australian cattle dogs

Original post: Hey y’all! We were able to take in the new boy yesterday and things have been… okay with our girl. They’re not playing together yet, and it’s hard to tell if their interactions are friendly or testy. He is much larger than she is and is older (55lbs/6yo vs 28lbs/2.5yo), so there...

A new thing we are trying with our rescue is "Working Breed Wednesday" We share stories/comments and the Dogs 101 video on a breed we currently have up for adoption! We feature a working dog breed every Wednesday to bring awareness to the many jobs dogs were bred for! Did you know that Great...

Hey all. A while back I had posted here requesting some advice regarding my deaf ACD puppy and his increasingly aggressive behavior with us both in and out of the house. I just wanted to post a quick update of how he is doing and what we have done with him! In my previous post (sorry, I deleted...

I can’t help question the generic articles online, and seeking out this ACD community of who maybe able to share their experiences and offer guidance. • Online warns ACD’s are not good with toddlers for various reasons. Ideal for older kids 10 y/o+ Have any of you adopted a young ACD and...

Yesterday was Charlie's 1 year Adoptaversary! We've gone on many many adventures and have have gone from this to this :)

UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM: Hello Reddit- I'm back again! This one might be long- but I didn't see any posts referencing some of the specific issues I'm experiencing. So, about 6 weeks ago, we adopted a blue heeler from a local rescue. Rambo, now 7.5 months old neutered male. VERY smart and...

Although to some Murphy is just a dog, but to us, he is our protector, best friend, son, brother, family member. This is his story. Murphy started limping on a 12/10/2022 a beautiful Saturday morning. After searching through security camera footage I couldn’t find an event that caused a leg/...

First of all, I will preface my saying the following; this is noy my dog, I have no legal ownership of or obligation to do anything with this creature. So going forward, we'll start in the beginning. My mom, M for short owns a heeler. We got him from an animal shelter, he is a mix breed heeler...

In 2012 a little cattle dog mix showed up at my house. She was skinny and hungry so I took her in. I told myself I would hold on to her until I could find her home or find a home for her. I lived in a town that only had a kill shelter so I did not want to drop her off at the pound. I never found...

We have a 2 y/r female blue heeler/border collie mix, and we are considering getting a second dog. Any suggestions on what kind of dogs get along best with ACD’s? Do you stick a female with a female or go male with a female? I’m a little worried how territorial she might be…

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I adopted a 6 month old cattle dog. He is now about 8 months. I walk him 3 times a day (20-30 minute walks morning, lunch and night) and exercise him with a longer 4 mile run, 5 mile bike ride, or hour of fetch when I get home from work. He is still constantly go-go-go and he hardly EVER takes a...

Idk...maybe you guys can find her? Or have seen her? I know this is weird but, I bought 2 Heeler/Schnauzer mixes back in June of 2016 from a lady on Craigslist...she was giving away a mistaken litter and I wanted a puppy so bad as a kid (15)..so I asked my mother to drive me out to Conroe Texas...

We had a medicine regiment that worked well and we’ve used for a long while. Chewable tablets to kill adult fleas, bath to remove eggs, leave-in spray to prevent new fleas from moving in. This works for about 6 months, we just spray them down every once in a while and it works. In March my buddy...

Hi again! Thanks for all the upvotes on our very first pic posted here yesterday. :-) Anyway, we're in Canada. As winter is on its way, we were wondering if Sherlock the Blue Heeler would benefit from a good doggy treadmill (like the ones seen on Amazon) for those wintry days where walking far...

So I’ve had dogs before, but this is my first heeler. She’s just over three months, have had her just under three weeks and she has done absolutely amazing with her training. But, it seems like every night from around 7:30 to 8:30 she turns into a little velociraptor. Here’s a condensed bullet...

Hey y’all! I am v new to Reddit, but thought coming here would help. I’m looking to change both of my cattle dogs (1 and 3 year old males, 35 and 50 lbs) from Fromm’s kibble to a more “natural” diet. I’m wondering for those who do this: is it more cost effective (kibble is $45 a bag every two...

This is Banjo he was the best dog I've ever had the honor of having as part of my family.

Hello! We adopted an ACD mix puppy about a month and a half ago. He is 5 months right now and teething a little bit. My question is, when we got him at 4 months-ish, his ears stood up perfectly. Almost as soon as we brought him home, they started drooping. Now they are consistently pretty...

But it will be alone for 6 or 8 h a day excluding weekends and I know that they don’t like that at all so can you give me another dog breed that will be good for me thats similar like body face and it needs to medium size and less energy