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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

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