Great story 3rd glad for both of you!!!!

 

Ive always wanted a Austrailian cattle dog, how is nubs tempement, is he a hyper dog or a bit mellow? these always seemed like very smart dogs, just curious...thanks

 

@thirdgenlxi and Ko67
+1 for the rescue
Nice dogs! Always great to see someone helping out a dog in need. I had a similar issue once with a sheppard tied to a tree and abandoned. He had been out there for days, and I contacted animal rescue they came out 3 days later, meanwhile I had to leave food and water for that poor dog.

If I saw a cat tied to a tree I would be like... meh..

jk

 

This is my little girl, Lucy. Just a lion on the savannah.



Lucy actually rides with my on most weekend trips... 200-300 miles at a time. She's a trooper. I'll get photos up of my rig when I get a chance...

 

I've had a couple of Cattle dogs, they are intelligent, but their working dogs & can get a bit neurotic if you don't take em for walks & exercise their minds, they need to feel they have a "Duty". If you don't give them one, then they will pick one themselves, like terrifying the postman trying to deliver your mail. They are great to train & easy to teach tricks. Although they will love every member of their adoptive family, they will usually bond to just one person. The only problem with them & despite being a medium size dog, if they get into a fight with another dog (their not aggressive though), they are notorious for not backing down, if their still breathing, they will keep fighting. They are a combination of a few dogs from England, but they are also part Dingo, a dog with a 30,000 to 50,000 year lineage. If you wanted a dog that was smart, loyal & will defend your home & family to it's last breath, then I can recommend them.
This is an interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Cattle_Dog

 

Great Story Third, +1 on rescuing
I watch that Animal Cops show on animal planet almost everyday, it sounds like things you see on there. I dont get hwo ppl can do that to an animal... especially one that that only wants to be loyal and please you, like dogs are by nature. Hes a very handsome guy i might add.

Thanks for the info Pepper. I dont think ill be getting a Pit, but i do like them alot. Cesar millan rehabilitates alot of them on the Dog Whisperer, and those are some of my fav episodes... besides the ones with rotties of course, lol. But i def identify with the Pitts, because they are the only dog that have it rougher than the Rotties when it comes to the BSL and stereotypes.

 

thanks pacemaker, thats what i was figuring, the same went with a collie dog i had as a kid, i like the fact that they wont back down, sounds like an exellent dog for my family, my little girl wants a dog so bad, im trying to buy a large house/yard and am trying to wait a bit, but im happy to read this and hear some first hand exp. and thanks for the link....

 

They are great dogs, but like any herding breed, they have their issues. There is a reason there are many up for adoption.


If you have the time and room to run them, they are great. They are no where near as hyper as a border collie, but they do get bored. If my border collie gets bored, he gets neurotic, my heeler destroys stuff.

He can be very possessive with his toys/food. This trait is great as they also will take care of your stuff as well. They make good little guard dogs.

While I would not call them "one person" dogs, they do pick one person and want to be with them all the time. He loves my girl, but will ignore her if I'm around. He will follow me where ever I go, right at my side. If he is outside and I'm inside, he will bark and whine if i am within eyesight. He has even clawed through a screen door to get inside.

They are not for everyone, and I would research them fully before getting one.

 

Finally got some pics off of my camera of my setup for taking my Jack Russell on the bike. You guys will probably get a kick out of this.

A little background.... my folks live on the Gulf coast about 2 hours from my place in Orlando and I go down a lot to use the boat, go camping with friends, and just visit with family so I had to have a way to ride my bike down and bring my dog. With this setup I can pack a weekend backpack, strap on the tank bag and lay on the tank bag the whole way down with plenty of room behind me for her. She's about 15 pounds so she fits in there snug and it blocks most of the wind. When I bought the cage it was a good bit shorter than I needed, so I cut the back panel off and extended it with a steel base plate and the sheet metal you can see. I had a little extra sheet metal, so I crafted the fins you can see on the front.

The obvious question is how Lucy does in it. At first she was admittedly scared and didn't like being confined in it. The noise of the exhaust freaked her out a little and I had to work up from short rides around the block to longer rides. Having had the setup almost a year now, she's very good with it and gets excited to hop in the rig. She's learned to associate the cage with a ride to my parent's house, where she has two big labs to play with and 10 acres to roam on. No-brainer, really. I've taken her through the rain with no leaks, I have a sweater and jacket I put on her when it cools off (I haven't taken her on any rides since it went below 50F) and she's become a real road warrior. All in all, it's quite the setup and has been a big conversation starter at gas stations. lol













This day was pretty chilly and potentially rainy so I had a windbreaker/rain jacket strapped over her cage for the 2-hour ride back to Orlando. We both arrived warm and dry.

 

Saw this thread, so I figured I'd get some pics of my doggie together...snow ones from today.

He's a full siberian husky and he's 10 months old or so now. He's a nut, but he's calming down...lol. If you get a husky...be ready..haha. They say after about 2 years or so they ease up. He's almost a year and has improved huge!

4 weeks or so




7 months







10 months today












Is that too many...lol?