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Canine Herding Heritage links

Welsh Sheep dogs-Is one of the oldest breeds in the UK. The McNab stock dogs have a branch that links them to the Welsh sheep dogs which are at the trunk of the genetic tree.

The Welsh Hillman- is over  1000 years old and is now believed to be extinct .

Grey Welsh sheep dog-was a breed of sheepdog native to Wales. It is probably now extinct, although it may have contributed to the makeup of the Welsh Sheepdog.Patagonia is also an area where you may discover some of the sheepdogs that originated from Wales region.

Origins- dog breeds that originated in the United Kingdom, DNA testing will show some of these breeds in the McNab genetics.

 Border Collie Cousins-

There are twelve collie breeds (including the Border Collie) in the world today

Genetics and the Shape of Dogs - Studying the new sequence of the canine genome shows how tiny genetic changes can create enormous variation within a single species.