new help on the farm

Very cute. Only thing better than a good dog and a good horse is a good husband. I am blessed to have all three. James and I are softies when it comes to an animal in distress. Other than the horses, all of our animals were thrown away by an uncaring person. Here are before and after pix of the last one I saved.

Try again.

Mitch

Had 6 cattle dogs in my time, they are a hard biting animal and will move stubborn cattle that most others will not touch. They have a characteristic bite low on the beasts hock, they duck out of the way so as not to get kicked by beast. Hence the name heeler. They are also a very possesive/one man animal and like one other post says will become hard to manage if not treated fairly. They have a habit of hiding when people come to from door and sneaking up behind them and not letting them get away.

All round good dog, but do need to be managed well. Reds more temperamental than the blue variety.

Mitch (in Australia)

• blue cattle dog

I've traveled 900 miles to Kansas with three dogs and not one of them got car sick ever.

Larry in Michigan

Reminds me of the time I was helping my brother windrowing alfalfa with a air conditioned swather. My brother came out to the field to see how I was doing, he had his dog in the back of the pickup. When he got ready to leave I started to get back in the cab of the windrower. I noticed his dog start to follow him, but he turned around and jumped in the cab with me. I guess he remembered that it was air-conditioned! It surprised me cause I hardly knew the dog. My brother loved that dog and he was a little bummed about the thing.