"Properly cared for, there is no more delightful and tractable companion, and certainly no more intelligent one.... no, not even the poodle. I know no animal more sensitive to praise or blame; I know no animal more sagacious in its general day to day relations with a human family! I know no breed that shows such astounding comprehension of the inflexions of human speech. And I have kept a lot of dogs in my time. But there is not need to stress the remarkable sagacity of the Old English Sheepdog." The Book of the Dog, A.S.L.Wallis.

Old English Sheepdogs have excelled not only in the conformation ring, but in obedience, agility and herding as can be seen by Gateview Old English Sheepdogs going through their paces below....