Australian Shepherd - A Truly Versatile Dog Breed

Australian Shepherd also known as Aussie is a herdingspots 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 theirThe most common coat color is merle allele. Aussies
owners. Australian Shepherd is an energetic dog andalso have many eye color like green, hazel, amber,
is also used in dog sports like dog agility, fly ball andbrown and blue. Aussies might have different color in
Frisbee. American Shepherd are also famous asboth eyes i.e. their eyes can be bicolor. The tail of
rescue dogs, search dogs, disaster dogs, detectionAussie 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 guardAussie, 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 twodaily. Aussies love physical and mental work.
types-show dogs and working dogs. The differenceTheir 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 isbe properly trained else might cause harm to children.
18 to 21 inches and generally weighs 55 to 70 poundsThey are protective by nature and are used to
in male and from 335 to 55 pounds. Black tricolor, redfrightening to strangers and small animals. If an Aussie
merle, blue merle ads live tricolor are the color foundis not cared, trained properly it will find his own
in Aussies. Ears, eyes and face should not of whitegames and ways to play. There are many health
color else the dog will suffer from sun burn or skinrelated 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 withshelters dog.