At 11:41 AM 12/3/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Debbie, >It seems that a lot of the dogs who have the word "DOG" as part of their >names are indeed sheep herding dogs, but there are a few breeds with dog >as part >of their names who are not herders: >German Shepherd Dogs~ Old English Sheepdogs ~ Shetland Sheepdogs ~ Canaan >Dogs~ Belgian Sheepdogs~ Polish Lowland Sheepdogs~ American Eskimo Dogs~ >Anatolian Shepherd Dogs ~Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs ~ Bernese Mountain >Dogs~ >Portuguese Water Dogs ~ Australian Cattle Dogs. >There might be more, not sure. That is a good question. Marcia >_Black Oaks_ (http://www.geocities.com/blackoaksgsd/Homepage.html) The translations are sometimes weird. The Norwegian Elkhound (english "translation" ) is actually the Norwegian Elghund. Elg = Moose NOT Elk, hund = dog NOT hound. Sandy Sandra Kozub KcK Kennels http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================