Belgian Web Sites:
Belgian Sheepdog Club of America
Belgian Sheepdog Rescue Trust
Belgiandogs.org
Working Groenendael
Clair de Lune, Claire Trethewey's site - includes pedigree search engine
Epix kennels (Julie Cantrell)
Reverie kennels (Jill Miller)
Bonntyme kennel (Bonnie Leonard)
Midnight Acres (Melodee Tragnitz)
Magic Kennels (Debby Courtier)
Herding Breeds:
The following web pages may help in understanding the historical use and function of the various dogs
Herding on the Web:
Another excellent site with all kinds of information and breed references by fellow herder
Linda Rorem. I've tried to avoid too much overlap.
http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/research/canine/projects/mdr1/
Research & information on breeds that have the "ivermectin sensitivity" gene. All of these dogs have some ancestry tracing back to a British "collie" in the 1890s or so. Interesting research on the relationships of Aussies, ACDs, Beardies, Collies, Border Collies, English Shepherds & others.
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/101/32/11725
Article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science on the history & relationships of those breeds with the mdr1 gene. INCLUDES A FAMILY TREE.
French Herding:
In France there are 3 levels. The first one (Niveau I) is for "non professional users" (non breeders). Two results with more than 75% (Excellent) with two different Judges give rights to enter the second level. Second one (Niveau II) (breeders enter this level directly) two results with more than 75% (Excellent) with two different judges are necessary to obtain the "BREVET" (license). With this "Brevet", the individual can enter in the third level (Niveau III). Third level is the selective access to the French "championship".
Here are the French qualifying statistics from 2005 and 2006
This page has the trial results with the names of the owners
"European FCI traditionnal" championship: http://cn.chiens.troupeaux.free.fr/chteuropefci08/
with a Berger Belge Malinois (the of the contest):
http://cn.chiens.troupeaux.free.fr/chteuropefci08/diapo/Cuba_von_Dorlatos/index.html
Cuba is also champion of recue, obediance and so on…
http://www.working-dog.eu/dogs-details/78331/Cuba-von-Dorlatos
The results (and a report) of the championship are here:
For 2008: http://cn.chiens.troupeaux.free.fr/cht_08/index.html
For 2007: http://cn.chiens.troupeaux.free.fr/cht_07/index.html
For 2006: http://cn.chiens.troupeaux.free.fr/cht_06/index.html
All French championships: http://cn.chiens.troupeaux.free.fr/cun_championnats/
And all results (php/mysql) are here: (enter as a guest - "Connexion comme invité") in "Listing_result (Invité)" you'll get all results till 2005; change language to English: go to advance search: "Race" contains "Berger Belge GROEN"
2 Gronendael and one T BB Malinois" ("T" as "Type" because unknown origine)
Individual Breed Pages:
Appenzeller Sennenhund
http://www.hund.ch/rasse/appenzelleruk.htm
Australian Cattle Dog
http://www.cattledog.com/misc/history.html
http://www.ar.com.au/~norclark/brdhist.htm
Australian Kelpie
http://www.kelpiesinc.com
Australian Shepherd
http://www.nwlink.com/~ronburg/Aussies/History.htm
http://www.crazefordogs.addr.com/roots.htm
Basque Shepherd (Berger des Pyrénées)
http://www.pyrenean-journal.com/berger.htm
http://www.pyrshep1.homestead.com/pshistory.html
Bearded Collie
http://www.beardie.net/hobo/description/bearded_collie_history/index.html
Beauceron
http://www.beaucerons.net/history.htm
http://www.aboutbeaucerons.com/history.htm
http://www.pageweb.com/beauce/page2.html
Bergamasco
http://www.pastore-bergamasco.org.IBSA_frame.htm
Berger Picard
http://www.windsorlakepicards.com/Picards.html
Bernese Mountain Dog
http://www.bmdca.org/pages/The_BMD_History_and_The_Standard.php
Black Mouth Cur
http://www.blackmouthcur.com/History.htm
Border Collie
http://www.gis.net/~shepdog/BC_Museum/index.html
Bouvier de Ardennes
http://www.thebreedsofdogs.com/BOUVIER_DE_ARDENNES.htm
Bouvier des Flandres
http://www.bogartsdaddy.com/Bouvier/History/default.htm
http://scbdfc.com
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/7787/bouvinfo.html
Canaan Dog
http://www.itb.it/canaan/icdca/History/breed.htm
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
http://www.cardigancorgis.com
Catahoula Leopard Dog
http://www.catahoulaleopard.com/homepg.htm
Catalonian Sheepdog
http://www.cataloniansheepdogs.com/about_catalonian_sheepdog.htm
Collie
http://izebug.syr.edu/~gsbisco/collieonceandfuture.htm
Dutch Sheepdog
http://www.canadasguidetodogs.com/schapendoes.htm
or Dutch Sheep-poodle (different from the Dutch Shepherd);
http://www.schapendoes.se/index2.htm (in dutch)
http://www.schapendoes.nl/ (also dutch)
Dutch Shepherd
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/dutchshepherd.htm
http://www.sevenpineskennel.com/dutch_shepherd_history.htm
English Shepherd
http://www.nesr.info/es/
Entlebucher Sennenhund
http://www.entlebucher.org
German Shepherd Dog
http://www.german-shepherdherding.com
www.nsgsdc.com/breedhistory.shtml
Old German Shepherds
http://www.vieh-ev.de/Rassen/Hunde/huetehund.html
Giant Schnauzer
http://www.giantschnauzerclubofamerica.com/Information/history.htm
Icelandic Sheepdog
http://www.icelanddog.org
http://www.finnishlapphund.org
McNab
http://www.flyballdogs.com/personal/mcnab.html
Miniature Australian Shepherd (North American Shepherd)
http://www.mascaonline.org
Mudi
http://www.bestmudi.estranky.cz/clanky/mudi/the-history-of-the-mudi
http://www.mudi.us
http://www.netikka.net/laitinen/colors.html, an interesting discussion of Mudi origins & a good photo series on colors
Norwegian Buhund
http://www.fibreworksfarm.com/buhund/norwegian.htm
www.buhund.org/buhund/history.html
http://hjem.get2net.dk/dorch/buhund/english.htm
Old English Sheepdog
http://www.barkbytes.com/history/oldeng.htm
Old English Sheepdog Club of America
Picardy Shepherd (see Berger Picard)
Polish Lowland Sheepdog/Polish Owczarek Nizinny(PON)
http://www.polishsheepdog.com/2005ponStandard.htm
Puli
http://www.hungarianpuli.com.au/history.htm
http://www.puliclub.org/JECPuliHistory.pdf
Pumi
http://www.thebreedsofdogs.com/PUMI.htm
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-59012/pumi3.html
http://home.teleport.com/~abiqua2/pumi/about.htm
Pyrenean Shepherd (see Basque Shepherd)
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
http://www.pembrokecorgi.org/PE_Herding.html
http://www.pembrokecorgi.org/art_history_ssh.html
http://www.jimanie.com/Corgihistory.html
http://www.pwccwr.org/pembrokehistory.html
Rottweiler
http://www.donnerbergrottweilers.com/rottweiler-history.html
Samoyed
http://www.dketa.com/history.html
"Samoyed; The People and Their Dog"
Shetland Sheepdog
http://www.geocities.com/wpgshelties/history.html
Shiloh Shepherd
http://www.shilohshepherds.info/siteMap2005HistoryShilohShepherd.htm
Standard Schnauzer
http://www.standardschnauzer.org/history.html
http://www.stdschnauzer.com/articles.php?art=1
Swedish Vallhund
http://www.swedishvallhund.ws
Welsh Sheepdog
http://www.welsh-sheepdogs.co.uk
White Shepherd
http://www.awsaclub.com/breedinfo.htm
Breeds with some herding background
(In herding breeds, herding is at least part of the criteria in selection of the dogs, either historically or currently or both. In the list of breeds below, ancestry can be traced to a herding breed(s) but selection has not been based on any herding criteria):
Black Russian Terrier:
http://www.mustaterrieri.com
http://brtca.org/default.htm
Chinook:
http://www.chinookclubofamerica.org/chinook-dog-standard.htm
Doberman Pinscher:
http://www.dpca.org/Background.html
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog:
http://www.gsmdca.org/breedhistory/index.php
Keeshond:
http://www.websurfin.com/keeshound/keeshonds_history.htm
Kerry Blue Terrier:
http://www.kerryblues.info
Poodle:
http://www.poodlehistory.org
Schipperke:
http://www.shalako.com/history.htm
http://www.schipperke.be/nameSchipperke.htm
Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier:
http://www.scwtca.org/index.htm
