| Australian Shepherd also known as Aussie is a herding | | | | spots and gray color. |
| dog. Australian dogs work as herding dogs and stock | | | | · Full black or copper |
| dogs and are preferred by many. American Shepherd | | | | · Solid color / trimmed with white |
| is easily trainable and they love to please their | | | | The most common coat color is merle allele. Aussies |
| owners. Australian Shepherd is an energetic dog and | | | | also have many eye color like green, hazel, amber, |
| is also used in dog sports like dog agility, fly ball and | | | | brown and blue. Aussies might have different color in |
| Frisbee. American Shepherd are also famous as | | | | both eyes i.e. their eyes can be bicolor. The tail of |
| rescue dogs, search dogs, disaster dogs, detection | | | | Aussie is short tail. The tails are mid-length and |
| dogs, guide dogs, service dogs and therapy dogs. | | | | stubby. There are two types of temperament in |
| Aussies are good companion. Aussies are good guard | | | | Aussie, which can be identified by the color of the |
| dog and protect their owner from strangers. | | | | coat. Aussies are energetic dogs and need exercise |
| Australian Shepherd dogs are divided in two | | | | daily. Aussies love physical and mental work. |
| types-show dogs and working dogs. The difference | | | | Their love towards physical work and mental work |
| between working dogs and show dogs are coat, | | | | helps them to learn easily and faster. Aussies should |
| density of coat, height. The height of the Aussie is | | | | be properly trained else might cause harm to children. |
| 18 to 21 inches and generally weighs 55 to 70 pounds | | | | They are protective by nature and are used to |
| in male and from 335 to 55 pounds. Black tricolor, red | | | | frightening to strangers and small animals. If an Aussie |
| merle, blue merle ads live tricolor are the color found | | | | is not cared, trained properly it will find his own |
| in Aussies. Ears, eyes and face should not of white | | | | games and ways to play. There are many health |
| color else the dog will suffer from sun burn or skin | | | | related problems in Aussie like back and hip problems, |
| cancer. There are many other color combinations. | | | | vision problems and pancreatic problems. Bladder |
| · Black or red tri is a combination of red / | | | | problems and urinary infections are also found in |
| black, tan, white. | | | | Aussie. Mostly Aussie are used are rescue and |
| · Merle is a combination of blue/ red with | | | | shelters dog. |