Sheep dog
A sheep dog, sheepdog, shepherd dog or simply shepherd is generally a dog or breed of dogs historically used in connection with the raising of sheep. These include livestock guardian dogs used to guard sheep and other livestock and herding dogs used to move, manage and control sheep and other livestock.
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale has grouped Sheepdogs and Cattledogs in Group 1.
List of herding breeds
| Name | Origin | Recognition | Other Names | Image |
| Australian Cattle Dog | Australia | FCI | ||
| Australian Kelpie | Australia | FCI | ||
| Australian Shepherd | USA | FCI, AKC | ||
| Basque Shepherd Dog | France, Spain | RSCFRCE | ||
| Bearded Collie | UK | FCI, AKC | ||
| Beauceron | France | FCI | ||
| Belgian Shepherd Groenendael | Belgium | FCI, AKC | ||
| Belgian Shepherd Laekenois | Belgium | FCI, AKC | ||
| Belgian Shepherd Malinois | Belgium | FCI, AKC | ||
| Belgian Shepherd Tervuren | Belgium | FCI, AKC | ||
| Bergamasco Shepherd | Italy | FCI | ||
| Berger Blanc Suisse | Switzerland | FCI | ||
| Berger Picard | France | FCI | ||
| Border Collie | UK | FCI, AKC | ||
| Bouvier des Flandres | Belgium | FCI | ||
| Briard | France | FCI | ||
| Can de Chira | Spain | |||
| Can de Palleiro | Spain | |||
| Cão da Serra de Aires | Portugal | FCI | ||
| Carea Castellano Manchego | Spain | |||
| Carea Leonés | Spain | RSCFRCE | ||
| Catahoula Leopard Dog | USA | AKC, UKC | ||
| Catalan Sheepdog | Spain | FCI | ||
| Chiribaya Dog | Peru | |||
| Croatian Sheepdog | Croatia | FCI | ||
| Cumberland Sheepdog | England | |||
| Dutch Shepherd | Netherlands | FCI, AKC | ||
| English Shepherd | USA | UKC | ||
| Finnish Lapphund | Finland | FCI, AKC | Reindeer | |
| Garafian Shepherd | Spain | RSCFRCE | ||
| Gaucho sheepdog | Brazil | CBKC | ||
| German Shepherd | Germany | FCI, AKC | ||
| Huntaway | New Zealand | NZKC | ||
| Icelandic Sheepdog | Iceland | FCI | ||
| Komondor | Hungary | FCI, AKC | ||
| Koolie | Australia | |||
| Lancashire Heeler | England | FCI | ||
| Lapponian Herder | Finland | FCI | Reindeer | |
| McNab | USA | |||
| Miniature American Shepherd | USA | FCI, AKC | ||
| Mudi | Hungary | FCI | ||
| New Zealand Heading Dog | New Zealand | |||
| Norwegian Buhund | Norway | FCI | ||
| Old English Sheepdog | England | FCI, AKC | ||
| Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai | Italy | |||
| Patagonian Sheepdog | Chile | Kennel Club de Chile | ||
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Poland | FCI | ||
| Puli | Hungary | FCI | ||
| Pumi | Hungary | FCI | ||
| Pyrenean Shepherd | France | FCI | ||
| Rottweiler | Germany | FCI, AKC | ||
| Rough Collie | Scotland | FCI, AKC | ||
| Schapendoes | Netherlands | FCI | ||
| Schipperke | Belgium | FCI, AKC | ||
| Shetland Sheepdog | Scotland | FCI, AKC | ||
| Slovak Cuvac | Slovakia | FCI | ||
| Small Međimurje Dog | Croatia | Croatian Kennel Club | ||
| Smithfield | England | - | ||
| Smooth Collie | Scotland | FCI, AKC | ||
| Swedish Lapphund | Sweden | FCI | Reindeer | |
| Swedish Vallhund | Sweden | FCI, AKC | Cattle | |
| Tornjak | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia | FCI | ||
| Welsh Corgi Cardigan | Wales | FCI, AKC | Cattle | |
| Welsh Corgi Pembroke | Wales | FCI, AKC | Cattle | |
| Welsh Sheepdog | Wales |
Livestock guardian dog breeds
- Aidi
- Akbash dog
- Aksaray Malaklisi
- Anatolian Shepherd
- Armenian Gampr
- Bakharwal dog
- Bucovina Shepherd
- Cão de Castro Laboreiro
- Cão de Gado Transmontano
- Carpathian Shepherd Dog
- Caucasian Shepherd Dog
- Central Asian Shepherd Dog
- Estrela Mountain Dog
- Georgian Shepherd
- Great Pyrenees
- Greek Shepherd
- Gurdbasar
- Himalayan Sheepdog
- Kangal Shepherd
- Karakachan
- Kars
- Karst Shepherd
- Komondor
- Koyun dog
- Kuchi
- Kuvasz
- Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog
- Mioritic Shepherd
- Persian Mastiff
- Polish Tatra Sheepdog
- Pshdar dog
- Pyrenean Mastiff
- Rafeiro do Alentejo
- Romanian Raven Shepherd Dog
- Sardinian Shepherd Dog
- Šarplaninac
- Slovak Cuvac
- Spanish Mastiff
- Tibetan kyi apso
- Tibetan Mastiff
- Tobet
- Tornjak
- Vikhan Sheepdog