Pastoral dog
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A pastoral dog is any individual dog of any breed or type used for mustering, guarding
or otherwise managing livestock
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Pastoral Dog might refer to the:
Livestock guardian dog
A livestock guardian dog is a domesticated canine used to defend livestock against predators. LGDs are commonly referred to as "sheep dogs" since they most often have guarded flocks of sheep, but most are capable of guarding other species of livestock. They are classified as pastoral dogs...
or otherwise managing livestock
Livestock
Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...
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Pastoral Dog might refer to the:
- Pastoral Dog Type - any group of dogs of any appearance or heritage actually used for managing livestock
- Pastoral Dog GroupPastoral GroupPastoral Group is the name of a breed Group of dogs, used by kennel clubs to classify a defined collection of dog breeds and does not refer to one particular type of dog...
- any of various dog breeds registered in the Pastoral Group of The Kennel Club (UK) (dogs may be pets and never used on livestock).