LIST OF BREEDS ELIGIBLE FOR HCT HCT titles are limited to the listed breeds. JHD and trial titles may be earned by all breeds and mixes. Herding Breeds Appenzeller Sennenhund Australian Cattle Dog Australian Kelpie Australian Koolie Australian Shepherd Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Laekenois Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Bergamasco Border Collie Bouvier des Flandres Briard Canaan Dog Catahoula Catalonian Sheepdog (Gos d’Atura) Collie (Rough) Collie (Smooth) Dutch Shepherd English Shepherd Entlebucher Sennenhund German Coolie German Shepherd Dog Icelandic Sheepdog
Lancashire Heeler Lapphund McNab Miniature American Shepherd
Miniature Australian Shepherd Mudi Norwegian Buhund Old English Sheepdog
Old Time Scotch Collie Picardy Shepherd (Berger Picard) Polish Lowland Sheepdog Puli Pumi Pyrenean Shepherd Queensland Heeler Rottweiler Samoyed Shetland Sheepdog Spanish Water Dog
Swedish Lapphund Swedish Vallhund Welsh Corgi, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Pembroke Welsh Sheepdog White Shepherd
White Swiss Shepherd (Berger Blanc Suisse) (rare herding breeds not yet listed here are also eligible)
Multipurpose breeds with herding background Airedale Terrier American Eskimo Bernese Mountain Dog Boerboel Boxer
Dalmatian Danish-Swedish Farmdog Doberman Pinscher German Pinscher Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Keeshond Kerry Blue Terrier Poodle Schipperke Schnauzer, Giant Schnauzer, Standard Shiloh Shepherd Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Upon application to the AHBA Secretary, multipurpose breeds may be added by the Board to this section upon provision of documentation (breed descriptions, photos, accounts, books, etc.) showing historical use as a stock dog and current use as a stock dog, e.g., dogs engaged in practical stock work on a farm or ranch, participation in trials. Serious interest in herding qualities must be shown by owners and breeders. Dogs ineligible for HCT may participate fully in all trial classes and Junior Herding Dog.
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