ELIGIBLE BREEDS
AKC
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Shepherd
- Bearded Collie
- Beauceron
- Belgian Laekenois
- Belgian Malinois
- Belgian Sheepdog
- Belgian Tervuren
- Bergamasco
- Berger Picard
- Bernese Mountain Dog
- Boerboel
- Border Collie
- Bouvier des Flandres
- Boxer
- Briard
- Canaan Dog
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Collie
- Entlebucher Mountain Dog
- Finnish Lapphund
- German Shepherd Dog
- Giant Schnauzer
- Great Swiss Mountain Dog
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Kerry Blue Terrier
- Miniature American Shepherd
- Mudi
- Norwegian Buhund
- Norwegian Elkhound
- Old English Sheepdog
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Puli
- Pumi
- Pyrenean Shepherd
- Rottweiler
- Samoyed
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
- Spanish Water Dog
- Standard Schnauzer
- Swedish Vallhund
Foundation Stock Service Breeds*
- Appenzeller Sennenhunde
- Bohemian Shepherd
- Catahoula Leopard Dog
- Czechoslovakian Vlcaks
- Danish – Swedish Farmdog
- Dutch Shepherd
- Lancashire Heeler
- Lapponian Herder
- Miniature American Shepherd
- Portuguese Sheepdog
- Schapendoes
- Slovensky Cuvac
- Swedish Lapphund
- Working Kelpie
* May compete for suffix titles only
- Dogs of these breeds recorded with the Purebred Alternative Listing Program/Indefinite Listing Privilege (PAL/ILP) or dogs with Conditional registration are eligible to participate.
- Spayed and neutered dogs are eligible to participate.
- Bitches in season are eligible to participate.
- Dogs with Limited Registration are eligible to participate.
For all information regarding eligibility, please refer to Chapter 1 Section 3 of the AKC Herding Regulations.
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Herding Breeds
- Appenzeller Sennenhund
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Kelpie
- Australian Koolie
- Australian Shepherd
- Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
- Bearded Collie
- Beauceron
- Belgian Laekenois
- Belgian Malinois
- Belgian Sheepdog
- Belgian Tervuren
- Bergamasco
- Border Collie
- Bouvier des Flandres
- Briard
- Canaan Dog
- Catahoula
- Catalonian Sheepdog (Gos d’Atura)
- Collie (Rough)
- Collie (Smooth)
- Dutch Shepherd
- English Shepherd
- Entlebucher Sennenhund
- German Coolie
- German Shepherd Dog
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Lancashire Heeler
- Lapphund
- McNab
- Miniature American Shepherd
- Mudi
- Norwegian Buhund
- Old English Sheepdog
- Old Time Scotch Collie
- Picardy Shepherd (Berger Picard)
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Puli
- Pumi
- Pyrenean Shepherd
- Queensland Heeler
- Rottweiler
- Samoyed
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Spanish Water Dog
- Swedish Lapphund
- Swedish Vallhund
- Welsh Corgi, Cardigan
- Welsh Corgi, Pembroke
- Welsh Sheepdog
- White Swiss Shepherd (Berger Blanc Suisse)
(rare herding breeds not yet listed here are also eligible)
Multipurpose breeds with herding background
- Airedale Terrier
- American Eskimo
- Bernese Mountain Dog
- Boerboel
- Boxer
- Dalmatian
- Danish-Swedish Farmdog
- Doberman Pinscher
- German Pinscher
- Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
- Keeshond
- Kerry Blue Terrier
- Poodle
- Schipperke
- Schnauzer, Giant
- Schnauzer, Standard
- Shiloh Shepherd
- Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier