Another "what breed(s) do you see here" thread

[Coventry Lane Farm]

We have a blue heeler (Austrialian Cattle Dog) and the dog pictured that you have looks like an Austrialian Shepard. I have never saw a blue heeler with blue eyes. We have Texas Longhorn cattle, miniature horses, and shetland ponies and Sidney is wonderful with them all. I have a picture of Sidney on my web site under "Faithful Companions", which he is a very high energy dog and smartest dog that we ever owned and boy can he jump and run like a deer, very amazing dog. I really like the looks of the dog that you have pictured, very pretty.

 

[~Karen~]

I can't recall seeing a full blood Aussie with any blue eyes personally, but I had an Aussie mix that had 1 blue eye.

Your dog is very pretty, I love the blue merel color. By the photo, it looks like Kellie has a dense coat, possibly an under coat like the Blue Heelers and the Australian Cattle dogs have. The ears are what is throwing me off though, possibly from Australian Shephard. With Kellie being 8 mths. old, she is entering the lanky age as I think of it. She will probably fill out more than she looks now, more stocky, like that of the Aussie Cattle dog. I am guessing that she has the mix of the 2 Aussies, but you may be able to tell better when she is full grown.

~Karen

 

[Boinky]

you know i keep looking at her tail in the photo's others have posted..it definatly looks like an Aust. cattle dogs tail... the undercoat could come from Aussies though my stock bred aussies have short coats but really dense thick undercoats. I had one fall through an icy pond one day and was panicking trying to get her in the house fast once she got out.. i looked at her when she got to me..she was almost completely dry except the outer layer! LOL she looked like a little otter or mink!! she probalby could have swam in the pond for a long time and not fet a drop of water come through that undercoat!

Blue eyes are

 

[JennyB]

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Minimor hi :saludando:

Your Kellie is a very pretty girl whatever she really is...

My guess is Aussie/Heeler

Here is my 7-year-old dog, Zip :aktion033: His sire was full blue heeler and his dam was a heeler/aussie cross.

excuse the funny collar he has on--he was posing Christmas day with his ribbons on... :aktion033:

They make great dogs..although he thinks he attached to my hip...

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Jenny

:lol:

 

[lilmiraclesfarm]

She looks more Aussie/Lab to me. She seems to be built like a lab, and her lab like rutter tail. But her main features look like an Aussie. Stunning girl. I'm in love with the blue eye and her markings.

 

[Minimor]

The longer Kellie is here the more convinced I am that she is Aussie/heeler & nothing else. I would say definitely no Lab in her. To me she doesn't look it & certainly doesn't act it. She's all stock dog--smart as a whip, quick as a flash at darting over or through fences, always watching and always ready to go. Nothing escapes her notice. And I think that as she is here longer she will be like Jenny's dog--very devoted!

I'm impressed with how quickly this dog learns things. She got 3 hard corrections yesterday for chasing cats, and last night she was perfect around the cats, even when she was a distance away from me and could have chased, she didn't even attempt it. Not saying I trust her yet, but it's a big improvement over 2 days ago! Her recall still needs work, but she's getting better. So far she is good with the horses--shows no aggression toward them, and knows how to get out of their way if they get after her, so all is good.

 

[JennyB]

The longer Kellie is here the more convinced I am that she is Aussie/heeler & nothing else. I would say definitely no Lab in her. To me she doesn't look it & certainly doesn't act it. She's all stock dog--smart as a whip, quick as a flash at darting over or through fences, always watching and always ready to go. Nothing escapes her notice. And I think that as she is here longer she will be like Jenny's dog--very devoted!

I'm impressed with how quickly this dog learns things. She got 3 hard corrections yesterday for chasing cats, and last night she was perfect around the cats, even when she was a distance away from me and could have chased, she didn't even attempt it. Not saying I trust her yet, but it's a big improvement over 2 days ago! Her recall still needs work, but she's getting better. So far she is good with the horses--shows no aggression toward them, and knows how to get out of their way if they get after her, so all is good.

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I agree that she is Heeler/Aussie and she will be very devoted...

: The Aussie makes the Heeler a little kinder as they tend to be not mean, but very agressive. Heelers do heel, but I also had a purebred Aussie too and she would either push you if you weren't fast enough, or she would occassionally nip too. She was never grumpy and was an extremely loving dog. Zip is loving too, but he can get really grumpy too , and I feel that is the impatient Heeler in him.

They are very smart Minimor-almost too smart

: , although I think "again" his Heeler blood takes over and his impatients gets the best of him or he would be smarter

: ......He has always minded, but there are somethings he JUST tolerates...like CATS! ...he knows he is NOT supposed to chase the cat and he lets him come in the house, but NOT ON THE BED!!! That is where he just can't stand it...

: , and will loose his cool. The other thing Zip does is herd the ponies....on the OUTSIDE of the fence. We let him do that because truth is...he is scared to be inside with them...OH MY :new_shocked: :new_shocked: My stallion almost ATE him when he saw him the first time in the corral and Zip knows just how far he can go with them

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Minimor one other thing I want to warn you about is that once they start doing something bad, like chasing something you don't want them too(deer, chickens, ponies, cats, cars), they WON'T stop! ...so don't let Kellie start as her Heeler blood will take over and she will HEEL

Good Luck with her, she is VERY, VERY Pretty and I LOVE her blue eyes...Train her well and you will get the BEST of both breeds :aktion033:

My best,

Jenny and Zip ~aka~ zippy, zippydodah, zipideedodah, ehhhhzippy, dodah and z-man ..ruff..ruff :488: