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On the Web

Herding Dog Rescue List - An e-mail list for anyone anywhere involved in the rescue of any type of herding dogs.
Perf-Shelties E-Group - An e-mail list for Sheltie owners involved in any performance sport, such as obedience, agility, tracking, herding, freestyle.
WorkingCollies - Discussion group about obedience, agility, herding, tracking, and a little conformation.
Vastgotaspets Group - Yahoo group since 2001.
American Herding Breeds Association - Information on herding dog work, upcoming trials, judging information, trainers/facilities, and herding breeds.
Wonderful Aussies - Place to brag, ask for training advice, discuss agility, herding, conformation, obedience, freestyle, flyball or anything else people do with their dogs.
Border-Collies - An e-mail list intended for the owner, lover, breeder and persons that just want to learn more about this herding breed. [Registration required]
Triangle Herding Dog Rescue - Rescue group located near Raleigh, North Carolina, that specializes in rehoming Australian Cattle Dogs, Australian Shepherds, and various other herding breeds.
Berger-picard: French Herding Dog - Mailing list for discussion of the breed.
Herdingdogs-unlimited - An email list for all owners, breeders, fanciers, soon-to-be owners/breeders, and lovers of the herding breeds.

Wikipedia Articles

Herding Group - The Herding Group is an American Kennel Club designation for purebred dog breeds that comprises herding dogs and livestock guardian dogs. All herding breeds were formerly in the Working Group.
Herding - Herding is the act of bringing individual animals together into a group (herd), maintaining the group and moving the group from place to place—or any combination of those. While the layperson uses the term "herding", most individuals involved in the process will call it "working stock" or "moving" and not herding.
Nilotic languages - The Nilotic languages are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken across a wide area between southern Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples, particularly associated with cattle-herding. They are divided into three subgroups:
Horse culture - The term "Horse culture" is used to define a tribal group or community whose day to day life revolves around the herding and breeding of horses. Notable examples are the Mongols of Mongolia, and the American Indians of the Great Plains, after horses had been imported from Eurasia during the 16th century.
Siida - A Siida (Sami language Cearru, Siida, Sita, Kite), more correctly described as a reindeer pastoralistic district, is at the same time both a Sami reindeer foraging area, and a group of reindeer herding, as well as an organisation working for the economic benefit of its members. Termed Sameby (Sami Village) in Swedish law and Reinbeitesdistrikt (Reindeer Pasture District) in Norwegian law.