Wiktionary
n. A type of dog, used for drove cattle
Usage examples of "cattle dog".
He wasnt sure where the Australian cattle dog stood, but he figured it had to be pretty close to the top.
Well, I mated her with another blue cattle dog before I come away and she'll have had the litter now, so they'll be quarter dingo.
A cross between dingo and cattle dog makes a grand dog, but you've got to get the dingo strain weak or they aren't reliable.
Gesler's two dogs trotted past, the huge cattle dog trailing the Hengese Roach as if the hairy lapdog carried its own leash.
She wanted to believe that the flying lizards were unusual just as she had always believed that their marmalade tom, Duke was the best hunter in the valley, and old Chip the best cattle dog in Tipperary.