Cattle Dogs (Queensland) Changing?

[champer]

This is Tucker, he's 2 now. I love the satellite dish ears, no sound goes unnoticed!!!


I got him as a pup from a local sheep and cattle ranch. Last week, the cattle from next door invaded my property and broke into the alfalfa I have stored for my sheep. I implored Tucker to run those freeloaders off, but after a close look at how big they actually are and how small he is, he settled on barking at them from a safe location behind me. lol

 

[All-American-Chick]

he is so cute with his ears.adorable

This is Tucker, he's 2 now. I love the satellite dish ears, no sound goes unnoticed!!!


I got him as a pup from a local sheep and cattle ranch. Last week, the cattle from next door invaded my property and broke into the alfalfa I have stored for my sheep. I implored Tucker to run those freeloaders off, but after a close look at how big they actually are and how small he is, he settled on barking at them from a safe location behind me. lol

 

[punk-a-doodle]

Oh my gosh you guys, are you trying to turn me into a puddly puddle of goo? Cause those photos are too stinking adorable!! That little black spot over the eye...and then those huge ears on Tucker...

And I'm so very sorry about your loss All-American. So glad you had such a wonderful dog to share life with though. The puppy will technically be for my husband to celebrate graduation...but I think we both know that it has a lot to do with our little girl getting old too.


But I am a little worried that she'll do some teaching of her own.

Quote: Only it will be how to peek around the doorway to see if we are busy, and then to sneek off to eat rabbit poop. Terrible. X)

 

[belle99]

Here is the link to the ACD rescue group.. http://www.tvcattledogrescue.org/

 

[Shady]

I like my ACDs super lean. I can't stand those huge blocky ones... ugh.
I'm kind of wondering who finds those dogs attractive? I mean mine (mix?) could lose a few pounds and is a bit too stocky for my taste but he's not a brick.
Thankfully the one's in my area tend to be leaner.
He's my boy

 

[Skyesrocket]

Here are a few pics of Phoenix and Boomer taken yesterday. It was getting late so the lighting wasn't very good. In better light he is a beautiful red. Phoenix has a heavy coat because he lives in the barn to keep the coyotes out of it. The last picture is Phoenix playing dead. He has the tongue out and everything....lol.

 

[kimmie6067]

I have had two ACD's one was very blocky and the other is more "lean". I love these dogs no other dog for me, they are sooooo smart and easy to train. It's not the dogs fault that her/his owners are not smart enough to train them to be a dog that knows how to behave. It's really important to train them right from the day you get them. I recommend getting one. How do you put a picture in a post and I will show you my babies.

 

[guinea fowl galore]

I havent read all the other posts and actually live in Queensland Australia so see a LOT of these dog around half the people I know have them. They're beautiful.
But I thought I'd let you know that they were made by crossing a blue Merle border collie with a dingo. So the leaner ones are the original natural ones.
Here they are mostly used for working so are bred to work. A big fatty one is not going to be able to run kilometers a day rounding up cattle. The only fat ones I see are the ones that are pets and not working.

 

[Skyesrocket]

I havent read all the other posts and actually live in Queensland Australia so see a LOT of these dog around half the people I know have them. They're beautiful.
But I thought I'd let you know that they were made by crossing a blue Merle border collie with a dingo. So the leaner ones are the original natural ones.

That's what I love about the internet... being able to talk over things with people from all around the world. Before the net Australians were people that I would see on tv or read about. You know what I mean?
The original post was about the blockier shaped head. Not so much overweight but the bone itself. It does make sense that the leaner dog would be the more like the dingo.
Whatever the look, they really are intelligent and independant thinkers. That is my favorite thing about my boy. He thinks for himself. He isn't always staring at me waiting for me to give him a command. He knows the basics and his boundries and has figured out the herding on his own. He has also figured out that I only want the goats herded up and sent to the barn at certain times and will look to me to see if I am going to ask him to herd or not. This is really nice because I'm not always having to call him off of the goats.
Have you seen any pups there that are a result of a wild dingo breeding a domestic ACD? Is that a problem on ranches there? I know my boy signs his night song every night and I wonder if that would call in the dingos in the area?

 

[cafarmgirl]

We were looking for an ACD pup about two years ago and were dismayed to find most of them from reputable breeders were the chunky, blocky dogs. We know only a couple of folks near us who have them who breed real, working ranch dogs. These are not show dogs, they work and they look like the old style, leaner dog. They have no "papers" they just breed the best to the best. And let me tell ya, those guys have a waiting list for their pups! When we bought our first one back in 1989 they were a dime a dozen, easily found. Apparently not anymore.

My husband spoke to one ACK breeder about an hour from us who was incredibly rude when he found out we were looking for a good ranch dog! He highly emphasized the fact that his pups were registered pups and told my husband that he didn't think we'd want to pay what he wanted for them! Unbelieveable! We kept looking for some time and were unsuccessful. Finally found a rancher with working dogs. He had pups from an ACD father and mother was McNabb/Border Collie. Yes, heaven forbid, we paid money for a mixed breed dog from working parents!! And guess what? She's the smartest, fastest, healthiest little dog I've ever owned! Worth her weight in gold! Talk about a think for herself dog, she is smarter then most people I know and far smarter then my other dogs.

My husband would love to have a red ACD one day but I have my doubts about finding a good one.

Sometimes I think that becoming eligible for AKC registration is a death knell for true working dogs.