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Old English sheepdog
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Old English sheepdog
n.
Any of an English breed of sturdy dog having a docked tail and a thick, shaggy, bluish-gray and white coat with fur that hangs over the eyes.

Old English sheepdog
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a breed of large bobtailed sheepdog with a profuse shaggy coat
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Noun1.Old English sheepdog - large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tailOld English sheepdog - large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
sheep dog, sheepdog, shepherd dog - any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep


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Axa, the insurance company that provides the policy (and which underwrites well over half a million pet policies sold by a wide range of partners, including the RSPCA, the Post Office and John Lewis's Greenbee) has this month introduced a "selected breeds" category: they are bulldogs, estrela mountain dogs, German shepherds (alsatian), great danes, greyhounds, Irish wolfhounds, leonbergers, Newfoundlands, old English sheepdogs, rottweilers, Pyrenean mountain dogs and St Bernards.
With their huge paws, gaping jowls and thick, shaggy coats, they look like Old English sheepdogs crossed with Aberdeen Angus cattle.
Among the dogs competing in the event included briards, Old English sheepdogs, Rottweilers, Shetland sheepdogs, Australian cattle dogs, and several types of collies.
 
 
 
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