Belgium once boasted eight unique varieties of shepherd dogs ... with the long-haired, black dogs keeping the AKC breed name Belgian sheepdog. Belgian sheepdogs can be traced back to the 1800s ...

For years, Belgian shepherds had dogs as companions who watched after ... after the town Malines north of Brussels. Two long-haired black sheepdogs, Picard d’Uccle and Petite, sired a litter ...