Pastoral Anatolian Shepherd Dog Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Dog Bearded Collie Belgian Shepherd Dog Bergamasco Border Collie Briard Rough Collie Smooth Collie Estrela Mountain Dog Finnish Lapphund German Shepherd Dog Hungarian Kuvasz Hungarian Puli Komondor Lancashire Heeler Maremma Sheepdog Norwegian Buhund Old English Sheepdog Polish Lowland Sheepdog Pyrenean Mountain Dog Pyrenean Sheepdog Samoyed Shetland Sheepdog Swedish Lapphund Swedish Vallhund Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)

The Australian Cattle Dog, also known as the Australian Heeler is every inch an Australian breed; he has been purebred since the 1890s.  He was developed because imported herding dogs could not control the fairly wild cattle that needed to be driven from their outback grazing to market.  He is also known as the Heeler because, like the Corgi, he drives cattle by nipping at their heels.  It is known that a number of breeds including the Dalmatian, Bull Terrier, Kelpie and the Australian wild dog, the Dingo are all in his make up.

The Australian Cattle Dog was bred to protect the stockman and his property as well as the cattle and is naturally very protective, though biddable and amenable to training.  Bred to work and protect he is not a natural housedog; he is a working dog with tremendous strength and endurance and needs to have his brain and desire to work harnessed

Medium in height at 17" - 20" and solidly built, the Australian Cattle Dog has a short coat with dense undercoat and is blue, blue mottled or blue speckled, with or without other markings or red speckle.  Puppies are as likely to be found in the farming journals as the dog press.

Click here to read the Australian Cattle Dog Breed Standard. 

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Australian Cattle Dog Breed Club

AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG SOC. OF GB

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Australian Cattle Dog Rescue and Rehoming

Contact the Breed Club. They should be able to give you information about dogs requiring homes and procedures for re-homing; if you are in the unfortunate position of having to re-home your own Australian Cattle Dog , please go through breed rescue. They will not be judgmental and are best able to find the right permanent home for him.

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Australian Cattle Dog Breeders

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If you are looking for a puppy contact the Breed Clubs and the Breeders listed and visit the puppyfinder website where there is a great deal of information on hereditary conditions.  If you are a Breeder and wish to advertise your puppies puppyfinder is an excellent showcase.