National Dog Show Herding Group 2025

National Dog Show Herding Group 2025. Humans have used that instinct to their advantage on farms and ranches with herding dogs who have the sole purpose of gathering and moving livestock. Vicki sandage, dvm, reflects on the honor and challenges of judging the herding group at the national dog show.

Humans have used that instinct to their advantage on farms and ranches with herding dogs who have the sole purpose of gathering and moving livestock. While every dog is the best dog, judges evaluate the hopefuls according to “how closely each dog compares with the judge’s mental image of the perfect dog as described in the breed’s.