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Belgian
Sheepdog Dog
Belgian
Sheepdog Dog
The Belgian Sheepdog is a very
people loving dog, and is versatile, willing, eager, and
quick to learn. These dogs are very obedient and
intelligent which makes them highly trainable. A well
socialized Belgian Sheepdog will be confident and well
balanced. The Belgian Sheepdog breeds make good
companions because they are very devoted. Some of the
Belgian Sheepdog breeds have a dominant or stubborn
streak. This gentle breed has lots of energy and loves
to play. The Belgian Sheepdog has excellent knack for
problem solving. The Belgian Sheepdog has a very high
learning and obedience rate with the right training.
The Belgian Sheepdog will get along well with children
that are considerate and raised with. The Belgian
Sheepdog has a very protective streak. The Belgian
Sheepdog may be reserved and way around strangers.
Although these dogs are very loving towards their
family, other pets need to be introduced carefully. The
Belgian Sheepdog may consider smaller animals to be prey
rather than other household pets. This breed is probably
best for those with some level of experience with dogs.
Their protectiveness over their family makes them
effective watchdogs. The Belgian Sheepdog dogs do not
like intense warm climates but are okay with colder
weather. The Belgian Sheepdog breeds love to be around
people, and can be very graceful and loyal, although
they do still retain their instinct to chase.
The Belgian Sheepdog was developed
in Belgium for the guarding and herding of sheep.
Belgian Sheepdogs were formally recognized as the
Belgian Shepherd Dog in 1891. Present in the gene pool
of this breed are alleles producing long coats, short
coats, rough or wired coats and a variance of colors.
This created the Belgian Shepherd Dog with four
different varieties. The Groenendael (known simple as
the Belgian Sheepdog), with a long, solid black coat,
the Laekenois, a rough or wire-coat in fawn, red or
brown, the Malinois, a short coat in fawn, red or brown
and the Tervuren, a long coated fawn or dark red dog.
All of these dogs originated from the variance of
sheepdogs that existed in Belgium towards the end of the
19th century. In the year of 1890, a man named Monsieur
Nicholas Rose of the Cafe Du Groenendael found a
completely black, long-haired Belgian sheepdog in a
litter. After buying a dog similar to this one, Monsieur
Rose used selective breeding to create the Belgian
Sheepdog, or Groenendael. In 1891 the breed was decided
upon to develop and separate three more versions of this
dog at the Brussels Veterinary University. The American
Kennel Club has recognized three of these four
varieties. The United States and Belgium are the only
countries to accept at least three of the four of them
as distinguished from each other as four separate
breeds. The British Kennel Club regards them as a single
breed and the Federation Cynologique states one breed
with four varieties. Because of this, the dogs are
always registered on their coat type and color, not of
their parents. The Belgian breeds were used as sentry
dogs, messengers and even draft dogs in World War I, and
continued to serve in World War II.
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