Canis lupus hominis

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1. on August 14, 2011 at 5:07 am yesbabunni

   English Shepherd Dog.

   
   
   • on August 14, 2011 at 3:40 pm Suhail

     Yes there is a strong possibility.

     
     
   • on August 16, 2011 at 10:13 am sa99hireHelen Pope

     This breed has never been heard of in Britain.

     
     
     • on August 16, 2011 at 11:27 am Andy Ward

       http://www.englishshepherd.co.uk

       
       
2. on August 14, 2011 at 8:31 am Andy Ward

   English Shepherd seems too easy, it must be something else.

   
   
3. on August 14, 2011 at 3:14 pm Peggy Richter

   Welsh sheepdog?
   Peggy Richter

   
   
4. on August 14, 2011 at 3:19 pm Suhail

   It is definitely a farm / shepherd dog. My first guess is a young (not fully grown) Bosnian Tornjak. Second guess is young Bulgarian Karakachan.

   
   
5. on August 14, 2011 at 6:07 pm cyborgsuzy

   ‘Round here we’d call that there a cowdog.

   
   
6. on August 15, 2011 at 8:52 am Ina Olsen

   Yes, look like a Tornjak, Karakachan, Bukovina or Serbian Shepherd, all same type of dogs.

   
   
   • on August 15, 2011 at 9:33 pm Suhail

     Except that it looks a little smaller or light built.The spots on the muzzle are typical of at least one line of Tornjaks that I know.

     
     
   • on August 15, 2011 at 9:55 pm Dave

     None of those dogs are related to the British collies.

     
     
     • on August 15, 2011 at 10:14 pm Suhail

       If I remember correctly, Bearded Collies have Polish Tatra ancestry.

       
       
       • on August 15, 2011 at 10:24 pm retrieverman

         It’s Polish lowland sheepdog, not the Tatra Mountain Dog.

         
         
         • on August 16, 2011 at 10:16 pm Suhail

           Yes, I stand corrected. Thank you.

           
           
7. on August 16, 2011 at 11:45 am Franko

   Thats a nice question and thats is a good question too.
   It is a nice question to me because I’m a sheep producer ( sheep producers were most of my ancestors too) and I have a 30 years old passion and experience with working stockdogs.
   Time permitting I try to do some research on the traditional stockdogs’ populations in continental europe(mainly in Italy ,France,Swiss and Austria).
   I use for my every day work 6 WKC kelpies , 2 Border Collies and 3 “cani toccatori” the indigenous land race of the Apenninis mountains and peninsular Italy in general.
   I also have a pack of white LGD of the Abruzzis
   I also like to compete in a few trials ….. I’m reading your post about specialization in working dogs so…I guess that I fall under the sheeple but that is another subject!
   It is a good question because as you have pointed out we are clearly in presence of a magnificent representative of the great collie land race from the british islands so look alone is absolutely not enough to tell to wich family this dog belong to .
   I would need some more information about the geografical location and the person using this dog but all what I have is the landscape in the bottom of the pictures….
   So I would say :patagonian sheepdog wich in argentinian spanish it’is called something like ” perro oveillero patagonico” or “barbucho”
   These populations of working stockdogs started to form soon after the independence from the spanish crown when Argentina’s and Chili ‘s gouvernement began to encourage immigrants from Europe to settle the souther part of the continent.
   Thousands of farmer immigrated from Wales and Scotland in the 19th century some of them brought their working dogs with them.
   It is also known that a lot of merinos were imported from english speaking countries so it easy to imagine that some more dogs came in that way.
   Well my answer is patagonian sheepdog but I’m unsure,so it possible have a “B plan”?
   In this case my second choice would be a welsh sheepdog whose welsh name I guess it is contained in the following sentence ” Ci Defaid Cymreig”……..
   Anyway I hope that you can read my horribile english…
   Regards Gianluca

   
   
   • on August 20, 2011 at 3:46 pm Suhail

     I missed reading this very informative response. Thanks for sharing.

     
     
8. on August 16, 2011 at 10:25 pm Suhail

   English Shepherd Dog on an American farm. This is my final guess.

   
   
9. on August 20, 2011 at 3:29 pm Sengimage

   My guess is…. small Munsterlander.

   
   

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