This breed is also known as the Blue Heeler, Queensland Heeler, Hall's Heeler & the American Cattle Dog. These dogs herd livestock by nipping at their legs or “heels”. The versatile & fearless Australian Cattle Dog is the result of 6 decades of cross breeding. Some of the dogs that were bred to get this highly intelligent dog include the Red Bobtail, Scotland's Blue Merle Collie and the Dingo. Wary by nature, these dogs must be introduced to other animals and people early in their development. They are highly intelligent & very alert dogs. This breed weighs 35 to 45 lbs. & stands 17-20" at the shoulders. Contact the dog breeders below for your next family friend. A Medium - sized dog, greatly prized in his native Australia for his working ability, he is used for the control and movement of cattle in all environments.He is also known as the Australian Heeler, a name derived from the manner in which he manoeuvres the cattle, crouching low behind them and nipping them on the heels. A dog of great stamina and endurance, he is wary of strangers, and protective of his herd and property. He requires plenty of exercise to keep him in hard muscular condition, he is very alert, and has an implicit devotion to duty.
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General Appearance
 Strong, compact, symmetrical, with substance,
power and balance. Hard muscular condition conveys agility, strength and
endurance. Grossness or weediness undesirable.
Characteristics ** Ability to control and move cattle in all environments. Loyal, protective. Guardian of stocman, herd and property. Naturally suspicious of strangers, but amenable to handling. Biddable. Temperament ** Alert, inteligent, watcful, coureous, trustworthy, devoted to its work
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| Head
and Skull
Strong, in balance
with body and general conformation. Skull broad and slightly curved
between ears, flattening to slight but definite stop. Cheeks muscular
but not coarse well deeloped. Broad foreface, well filled in
undereyes, tapers gradually down medium-length muzzle wghich is parallel
to skull. Nose always black.
Eyes ** Medium, oval, alert and intelligent, dark brown. Neither prominent nor sunken. Warning suspicious glint is characteristic.
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| Ears
Moderate, small rather than
large> Broad at base, muscular, pricked and moderately pionted.
Oval or bat-eared undesirable. Set wide apart inckining outwards.
Sensitive, pricked when alert. Leather thick in texture and inside ear
well furnished with hair.
Mouth ** Lips tight and clean. Jaws strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.
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| Neck
Exceptionally strong, muscular,
of medium length blending into body. Free from throatiness.
ForeQuarters ** Strong, sloping shoulders well laid back, not too closely set and withers. Strong, round bone, legs straight when viewed from front, pasterns flexble and slightly sloping when veiwed from side. Loaded shoulder and heavy front undesirable.
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| Feet
Round, short toes, strong, well
arched and held tight, pads hard and deep. Nails short and strong.
Tail ** Set and low following slope of croup/rump. Reaching to back, hanging in slight curve at rear. When working or excited, may be raised but never carried over back Good brush.
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| Gait
/ Movement True,
free, supple, tireless, with powerful thrust of hindquarters. Capable of quick
and sudden action. Soundness of paramount importance. Stands four
square, but when moving at speed, legs tend to converge. Any weakness
highly undesirable.
Coat ** Smooth, double with short dense undercoat. Close top coat, hard, straight and weatherresistant. Under body and behind legs, coat is longer to from mild breeching near thighs.Short on head including inside of ear, front of legs and feet. Thicker and longer on neck. Average hair length 2.5.-4 cms ( 1=1 ins.
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| Colour
Blue; Blue-mottled or bue speckled with
or without other markings. Oermissible makings are black, blue or tan
markings on head, evenly distributed for preference. Forelegs tan midway
up legs and extending up to front to breast and throat, with tan on jaws. Hindqaurters tan on inside of
hindlegs, and inside of things,
showing down front of stifles and broadening out to outside of hindlegs
from hockto does. Tan undercoat permissible on body providing it does
not show through blue outer coat. Black markins on body undesirable.
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| Red
Speckle Good even red speckle all
over, including undercoat niether white nor cream, with or without
darker red markings on head. Even head markings desirable. Red markings
on bodey permissible but undesirable. Size** Height at withers: dogs: 46 - 51 cms ( approx, 18-20 ins); bitches; 43 - 48 cms ( approx. 17-19 ins
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| Faults
Any departure from the foregoing
points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the
fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its
degree.
Note ** Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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