The Belgian Groenendael, as it is called worldwide, is simply called the Belgian Shepherd by the American Kennel Club. It was named after the village of Groenendael in Belgian. It is one of the four varieties of the Belgian Sheepdogs, the Belgian Groenendael, Belgian Malinois, Belgian Tervuren, and the less popularBelgian Laekenois, which all share a common foundation. In most countries and breed clubs all four dogs are considered the same breed with different varieties in coat types. All four dogs share a breed standard in all countries accept for the AKC who since 1959 recognizes them as separate breeds and does not recognize one of the four (the Laekenois), whereas the UKC, who is also a U.S. registry does recognize all four varieties as one breed. Versatile and highly intelligent, all four varieties of the Belgian Sheepdog excel at a variety of talents, including but not limited to police work such as, narcotics and bomb detection, protection and schutzhund, search and rescue, also obedience, agility, tracking, herding, sled and cart pulling and as a guide for the blind and assistant to the disabled. These high energy, extremely intelligent dogs need leadership, to be challenged, and well exercised daily and therefore are not for everyone, but can make an excellent family companion with the right owners. The Belgian Malinois was the first of the four sheepdogs to establish type. Until the other four were established in type they were called "Berger Belge a poil court autre que Malinois", which meant "Belgian short-coated Sheepdog who is not the Malinois." Today all four sheepdogs are popular in Belgian. Today the Laekenois and Malinois more often used as working type dogs, than the Belgian Groenendael and Tervuren but all types still make excellent workers.
A Belgian sheepdog is one of four variants of sheep-herding dog bred in Belgium, especially the Groenendael variant.
They were first bred to herd sheep.
I have a Belgian Sheepdog Mix and he sheds.... A LOT! :)
for herding
the old english sheepdog or bobtail was used as shepherd.
Breed All About It - 1998 Belgian Sheepdog was released on: USA:30 March 2000
No, Belgian Sheepdogs tend to be very healthy.
Belgian horses are bred for farm work and showing
It should. That would be so cool.
Schoch tape it down for a night
Frank E. Dykema has written: 'Belgian sheepdogs' -- subject(s): Belgian sheepdog
They have no major health concerns because they are such a healthy breed.