Herding Group

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The Herding Group is an American Kennel Club designation for purebred dog breeds that comprises herding dogs and livestock guardian dogs. All herding breeds were formerly in the Working Group.

The Herding Group, created in 1983, is the newest AKC classification; its members were formerly members of the Working Group. All breeds share the ability to control the movement of other animals. The vast majority of Herding dogs, as household pets, never cross paths with a farm animal. Nevertheless, pure instinct prompts many of these dogs to gently herd their owners, especially the children of the family. In general, these intelligent dogs make excellent companions and respond beautifully to training exercises.The Border Collie is known as the best herder,but there is much controversey over this.

Dogs in the Herding group (for the AKC) are: ^[1]

	Australian Cattle Dog		Australian Shepherd		Bearded Collie
	Belgian Malinois		Belgian Sheepdog		Belgian Tervuren
	Border Collie		Bouvier des Flandres		Briard
	Canaan Dog		Cardigan Welsh Corgi		Collie
	German Shepherd Dog		Old English Sheepdog		Pembroke Welsh Corgi
	Polish Lowland Sheepdog		Puli		Shetland Sheepdog

[edit] Reference

1. ^ American Kennel Club Herding Group

American Kennel Club groups

Sporting • Hound • Working • Terrier • Toy • Non-Sporting • Herding • Miscellaneous Class • Foundation Stock Service Program