I have wondered about the 'English Shepherd'. When I was young, we had one but I've never seen one so named in any book.

The bitch we had was, as FP described: ;mostly black, heavy but not piled coat, white points but not a border collie (wrong head for that breed) medium size - maybe 45 pounds.

According to Google, the English Shepherd * is* a breed. Here are some pictures: English Shepherd Bitch and Pups