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This is a list of dogs that possess the ability to be used for herding livestock. A "header breed" is a description of all working breeds who move to the head of the stock to gather them and bring them back to you.
The term "drive" is used when the dog moves the herd away from you. Most working breeds naturally will either head - gather the stock to you or drive the stock away from you and the majority of herding breeds can be taught to be both.
Caution: Some herding dogs carry a MDR1 gene which makes them sensitive to certain drugs that are otherwise okay to give another dog, but if tested positive for this gene can kill them.
Herding Dog Breed Duties and Tasks Characteristics and features of Herding Dogs have been introduced and strengthened by breeding with animals who already demonstrated the desired traits. Breeding for appearance was only introduced in the 19th Century. Before this time dogs and puppies were bred to increase useful abilities and traits helpful for the duties they were intended for. Herding Group dogs share the amazing ability to control the movement of other animals. They also have great stamina reserves which allow them to work from dawn to dusk. The dogs are tenacious creatures who have the ability to herd animals such as cattle which are many times their size. They leap, run around frantically and nip at the heels of any animals that they are herding. Add this behaviour to aggressive barking and steely eye contact and their ability to influence much larger animals is fully understood.
Thus, the various Herding breeds, including the Australian Cattle Dog, were bred and introduced to help man according to his specific requirements such as:
Herding or Droving various animals including cattle and reindeer
Police work
Tracking
Providing a service to handicapped owners
Performing Search & Rescue
Acting as sentries and couriers for the Armed Forces
Information about Herding Dogs characteristics In this day and age not every Herding Dog might be called to undertake these tasks, but nevertheless, they still harbour the skills and characteristics that made the original Australian Cattle Dog breeding program successful.
The Herding dogs are medium to large in size. They are intelligent, active, courageous, and determined dogs who make excellent companions and respond well to firm training. Their instincts are very strong and given half a chance they will try to herd, or round up, the family. They enjoy work and look to their owners to provide tasks to enable them to meet their instincts and be rewarded accordingly.
There is one more unofficial dog breed group, which only partially acknowledged at this moment, by dog related worldwide organisations. This breed is called "FARM DOGS" and consists of the following breeds:
Altdeutsche HEUtehunde (Tiger, Gelbbacke, Harzer Fuchs, Kuhhund, Schafpudel, Schwarzer, Strobel)
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Kelpie
Australian Shepherd
Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
Basque Shepherd Dog
Bearded Collie
Beauceron
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael, Laekenois, Tervueren, and Malinois)
Bergamasco Shepherd
Berger Picard
Berger Blanc Suisse
Black Mouth Cur
Blue Lacy
Border Collie
Bouvier des Flandres
Briard
Carea LeonEs
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Catalan Sheepdog
Chien de Crau
Collie breeds (see specific breed)
Croatian Sheepdog
Cur (Blackmouth Cur, etc.)
Dutch Shepherd
English Shepherd
Farm Collie/Farm Shepherd
German Shepherd Dog
Hairy Mouth Heeler (Also known as Wire Mouth Heeler)
Huntaway
Icelandic Sheepdog
King Shepherd
Kerry Blue Terrier
Koolie, German Coolie or Australian Koolie
Lancashire Heeler
Lapponian Herder
McNab
Miniature Australian Shepherd
Mudi
Norwegian Buhund
New Zealand Huntaway
Old English Sheepdog
Picardy Shepherd
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Portuguese Sheepdog
Puli
Pumi (dog)
Pyrenean Shepherd
Reindeer Herder
Rottweiler
Rough Collie
Samoyed
Savoy Shepherd
Schapendoes
Schipperke
Scotch Collie
Shetland Sheepdog
Smithfield
Smooth Collie
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Spanish Water Dog
Swedish Vallhund
Tibetan Terrier
Welsh Corgis:
Cardigan Welsh Corgi,Pembroke Welsh Corgi,Welsh Sheepdog
White Swiss Shepherd
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