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Dog breed Australian Cattle Dog A blue Australian Cattle Dog Other names ACD, Cattle Dog, Blue/Red Heeler, Queensland Heeler Origin Australia Traits Height Males 46–51 cm (18–20 in) Females 43–48 cm (17–19 in) Weight 15–22 kg (33–49 lb) Coat short double coat Color blue, blue mottled, blue speckled, red mottled, red speckled Kennel club standards ANKC standard Fédération ...
A blue Australian Cattle Dog (Bluey's breed) Bluey's age, along with that of "Chilla", a Labrador Retriever and Australian Cattle Dog mix reported to have lived to the age of 32 years and 12 days (but not certified by Guinness), [8] prompted a study of the longevity of the Australian Cattle Dog to examine if the breed might have exceptional longevity.
Slang term for an Australian Cattle Dog; Bluey (long-lived dog) (1910–1939), certified by Guinness World Records as the world's longest-living dog "Bluey the Walrus", a character in the 1997 video game Diddy Kong Racing "Bluey", a character in the Bluey and Curley (1939–1975) comic strip drawn by Alex Gurney
The Stumpy was first recognised as a breed in its own right in 1963, when the Australian National Kennel Council issued a breed standard for the Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog. [citation needed] The name was changed to Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog in 2001 [9] and in 2003 the breed was accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale.
Radley Heeler is a Red/Blue Heeler mix who is the uncle of Bluey, Bingo, Muffin and Socks and is the older brother of Bandit and Stripe. [12] Radley looks out for his family and is laid-back, but has an occasional tendency to zone out; such an instance of this is him mistakenly calling Bluey a boy because of her blue colouring. [52]
A herding dog, also known as a stock dog or working dog, is a type of dog that either has been trained in herding livestock or belongs to one of the breeds that were developed for herding. A dog specifically trained to herd sheep is known as a sheep dog or shepherd dog, and one trained to herd cattle is known as a cattle dog or cow dog.
Robert Kaleski, in an article on Cattle Dogs in the August 1903 issue of the Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, describes the "Welsh heeler or merle, erroneously known as the German collie," as a "blue-gray dog about the size and build of a smooth-haired collie, generally with wall eyes."
Other notable specimens include Gunner and Red Dog (c. 1971 – 21 November 1979), a Kelpie mix which was the subject of a movie, Red Dog, released in 2011. Kelpies have been exported to many countries including Argentina , Canada, Italy, Korea , New Caledonia , New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States for various pursuits.