herding dog

American  

noun

1. one of any of several breeds of dogs used originally for herding livestock, including the Belgian sheepdog, collie, German shepherd, and Old English sheepdog.

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Example Sentences

For example, a herding dog might need proportions allowing for tight turns, while some hounds might require thick paw pads for rough terrain.

From Seattle Times

Now Craig has just a few sheep and goats, some horses and a few dogs, including one herding dog named Dibé, the Navajo word for “sheep.”

From Seattle Times

On this sunny day, however, the goats are streaming down the hill to a new grazing area, egged on by the indefatigable herding dog Bernie.

From Los Angeles Times

A herding dog might need proportions that allow for quick, tight turns.

From Washington Times

And because the lineages happened to cleanly fall into eight behavioral groups, it became possible to identify what parts of the genome make a herding dog different from a guarding dog, for example.

From Scientific American