Australian Shepherd
Medium dog breeds
Origin: | America |
Size Type: | Medium dog breeds |
Height: | 20-23 inches (51-58 cm) |
Weight: | 18-32 kg |
Form of ear: | Semi-erect ears |
Form of a tail: | Tail brush |
Life span: | 12-13 years |
Japanese Site: | Australian Shepherd |
Overview
In the 1800s, and shepherd dogs that went to the United States from Australia named Tsurekaeri. The animal husbandry in the United States, keen intelligence and excellent causative ability of the dog to have, great performance Harding became a very strong point. In addition it can be said that with its beautiful appearance, personality devoted to the family, the dog species came out of especially popular recently. It is a dog that has been improved in sheep dog originally, but it is showing a great job agility dog, search dogs, and also rescue dogs now. Escort instinct is strong, with clever work dog, tough dogs do not mind durability also been working all day also have.
Characteristics
Rose Year to bend forward in the triangle, lop-eared and erect ear is a disadvantage in the dog show ear. Back is strong horizontal, ribs stretched well deep chest, belly is rolled up moderately. A light wave-shaped or straight hair, fur the length of the medium. There is a decorative hair behind the hindlimb and forelimb or chest, and neck. Some dogs do not born tail, but long if you docked to a length that does not exceed 10cm Become a adult dog. It is lightweight smooth, back kept horizontal even when increased speed, gait may be changed in real direction and speed.
Temperament
In very docile personality, because there is no be rarely fight each other in the dog, home even easier to tame, these suaveness is particularly popular. If you leave the discipline in the side of the human from the time of the puppy, it becomes easy to domesticated dogs, even in the house, can you become a very reassuring companion dog.
Color
Mar Blue, Black, Red Marl, Red, there is something not to be of vitiligo in these colors.
How to Care & How to Train
I do brushing every day. If not give remove unwanted hair may comb the hair loss phase particularly, there is a possibility of skin inflammation.
Exercise
Be made sufficiently important motion. I want to run to one's heart's content in a broad place.
Disease to be careful
Sunburn collie eye anomaly, heart disease, cystine urolithiasis, cataract, collie eye anomaly, hip dysplasia, the nose
Disease that can be seen occasionally
Disease of the lumbar sacral, epilepsy, progressive retinal atrophy, double eyelashes, patent ductus arteriosus
Inspection want to
Hip joint inspection, ophthalmic examination