Pastoral Group
Pastoral Group is the name of a breed Group of dogs, used by kennel clubs (primarily The Kennel Club) to classify a defined collection of dog breeds and does not refer to one particular type of dog. The international kennel club association, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, does not have a Pastoral Group, and includes most pastoral dogs in Group 1 Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs).[1]
Pastoral dogs
Main article: Pastoral dog
A pastoral breed is any type of dog bred to work livestock. It may refer to herding or guardian type dogs.
Pastoral Group breeds
The Kennel Club (UK) defines the Pastoral Group as including dog breeds originally kept for "working cattle, sheep, reindeer and other cloven footed animals".[2]
Breeds included in The Kennel Club's Pastoral Group include:
- Anatolian Shepherd Dog
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Shepherd
- Bearded Collie
- Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael)
- Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois)
- Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)
- Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervueren)
- Bergamasco
- Border Collie
- Briard
- Catalan Sheepdog
- Collie (Rough)
- Collie (Smooth)
- Estrela Mountain Dog (Cão da Serra da Estrela)
- Finnish Lapphund
- German Shepherd Dog (Alsatian)
- Hungarian Kuvasz
- Hungarian Puli
- Kangal dog
- Komondor
- Lancashire Heeler
- Maremma Sheepdog
- Norwegian Buhund
- Old English Sheepdog
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Pyrenean Mountain Dog
- Pyrenean Shepherd
- Samoyed
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Swedish Lapphund
- Swedish Vallhund
- Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
- Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)
See also
- Breed Groups (dog)
- Herding Group
- Dog type