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Tether him to you, correct any interest he shows and reward his ignoring the animals entirely is one method. The methods used depend a lot on the dog and what you are dealing with too (ie. prey drive, curiosity, etc), but that one is a pretty safe one to start with. :)

They tend to be a bit pricey ($40-60 for many). I asked for mine as my Christmas present. :) They actually seem to work best on purebred dogs (ie. your dog looks like no other breeds are mixed in and you just want to test that) and get more inaccurate the more breeds that are thrown in.

Cute! My guess would be lab just based on common breeds, but I don't know. They have cheek swab breed DNA tests that were accurate for us. I hear they can be hilariously inaccurate too though.

Small, but beautifully proportioned royalT! Man, gotta love the Koolies. Don't see too many of them over here.

She's beautiful, and your dogs are adorable together. You can see that Heeler focus in the first picture.

Hey Moochie, your ACD reminds me very much of a working ranch pup I knew in NV named Skylar. Both good looking dogs!

Magee melts my heart. I've known a lot of heelers and ACDs who simply were *not* comfortable around or good with children, especially if not raised with them. Sometimes aggressive, but usually just obviously nervous. Then again, cattle dogs seem to be one of the choosier breeds I've been...

Except for the snapping (I've heard of this happening a lot though with heelers and cattle dogs with a less than stellar past.), Trixie reminds me so much of our dog. Like your girl, ours is just a mother to all animals. They don't even have to be ours. Once, while out on a walk, she planted...

Cute and congrats on the new homes! I saw your pups on ebay classifieds when browsing for ACDs, and loved the photos of Emmie on there. I recognized her right away, she has such a distinctive look to her! Always neat to run acros BYC people randomly. XD

Yeah, he doesn't look bad to me at all (that is a dog I'd buy or buy pups from based on looks alone). Not all wedge shaped with a huge muzzle! :D

For the last, her dogs have steadily moved towards blocky in females and males. That was just one example. :)

Oh odd, what are they calling the bulky bully guys? Did they breed something else in? I actually love blocky dogs myself! :). Just not a fan of the look for ACDs myself.

Quote: That particular dog is from a local place that has several generations on site. As near as I can tell, they are all cattle dogs (mouth corners and all are in line with that being the case), with no bully breeds or anything being bred in. The trend is just going toward breeding blockier...

Cuteness!

I don't think the miscolors will be accepted, or that anyone is pushing for them to be accepted...including people who like the color and continue to breed it in. :) On what breeder to pick, or source to use (ie. shelter) I agree that that is a personal choice, and that people will always...

Trixie is a darling! I love the photo of her running the fence line, and some of these photos just capture the odd mannerisms the breed has so well that it makes me grin so big. I'm so very sorry to hear about her health problems, but so glad you have found such an awesome companion.

As for chocolates and creams, I'd like to see actual DNA tests laid out, as that is ultimately worth far more to me than any hypothesizing. :) The genetics on the various sites are more solid to me though than personal experiences from breeders, no matter how long they have been involved, or...

oop, double post

I think one of the links hypothesized that the chocolate came from the kelpie addition. :)

Quote: Beautiful dogs Kimmie, but so sorry to hear about Rustee. Quote: It's so interesting how that trait seems to be there on a wide scale! I really, really like that about the breed. Quote: Agreed! In fact...right now I have an ACD staring at the back of my head as I type...