Herding and Flock Guarding Dogs

DOGS CONNECTIONS: A Celebration of Dogs:
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Herding and Flock Guarding Dogs
Education and Rescue.

Dogs Connections Contents
	Herding Northern Non-Sporting Scent Hounds Sight Hounds	Sporting Terriers Toys - Small Working Mixed

National Clubs which do not make an effort to link to or support rescue, in my opinion, need to change their ways.

Many beautiful pure and mixed breed dogs are in animal shelters, breed rescue programs and humane societies all over the United States.

Collie Dog painted by Edwin Douglas (1849-1914) about this artist. Don't go off and get lost, but this is worth a visit - many dog portraits.

Recommended listening
Dog Ranch - NPR segment on sheep herding classes.

Diane Rehm's interviews with Jon Katz - New Work of Dogs (scroll down to see link to audio)
and Dogs of Bedlam Farm.

The Breed Links

Personal and Official Pages (in alphabetical order)
Rescue Sites are listed with the breeds.

Herding On the Web - guide to information, organizations, etc.

Australian Cattle Dogs/Working Dogs - Article
There is an excellent article here on what registration means. It would be useful for anyone seeking a purebred dog, regardless of breed.
Australian Shepherds - Official Home Page of the United States Australian Shepherd Association
Bearded Collies - Beardie-L Home Page. Comprehensive.
Bearded Collie Literary Notebook - this page is special.
belgians.com - a good place to start your research on Belgian Shepherd. Here is their Belgian Rescue page.

All About Border Collies - United States Border Collie Club, Inc. (USBCC)

Border Collies in Herding - index to a number of informational pages.
Border Collies in Obedience - links and good information

Border Collie Rescue - Florida. This page lists dogs and border collie rescue workers from all over the United States and International sources.

East Tennessee Border Collie Rescue

Genetics and the Border Collie - excellent information

The Bouvier Page

Catahoula Leopard Dogs - informative page about these versatile stock/hunting dogs.

Texas Old English Sheepdog Rescue - available dogs, tips on care, more

Old English Sheepdog Rescue Links

German Shepherd Dog Club of America (GSDCA)

German Shepherd Rescue - national site

German Shepherd Rescue - Raleigh, N.C.

German Shepherd Dogs in Herding - lots of historical information here as well as many photographs

American Shetland Sheepdog Association - home page, no links to rescue...

Shetland Sheepdog Rescue - national rescue contacts

Operation Sheltie Rescue - Asheville, N.C.

Recommended Reading
	Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men by Donald McCaig. New York, NY : E. Burlingame Books, c1991. Anecdotes about border collies and sheep dog trials in Scotland.
		Nop's Trials by Donald McCaig. New York : Crown Publishers, c1984. Nops Hope by Donald McCaig, New York : Crown Publishers, c1994.
	Lassie Come Home by Eric Mowbray Knight, 1938- here is the official Lassie.net (movie related site)
	Lad: a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune, Sam Savitt (Illustrator), 1919

This is my Laura Collie. She is fourteen years old now and has become mostly deaf. She still needs to be brushed on a regular basis and still doesn't stand still.

She is both a collie and a retriever in behavior. I adopted her from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Control facility about 13 1/2 years ago. She herds her kennel mates Shirley and now Jack, the German Shorthaired Pointer.

LauraCollie - a rescue from Charlotte Mecklenburg animal shelter

She recently attended an "adoptathon" with me. Not to be adopted, but to draw crowds because she is very beautiful, loves all people, children and other dogs - a great rep for a mixed breed rescue. I also needed to brush her - doggie shedding season is upon us. Brushing Laura looked like so much fun that at one point she had two adults and two children all working on her at once - the Tom Sawyer effect (If you haven't ever read this book, Tom makes painting a fence seem like so much fun that all of his friends want to help). Next time you need to brush out your collie or shepherd, go to an event with children. Take several brushes...

print of German Shepherd dog
Print of German Shepherd

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Begun March 1995. Last updated on May 25, 2005.

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