One should keep a close eye on three herding breeds: the Australian Shepherd, the Berger Blanc Suisse – which made his débuts this year at the French Book of Origin – and the Pyrenean Shepherd, which saw its number of registrations grow by almost 25% in a year.
GERMAN SHEPHERD 11727 (11484)
BERGER DE BEAUCE 4019 (3981)
BELGIAN SHEPHERD MALINOIS 3531 (3434)
BORDER COLLIE 1513 (1245)
COLLIE LONG HAIR. 1374 (1398)
BELGIAN SHEPHERD TERVUEREN 1362 (1331)
AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD 1145 (863)
BERGER DE BRIE 919 (849)
BERGER DES PYRENEES 802 (643)
SHETLAND 755 (795)
BELGIAN SHEPHERD GROENENDAEL 718 (637)
BEARDED COLLIE 513 (526)
BOUVIER DES FLANDRES 494 (566)
POLISH LOWLANDS SHEEPDOG 302 (231)
BERGER BLANC SUISSE 269 (Not yet recognised in 2002)
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG 260 (294)
BERGER PICARD 201 (294)
PODHALE SHEEPDOG151 (157)
CHARPLANINA 147 (147)
SCHIPPERKE 126 (149)
DUTCH SHEPHERD, SHORT HAIRED 109 (81)
SCHAPENDOES 89 (106)
CZECK WOLFHOUND 59 (10)
CAO DE FILA DE SAO MIGUEL 47 (85)
GOS D'ATURA 46 (57)
WELSH CORGI PEMBROKE 40 (52)
CAUCASIAN SHEEPDOG 36 (18)
SAARLOOS WOLFHOUND30 (36)
BELGIAN SHEPHERD LAKENOIS 27 (31)
AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG 21 (25)
KOMONDOR 15 (24)
PULI 12 (11)
KELPIE 10 (8)
MAREMMA SHEEPDOG 9 (2)
BOUVIER DES ARDENNES 9 (8)
PUMI 9 (5)
CENTRAL ASIA SHEPHERD 8 (17)
MUDI 7 (4)
DUTCH SHEPHERD, LONG HAIRED 6 (23)
WELSH CORGI CARDIGAN 6 (12)
COLLIE P.R. 5 (2)
KUVASZ 3
PORTUGUESE SHEPHERD 1 (7)
OVTCHARKA 1 (9)