETLAND
SHEEPDOG:
- The
Shetland Sheepdog Home Page
- Herding
With the Shetland Sheepdog
SPANISH WATER DOG:
- Spanish
Water Dog Association of America
- Spanish
Water Dog Club, Inc.
SHILOH SHEPHERD:
- International
Shiloh Shepherd Dog Club
SWEDISH VALLHUND:
- The
Swedish Vallhund
- Swedish
Vallhund Club of America
TIBETAN
TERRIER:
- Tibetan
Terrier FAQ -- information about the
breed
WELSH
CORGI, CARDIGAN:
- The
Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America
WELSH
CORGI, PEMBROKE:
- Pembroke
Welsh Corgi Club of America
WELSH
SHEEPDOG:
- The
Welsh Sheepdog, an old strain of working
collie from Wales
-
Welsh Sheepdog Society
Information
about various herding breeds can be found in dog
breed encyclopedias such as The Atlas of Dog Breeds
of the World, by Bonnie Wilcox and Chris
Walkowicz,
and there are foreign-language websites that can
be found by using a search engine.
A
few more herding breeds are:
New Zealand Heading
Dog, New Zealand Huntaway: These
are the working dogs developed for handling
New Zealand's large flocks. The Heading
Dog, used as a gatherer, is a strain of
working collie closely resembling the
Border Collie in appearance and manner
of working.
The Huntaway, used for "hunting out" sheep
in brushy areas and pushing them along,
was developed from old working collie
types and a mix of some other breeds (Labrador
is one possibility) in order to obtain
a
dog that has a lot of push and bark; huntaways
are trained primarily to drive the sheep
ahead of or away from the handler. Huntaways
vary in appearance but generally are leggy,
short-coated, heavy-eared dogs.
Smithfield:
An
old type of English stockdog, often used
as a dover's dog, the name being associated
with the Smithfield livestock market in
London. It was generally stocky in build,
shaggy-coated, drop-eared, often bobtailed,
and as a working dog had a tendency to bark
and grip. The name is still used for a strain
of working dog in Australia; these are strong,
close workers, varying in color, with medium-long
or shaggy (beardie type) coats.
Florida
Cur, Yellow
Blackmouthed Cur, and other Cur breeds:
the Cur breeds were developed from the all-purpose
dogs used for herding
and hunting by settlers in remote regions
of the United States -- "Old Yeller" was
a dog of this type. Curs closely resemble
the related Catahoula in overall body shape
and manner of working (for information see "Catahoula
Leopard Dog" above). Some strains,
however, are used more for hunting than
for herding.
Blue
Lacy: like the Catahoula
and Cur breeds, a smooth-haired, drop-eared
all-purpose dog for herding and hunting.
The breed was first developed in Texas
by the Lacy family and characterized by
a distinctive slate blue color (other
colors also occur).
Alpine
Shepherd Dog -- a German sheepdog
breed (in German).
Patagonian
Sheepdog: Spread throughout the
pampas regions of Argentina and Chile are strains of working
dogs descended largely from collies brought
by settlers from Britain intermixed with
other local working dogs. Appearance varies
considerably, with a wide variety of colors,
sizes, and coat types, but the overall
impression of many is of working collie
characteristics. Recognized
breeds such as the Border Collie and Kelpie also
are used as stockdogs in these areas.
General-Purpose
Dogs Also Used for Herding
There
are several breeds which, while not primarily bred
as herding dogs, included herding among their
tasks on the farm. These include such breeds as
the Kerry
Blue Terrier, Soft-coated
Wheaten Terrier, Schipperke, German Spitz/Keeshond, American Eskimo,
and
others.
Mixed
Breeds
Mixed breeds have also served as helpful herders, and, as is the case with
most other breeds, crosses played their part in the development of many
herding breeds. Frequently-seen crosses on farms and ranches in America
today involve various blends of Border Collie, Australian Shepherd and
Australian Cattle Dog. The German Shepherd X Rough Collie was popular as
a farm dog for many years in the Midwest.
Livestock
Guardian Dogs
These aren't herders, but serve as protectors for the flock, usually living
full-time with the animals they are protecting. In some regions there would
be both local guardian breed and a local herding breed; for instance, in
the Pyrenees Mountains in France the guardian dog was the Great Pyrenees
and the herder was the small, active Pyrenean Shepherd. Some of the guardian
breeds on occasion would provide a low-key, gentle guidance of the flock,
but they weren't active herders, a behavior that would be frowned upon
in a livestock guardian breed. Information about these dogs is available
at:
Sources for General
Information on Dogs
There are
many resources on the web pertaining to dogs. Some sites leading to many
Livestock Links providing general information, descriptions and photos, breed clubs,
breeders' lists, e-mail lists, etc., are:
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