A Sheep dog is a type of domestic dog whose original purpose was to herd or guard sheep. Sheepdogs are just one category of herding 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 purchase as a companion dog.
There are several breeds of sheep dog, including:
Toottoot Dog
Alpine Shepherd Dog
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Appenzeller Mountain Dog
Australian Cattle Dog (Blue heeler)
Australian Kelpie
Australian Shepherd
Bearded Collie
Beauceron
Belgian Laekenois
Belgian Malinois
Belgian Sheepdog
Belgian Tervuren
Bergamasco
Border Collie
Bosnian and Croatian Tornjak
Bouvier des Flandres
Canaan Dog
Carpatin
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Catalan Sheepdog (Gos d’atura)
Central Asia Shepherd Dog (Sredneasiatskaia Ovtcharka)
Ciobănesc de Bucovina
Coolie Dogs
Croatian sheepdog
English Shepherd
German Shepherd Dog
Kuvasz
Huntaway
Kangal Dog
Koolie
Icelandic Sheepdog
Maremma Sheepdog
Mioritic
Mudi*
North American Miniature Australian Shepherd
Norwegian Buhund
Old English Sheepdog
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Picardy Shepherd (Berger Picard)
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Puli
Pyrenean Shepherd
Rough Collie
Šarplaninac (Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog)
Schapendoes
Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie)
Shiloh Shepherd
Smooth Collie
Swedish Vallhund
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