https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/ 2026-05-06T04:32:17+00:00 https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/ https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/lib/exe/fetch.php/favicon.ico text/html 2026-03-26T18:33:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/shdo/sheepdogs?rev=1774550017&do=diff This topic is part of Gardening, smallholding & farming. Sheepdogs ---------- ""There is no more off-leash reliable, calm, sophisticated, go-with-you-anywhere dog than a trained sheepdog." - Donald McCaig" What are sheepdogs? Sheepdogs are working dogs used to herd sheep or other livestock, such as cattle or poultry. Dogs were the first animal to be domesticated by humans and have been selectively bred over thousands of years.  In herding dogs, selective breeding has suppressed the desir…