Sheep dog

Sheep dog

A sheepdog is a type of domestic dog whose original purpose was to herd or guard sheep. Sheepdogs are just one category of pastoral dogs. Many sheep dogs are now kept as domestic pets or companion dogs. These dogs are very active and intelligent and require both physical and mental exercise which should be considered carefully before purchasing one as a companion dog.

There are many types of sheep dog, including:

*Akbash Dog
*Alpine Shepherd Dog
*Anatolian Shepherd Dog
*Appenzeller Mountain Dog
*Australian Kelpie
*Australian Shepherd
*Bearded Collie
*Beauceron
*Belgian Laekenois
*Belgian Malinois
*Belgian Sheepdog
*Belgian Tervuren
*Bergamasco
*Border Collie
*Bouvier des Flandres
*Briard
*Canaan Dog
*Cardigan Welsh Corgi
*Carpathian Shepherd Dog
*Catahoula Leopard Dog
*Catalan Sheepdog (Gos d'atura)
*Central Asia Shepherd Dog (Sredneasiatskaia Ovtcharka)
*Ciobănesc de Bucovina
*Collie (a broad type of many related breeds)
*Coolie Dogs
*Croatian and Bosnian Tornjak
*Croatian Sheepdog
*English Shepherd
*German Shepherd Dog
*Greek Tsopanoskylo
*Kuvasz
*Huntaway
*Himalayan Sheepdog
*Kangal Dog
*Komondor
*Koolie
*Icelandic Sheepdog
*Labrador Retriever
*Maremma Sheepdog
*Mioritic
*Mucuchies
*Mudi
*Norwegian Buhund
*Old English Sheepdog
*Pembroke Welsh Corgi
*Picardy Shepherd (Berger Picard)
*Polish Lowland Sheepdog
*Puli
*Pyrenean Mountain Dog (Great Pyrenees)
*Pyrenean Shepherd
*Rough Collie
*Šarplaninac (Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog)
*Schapendoes
*Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie)
*Shiloh Shepherd
*Smooth Collie
*Spanish Mastiff
*Swedish Vallhund
*Berger Blanc Suisse
*Welsh Corgi (two related breeds)
*Welsh Sheepdog
*Wyoming Sheepdog

ee also

*Livestock guardian dog
*Herding dog
*Sheepdog trial
*Domestic sheep
*Sheep husbandry
*Guard llama


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