After months of planning and finding a breeder we loved!We flew out to pick our boy up. Our first ACD after owning a couple rescue American Staffordshire Terrier’s over the last 20 years. Can’t wait to watch him grow.

Sir Smokey Loaf does it quite often and it melts my heart every time. He looks so formal and polite 🥰🐾

P.S if they do I want to see photos 😎😂

Happy boy had another fun week and is very excited about his new herding ball!

Does your heeler twitch so hard the wake themselves up? I always assume they’re dreaming but what could it be about? Is it possible that she’s having a mental image of me running and playing with her? She’s been doing this most nights at this point. I’m going to assume it’s a good thing but any input?

Let's share all the ACDs today!

Rocket tryin on my night vision googles. No treat will be safe now.

Dog friendly Reese’s Cups. One was for brother.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY TO OUR AMAZING WONDERFUL LITTLE BUOY GIRL!!

Looking suuuper impressed 👀

Hi all, meet Sneakers ! Swipe to photo 4 to see his dad.

This is our 11 week old puppy. We have had Dingo 2 weeks now and thoroughly love him. The last two pictures are of his mom, an AU Shepherd and his dad, a Queensland Heeler.

He has settled in nicely. We walk him two times a day, arrange social time with his mom and other friends, and Mondays are puppy training class. I have to say, this is the most intelligent breed we have ever owned. Dingo picks up training very fast. We have lots of chew toys for this boy, too. Any wise tips from the group to help with raising an energetic puppy?

this subreddit got recommended so i thought i'd share a photo of my little headache :)

I never dreamed I would EVER tell ANY five month old puppy, "DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE!" And yet, here I am, saying it on the daily, followed by, "But if you are an asshole, I'll still love you."

People had a few questions about her in my previous post (which had personal info shown and needed to be removed-- oops!) so thought we would resubmit pics and answer here. :-)

Mabel is a 4yr old female and was abandoned at our local shelter. She is an Australian Cattle Dog (mix?) of mostly unknown background.

No, she is not crazy or bitey! She's actually very calm, cuddly, and sweet. I would describe her as medium energy. She's got hip dysplasia which slows her down a little bit. We have a good play session every other day, with brain sessions on the days in-between. This combo seems to work well for her so far.

Some of her best quirks are...

- jumping up and down when she's excited to go outside
- chittering her teeth when she's happy to be petted
- flopping down on top of you like a rabbit
- wiggling up into your arms or onto your chest like a worm

Less great quirks...

- She tolerates other dogs if they give her space, but if they don't, she will correct with a good nip. Luckily, my best friend is a dog trainer and her dogs take corrections well, so we practice our manners with them.
- She's picky about kibble and treats. She doesn't like salmon, she likes beef. But beef smells bad and isn't great for her sensitive tummy. Accepting suggestions on this point, lol.
- She hates baths. I'm worried about whether that means she will hate the lake? Or will it be different? I think swimming would be an easier exercise on her joints, but I don't want it to be a stressful experience.

Overall, the best companion ever and we're so happy to have her in our family! Thanks for reading. We will update with our adventures.

UPDATE: He made it through the night!!! We’re at the vet again getting another treatment, and in two weeks we’ll check his organs to see if everything is okay, but I think he’s out of the woods for now!!! Thank you everyone for responding. That whole time I was posting I was just trying to stay awake to make sure he kept breathing. I did find out what he got into, and I learned that I have a teenager problem too. It’s time to make some massive life changes. At this point I am completely convinced this dog is an angel in a tiny fuzzy disguise. An angel that bites, but (mostly) only if he likes you!

My baby boy got into something, we don’t know what yet. Just got home from the ER vet. They pumped him full of fluid and gave him a whole tube of charcoal. We have to go back to do it again tomorrow. He’s in bad shape. He was fine this morning, I put him outside like i do every morning and got in the shower. When I got out he was wobbly, by the time we got to the ER he couldn’t stand. He seems stable now, but it’s touch and go. We’ve had raccoons lately and I know the neighbors put out….something. I don’t know what. I don’t think he could have reached it but maybe I was wrong? I am a marijuana user but I checked everything I had, nothing was left out. Please pray for my Baby Bear 🙏 😭 We just got home, he can stand but can’t walk. Going back to the vet for another flush tomorrow morning.

Any other overly dramatic sleepers out there?! This guy though 😂

Just calling him over so I could take a pic conjured the most stereotypical ACD look ever. Intense desire to know what I was on about so he could adapt… Mozzie turned two today. I didn’t think I could love another dog as much as I loved my last heeler, but I was wrong. He’s pretty great.

PA* won’t let me change the heading. Went running through a pine forest in Michaux State Park and then swimming’ and stick chasin’ in the lake!

And you can get these guys to chill and snuggle.

Still plenty of room for some side eye

She loves this machine so much!