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For The Love Of Australian Cattle Dogs

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For people who love their australian cattle dogs, and heelers they are amazing dogs who love you with their whole heart.

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The Australian Cattle Dog, also known as the Queensland Heeler, Blue Heeler and Red Heeler is a breed of herding dog developed in Australia for controlling cattle. It is a medium-sized short-coated dog with a lot of energy, intelligence and an independent streak.
Like many herding dogs, Cattle Dogs have high energy levels and active minds. They need plenty of exercise and a job to do, so non-working dogs need to participate in dog sports, learning tricks, or other activities that engage their body and mind. Some individuals find repetitive training frustrating and dull, so owners should aim to make training sessions varied and more exciting in order to keep their dog interested. Cattle Dogs who do not receive the appropriate exercise and entertainment will invent their own, often destructive, activities. These dogs are, by nature, wary. They are naturally cautious, and grow more so as they age. Their cautious nature towards strangers makes them perfect guard dogs, when trained for this task.

Cattle Dogs drive cattle by nipping at their heels or tails, but they have also been known to herd other animals.

To relieve the urge to nip, the Australian Cattle Dog can be encouraged to pick up and chew a toy or stick that is thrown for them. Any toy left with the Australian Cattle Dog needs to be extremely robust if it is to last.

The Australian Cattle Dog is gregarious to other dogs with whom it is familiar, working well in combination with other Cattle Dogs, Australian Kelpies, and Border Collies. Because of their plucky nature, the establishing of a pecking order can result in a few scuffles and bites.

It is important for an owner to quickly establish a hierarchy in which they are the dog's pack leader, otherwise the young Australian Cattle Dog may bond to a senior dog, rather than to its owner. If put in any situation where the dog feels threatened, and/or uncomfortable, it will usually resort to aggressiveness towards other, unknown dogs.

"Why are they called heelers?"
They nip at the heel/hooves of horses or cows in order to drive them in the direction you want

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Comment by Shea Johnson on May 23, 2009 at 4:11pm: this is my dog buddy he was a stray that found my dad he came up and bit my dad on the back of the leg and we have had him ever since he was about 6 weeks old when we got him but this is a recent picture of him

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Comment by Brenda-PLP Admin on November 26, 2008 at 8:25pm

Comment by Brenda-PLP Admin on November 9, 2008 at 10:04pm: thanks mandy, they are very handsome dogs,

Comment by Mandy on November 9, 2008 at 1:13pm

here are my friends dogs they are all cattle dogs and she uses them to heard cattle on her small farm

Comment by Brenda-PLP Admin on October 26, 2008 at 9:44pm: your welcome i love my heelers

Comment by Pamela on October 26, 2008 at 9:15pm: hey Brenda thanks for adding this group

Comment by Brenda-PLP Admin on October 26, 2008 at 9:11pm: this is cookie the day she left me, she had cancer and went to the rainbow bridge on nov 1 2006

Comment by Brenda-PLP Admin on October 26, 2008 at 9:10pm: cookie as a baby, i got her when she was 8 weeks old, she was throw away with her two sister, thank god she came into my life, she will always be with me in my heart

Comment by Brenda-PLP Admin on October 26, 2008 at 9:08pm: this was my cookie dog, i had her in my life for ten wonderful years, she was always by my side, just wanting for someone to get near so she could chase them off, she love her momma so

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