Livestock Dog Family 

Humans living in the delta between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers learned that the natural guarding instinct in dogs could be extended to protect livestock. These dogs learned to guard cattle, sheep, and goats as if they were part of the family or pack.

Dogs in this family include:

• Anatolian Shepherd
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Shepherd
• Bearded Collie
• Belgian Malinois
• Belgian Tervuren
• Bernese Mountain Dog
• Border Collie
• Bouvier des Flandres
• Boxer
• Briard
• Bulldog
• Bullmastiff
• Canaan Dog
• Cardigan Welsh Corgi
• Chinese Sharpei
• Collie
• German Shepherd Dog
• Giant Schnauzer
• Great Dane
• Great Pyrenees
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
• Komondor
• Kuvasz
• Landseer
• Mastiff
• Miniature Australian Shepherd
• Newfoundland
• Old English Sheepdog
• Pembroke Welsh Corgi
• Puli
• Rottweiler
• St. Bernard
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Standard Schnauzer
• Swedish Vallhund
• Tibetan Mastiff

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