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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A farm owner from Yakima County, Washington, shared a video of two of ...

If your lifestyle demands a dog that’s as energetic and intelligent as you are, herding dog breeds might be your perfect match. These remarkable dogs aren’t just livestock movers—they’re loyal, clever ...

But in the 19th century, sheepdog trials grew in popularity as a way to showcase the dogs' and their handlers' skills. And ...

Herding dogs are famous for trying to herd just about anything that moves, from sheep and ducks to children and even their own humans. But Maggie the sheep dog may have found the slowest “flock” ...

Modern day Patagonian sheepdogs are the closest living relative to now-extinct varieties of herding dogs of Victorian era Britain, according to a study publishing April 28th in the open-access journal ...

If you have a herding breed at home and find yourself doing a little shuffle every time you walk across the room, you are not ...

Grey, a border collie, tucked himself low to the ground. With directions from shepherd Nancy Starkey, he darted around three sheep and herded them in circles, lying down whenever Starkey commanded and ...

Looking rather like a sheep itself, the floofy Patagonian sheepdog is rare (only several hundred are alive today), and it represents the last remnant of a now-lost population of working dogs that ...