All dogs 9 months of age or older from the following breeds are eligible to participate in Herding Events.
Effective January 1, 2011 all dogs 6 months of age or older from the following breeds are eligible to participate in Herding Instinct Tests.
AKC Recognized Breeds
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Shepherd
- Bearded Collie
- Beauceron
- Belgian Laekenois
- Belgian Malinois
- Belgian Sheepdog
- Belgian Tervuren
- Bergamasco
- Berger Picard
- Bernese Mountain Dog
- Boerboel
- Border Collie
- Bouviers des Flandres
- Boxers
- Briard
- Canaan Dog
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Collie
- Entlebucher Mountain Dog
- Finnish Lapphund
- German Shepherd Dog
- Giant Schnauzer
- Great Swiss Mountain Dog
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Kerry Blue Terrier
- Lancashire Heeler
- Miniature American Shepherd
- Mudi
- Norwegian Buhund
- Norwegian Elkhound
- Old English Sheepdog
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Puli
- Pumi
- Pyrenean Shepherd
- Rottweiler
- Samoyed
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
- Spanish Water Dog
- Standard Schnauzer
- Swedish Vallhund
Foundation Stock Service Breeds*
- Appenzeller Sennenhunde
- Australian Kelpie
- Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
- Barbado de Terceira
- Bohemian Shepherd
- Catahoula Leopard Dog
- Croatian Sheepdog
- Czechoslovakian Vlciak
- Danish – Swedish Farmdog
- Dutch Shepherd
- Lapponian Herder
- Schapendoes
- Slovensky Cuvac
- Swedish Lapphund
- Working Kelpie
* May compete for suffix titles only
- Dogs of these breeds recorded with the Purebred Alternative Listing Program/Indefinite Listing Privilege (PAL/ILP) or dogs with Conditional registration are eligible to participate.
- Spayed and neutered dogs are eligible to participate.
- Bitches in season are eligible to participate.
- Dogs with Limited Registration are eligible to participate.
For all information regarding eligibility, please refer to Chapter 1 Section 3 of the AKC Herding Regulations.