Herding Dogs
Herding dogs are breeds bred and trained for herding farm animals like cattle, sheep, and goats. It might sound scary, but their sheep herding ability actually comes from their inherent tendency to hunt, which has been modified through selective breeding, so the dogs now only herd their ‘prey’.
These dogs are active, hardworking, and loyal, with an excellent ability to understand and carry out orders. They make excellent family dogs. As these dogs were originally meant to work on a farm all day, modern herding dogs also need plenty of daily exercise.
Sheep and Cattle Herding Dog Breeds
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Shepherd
- German Shepherd
- Belgian Laekenois
- Border Collie
- Belgian Malinois
- Belgian Sheepdog
- Swedish Vallhund
- Black Mouth Cur
- Belgian Tervuren
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Berger Picard
- Bouvier des Flandres
- Briard
- Beauceron
- Finnish Lapphund
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Miniature American Shepherd
- Mudi
- Pumi
- Old English Sheepdog
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Puli
- Pyrenean Shepherd
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Spanish Water Dog
- Bearded Collie
- Canaan Dog
- Entlebucher Mountain Dog
- Norwegian Buhund
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Bergamasco Sheepdog
- Australian Kelpie
- Basque Shepherd Dog
- Belgian Shepherd Groenendael
- Bergamasco Shepherd
- Berger Blanc Suisse
- Bohemian shepherd
- Can de Chira
- Smooth Collie
- Caucasian Shepherd
- Can de Palleiro
- Cão da Serra de Aires
- Carea Castellano Manchego
- Carea Leonés
- Catahoula Leopard Dog
- Catalan Sheepdog
- Chiribaya Dog
- Rough Collie
- Scotch Collie
- Welsh Sheepdog
- Croatian Sheepdog
- Cumberland Sheepdog
- Dutch Shepherd
- English Shepherd
- Garafian Shepherd
- Gaucho sheepdog
- Huntaway
- Komondor
- Lancashire Heeler
- Lapponian Herder
- Magellan sheepdog
- McNab
- New Zealand Heading Dog
- Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai
- Picardy Shepherd
- Polish Tatra Sheepdog
- Portuguese Sheepdog
- Rottweiler
- Slovak Cuvac
- Tornjak
- Schapendoes
- Schipperke
- Smithfield
- Swedish Lapphund
- Blue lacy
- Cane Corso
