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herding dog
Sign in to saveAlso known as shepherd dog, stock dog, cattle herding dog, cattle dog
type of pastoral dog
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Encyclopedic overview
An Australian Kelpie backing sheep. A Koolie working with sheep. Sheepdog transported with livestock in Fairlie, New Zealand
A herding dog, also known as a stock dog or working dog, is a type of dog that either has been trained in herding livestock or belongs to one of the breeds that were developed for herding. A dog specifically trained to herd sheep is known as a sheep dog or shepherd dog, and one trained to herd cattle is known as a cattle dog or cow dog.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “herding dog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.