Sheep dog facts for kids
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A sheep dog or sheepdog is generally a dog or breed of dogs historically used in connection with the raising of sheep. These may include livestock guardian or pastoral dogs used to guard sheep and other livestock in farms for farmers, and herding dogs used to herd sheep and other livestock.
Specific breeds include:
- Bearded Collie
- Belgian Malinois
- Border Collie
- Catalan Sheepdog
- Croatian Sheepdog
- Cumberland Sheepdog
- German Shepherd
- Hungarian Puli
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Maremma Sheepdog
- Old English Sheepdog, also referred to as "Bobtail" in common vernacular
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Šarplaninac or Šarplaninec
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Tornjak
- Welsh Sheepdog
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