How much exercise does a Heeler need? Yes.

@rebeccahenry4930

Жыл бұрын

It is the highest ranking bred in that area. Some recommend at least 1 hr per day....that is on the low end. I live in a small house. My Heeler HAS to be outdoors at least 3 to 5 hrs.

@bbaff8622

Жыл бұрын

@@rebeccahenry4930 we do a couple hours a day at park. If its raining still gets some walks. She is only half heller though. Other half in Border Collie, doesn't help much there.

@rebeccahenry4930

Жыл бұрын

@@bbaff8622 wow. I can't help but to want to know more about your dog. In my opinion, Border Collie is the smartest dog. 2nd...Heeler. what is it like to have the combo?

@bbaff8622

Жыл бұрын

@@rebeccahenry4930 its actually really good. We had some herding and nipping issues early on but got that solved. Socialized very early so loves pretty much all dogs. The only real issues we have is she does not like kids, will avoid them at all costs. She is adult shy but kids just make her go other way. Energy is crazy so in rain keeping her occupied is a lot of hallway fetch and indoor games, still gets walks but not long enough. BTW she is my profile pic.

You're not kidding they do shed a lot. I have two and I feel like I live in a world of dog hair. But they sure are lovable, cuddly, cute and fun.

@xschm1dx

Жыл бұрын

Yea I have two. Red heeler and blue stumpy. My garage has enough hair for many dogs. Idk how they aren’t bald haha. Love them

@colbymasvidal2397

Жыл бұрын

But I feel like their coat/hair is very easy to pick up🙏 had a Boxer before my Heeler and oh lord those little tiny hairs were a nightmare🤣 but also a lovely breed

@fasteddie9201

Жыл бұрын

They only shed once a year, January to December.

Mate, the stumpy comes in either red OR blue. If they have a mix of colours they are not pure bred, there is a x in the mix. I have been breeding stumpies in Oz for 30 years now. They do not have a mix of colours. Blue heelers can and will have tan on the chest legs or face.

@The_Resistance_1961

Жыл бұрын

My Bluey has the ideal, as far as purists believe, ideal and perfect colours. Black coat, white guard hairs, red cheek pieces, red chest and forelegs, white patch on forehead, double mask. Now THAT is the ideal Blue/Red dog. I had a blue Stumpy Tail and they are very obviously a different dog. But yes, you're correct, just like a Blue dog the Stumpy comes in two colours. Just like humans have blonde hair or not.

Fun fact; Stumpy's were originally bred to bypass some crazy law in Qld that taxed tailed working dogs but tailless (which there were none at the time) because they supposedly didn't exist were tax exempt.

@bozzskaggs112

Жыл бұрын

That may attributive to an English law that didn't tax working dogs which were identified by their bobbed tail. This is said to be the reason the Old English Sheep Dog was bred to be bobbed. Using the magic of WWW I check my comment and my errors. Why do so few who comment on YT fail to check their assertions? If they only had a computer they could verify the validity of their YT comments, or those of any other social and unsocial media. The Old English Sheepdog (correct spelling) is NOT a born bob but often docked at a few days old because of tradition and because they look better bobbed. Some people think they look better. I'd rather have a dog with his rudder intact especially if he is a performance dog.

@stevehearne192

Жыл бұрын

Nope. The tail tax originated in England. Never introduced in Australia. The bob tail comes from the original Smithfield. An English herding dog. They were good, intelligent herders but Australua was to hot a climate. The smithfield was then crossed with the dingo but the pyps were very savage. They were then crossed back to the Coolie and that was the start of the ASTCD.

@reddog5378

Жыл бұрын

@@stevehearne192 It was actually introduced in Qld, not sure what years but it didn't last too long. I've only read this in history of the stumpy and how they came about, haven't researched it at all but the majority mention the tail tax as the original intention to bread stumpys.

@stevehearne192

Жыл бұрын

@@reddog5378 got to call bullshit on this. Not saying it is you. Saying that your source spread the bullshit.

@garywitt4768

Жыл бұрын

Really? I am in Australia. Never heard that. My red heeler has a tail. His mother is stumpy. Sort of shoots the story above down.

Anyone wondering why they didn’t mention any differences is cause they’re literally the same breed.

@fasteddie9201

Жыл бұрын

NOT!!!

@timelessrevivals

Жыл бұрын

It's not the same breed, he forgot to mention the color differences. Stumpys will have no tan like a heeler does. They are either all blue, or all red.

LOL there the same, someone just decided to cut the tail off. I’ve had both and wonder why anyone other than a cattle owner who works there dog would cut that tail off. Heck they love chasing it sometimes ha. One hour of excerise, maybe one in the morning, one in the afternoon and playtime in the evening. Love these dogs.

@emiliaveiland4215

Жыл бұрын

They have different colors standard, maybe they were the same breed, but not now

@fasteddie9201

Жыл бұрын

They are, or originally were completely different breeds, bred from different original breeds seperate to each other for different purposes, i.e. to avoid paying taxes in Queensland on working dogs. Tailed dogs were non existent so they were tax exempt, hence the Queensland stumpy tailed cattle dog was created, no tail, no tax. There are a few distinct differences between the two breeds in appearance and size.

@johngaulding3710

Жыл бұрын

They are very different. I have had ACD'S and needed 2 more pups to train. Answered advertised Blue Heeler puppies that were 5 weeks old. I quickly realized something is different. Extremely aggressive. They didn't heel from the back of your foot, they bite the front of your foot grabbing the big toe. That's why they were called Timmons Biters and considered too aggressive. The pups are 11 months old now and I'll need a blood transfusion soon as they haven't calmed down yet. 😅

Your dog doesn’t look like the Australian version of a stumpy tail cattle dog where they have a longer body and a bit taller than the cattle dog. Blue Heelers and Red Heelers is the common name for Australian Cattle Dogs. Stumpy tails worked with the drover - one man, one horse, one dog… they go out and bring in stock together and meet the other drovers at the yards. The stumpy’s job in the working pack is to take the beasts face. The cattle dogs take the heels - hence ‘Heelers’ . Stumpys are better as a family pet.

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Did you mention any differences at all?

@nadiauriza

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@horseygurl143

Жыл бұрын

They showed the pics. One had a tail. One didn't.

Fair few of these photos are not pure bread cattle dogs. These dogs are a different bread with basically same origin, both came from dingos bread with other dogs to suite the working conditions of the outback, the stumpy tail part came from a dog that was mixed in that naturally had a bob, there nature is identical I have a red stumpy tail and he’s the funniest little thing I’ve ever encountered

I wonder if I have a mini Stumpy cuz he is smaller than other Hellers in weight

So... the difference is the tail

@chrisbanning413

Жыл бұрын

Nope, totally different breed. Different body & leg lengths. Different shape head & ears are higher on the stumpy. Also no brown on a stumpy as the don’t have kelpie in them

@reddog5378

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbanning413 Not many are aware that a pure stumpy has no tan in the blues. Reds are slightly different also, can't be specific because I can't remember.

@reddog5378

Жыл бұрын

Stumpy's were actually originally bred in Qld to avoid a tax payable on working dogs back in the day. For some unknown reason all 'bob tail' dogs were exempt.

@philthy2010

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbanning413you can have a litter of some stumpy and some long tailed. They are the same breed.

@philthy2010

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbanning413the “blue Heeler” is just a characteristic of certain cattle dogs.

I live in a house with a Cattle Dog. I'm not real mobile anymore but I have this insane dog that wants to run 20 kms a day and she's 11 (about 60 in human years). I burn off two million calories a day tossing that damned dog's squeaky toy up the hall way five hours a day. It accounts for 50% of the exercise I get! For God's sake - spare yourselves!

@mattman9259

5 ай бұрын

Lol

@The_Resistance_1961

5 ай бұрын

@@mattman9259 Oh yes, you can laugh - you're probably a Blue Dog owner. Yeah, I'm a slave to my bloody dog who I naturally love with all my heart and soul. Damned dog looks me in the eye all the time - how do you ignore that? Since I posted this I've had to move into a 23 foot caravan - and Zara still wants to run 20 kms a day!!!! If it weren't for that damned dog I'd be dead already.

If this video closed the book on these two breeds the only difference between the two are slightly different conformations. I was hoping to learn other differences. What? How should I know what other differences? If I knew that I wouldn't have watched the video. Geez, some people. Seriously, if anyone is familiar with some of the finer points of these two breeds, add Kelpies into equation if you can, share it here. please.

@fasteddie9201

Жыл бұрын

The original purpose of creating the Australian stumpy tailed cattle dog was to avoid paying taxes on working dogs in Queensland in the late 1800's. Tailed dogs were taxed, tailless or bobtail dogs were somehow tax exempt. In a nutshell that's why stumpies were originally created. Briefly, different breeds were also used to the breeds used to create Australian cattle dog than Australian stumpy tailed cattle dog, the main breed being the smithfield.

@johngaulding3710

11 ай бұрын

I purchased 2 "blue heelers " just over a year ago. They were 5 weeks old and mom quit her job. She had 7 puppies, 4 born without a tail and 3 with. I noticed mom looked a little different because I'm 56 and have had heelers before. After a year I can tell you their different. Their smaller, more square bodied vs shorter than their length wise. Temperament is different too. I noticed they bite alot when getting excited. That's why they were known as "Timmons Biters". And... I can't leave out the dead giveaway. ACD pups nip the back of your foot at the heel. These kraken sisters, as I call them, grabbed our big toes and nipped at the front of the foot. They control the animals from the head and not the rear. I have researched alot over the year and I positively can tell you they are cousins, but not the same breed

@bozzskaggs112

11 ай бұрын

@@johngaulding3710 Does the Stumpy Tail tend to be headers with stock?

@johngaulding3710

11 ай бұрын

@@bozzskaggs112 Absolutely. I have a ranchito with goats. The kraken sisters immediately took their parts. One is the driver and the other being the cutter. They never have changed positions either, which blew my mind. The only problem I have is with 1 of them will not respond to verbal calls. We thought she was deaf and she may have some type of hearing problem, but whistle commands work great. I used a shock collar on them, but I used the vibrate mode. They have been off the collars for almost 6 months. They roam free but stay at the house all day, even though they have plenty of property to run off and explore. Like I said, they were advertised as blue heelers but that's not what I got. I'm sure they are a crossbreed and I doubt there are many purebreds because of their very aggressive behavior, I wouldn't think many people would have found this acceptable.

@johngaulding3710

11 ай бұрын

@@bozzskaggs112 Absolutely. I have a ranchito with goats. The kraken sisters immediately took their parts. One is the driver and the other being the cutter. They never have changed positions either, which blew my mind. The only problem I have is with 1 of them will not respond to verbal calls. We thought she was deaf and she may have some type of hearing problem, but whistle commands work great. I used a shock collar on them, but I used the vibrate mode. They have been off the collars for almost 6 months. They roam free but stay at the house all day, even though they have plenty of property to run off and explore. Like I said, they were advertised as blue heelers but that's not what I got. I'm sure they are a crossbreed and I doubt there are many purebreds because of their very aggressive behavior, I wouldn't think many people would have found this acceptable.

So they’re the same aside from a few minor differences in size and appearance 😂

Cant even get the breed name right, its AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG, not blue heeler. Oh & the stolen pictures 🤬 plus wrong information 🤦‍♀️.

They’re literally the same breed

@DogsNowChannel

Жыл бұрын

One is a blue heeler and the other is a blue heeler mix

@philthy2010

Жыл бұрын

@@DogsNowChannelno they’re literally the exact same breed.

@philthy2010

Жыл бұрын

@@DogsNowChannelyou made an entire video on the differences of the exact same dog

@philthy2010

Жыл бұрын

@@DogsNowChannelthis is the dumbest content I’ve ever seen and now us aussies have to explain to people they’re literally the same dog just different names for them

@philthy2010

Жыл бұрын

@@DogsNowChannelyou should honestly be ashamed enough to delete this whole video

lets just repeat one thing the whole video....

False info!! Blue heeler, red heeler, is a fukin acd!! Whatever heeler you wanna call it, it’s still a acd!!!

Of course it’s an American making a video about our Australian dogs and being completely wrong 😂😂😂

@pamdailey8421

Жыл бұрын

I have had several blue heelers. Yesterday I took and rehomed a small male, all blue, no tan points, with a completely stubbed tail. I can't tell if someone docked it or it is natural. He was dumped in a parking lot, so we have no history. I have read everything I can about the differences between the heeler and the Stumpy and still can't grasp the physical differences. One description discussed more wedge shaped head, one said the body squareness is the difference, but I am at a loss. It doesn't matter which he is and I am not getting a DNA test, I was just wondering if someone could give me some more accurate visuals on the difference. This video did not. All of my blue heelers, females included, were over 45 pounds with a large leg bone structure. This is a petite guy. He may have been a runt; or here people breed two smaller dogs to get a 'mini' which they think is 'cute'. So whichever breed he is, he is small. But what can I look at to check which breed he may be? I did measurements for squareness. Base of neck to base of tail is 16". Floor to withers: 16 1/2. Chest to rear hip, not curved, straight line measurement is 19". Floor to front leg elbow is 9". So Sean, where can I get some better info right from Australia?

@philthy2010

Жыл бұрын

@@pamdailey8421 blue heelers and cattle dogs are literally the SAME BREED they’re just different names for them omg 😭🙄

@philthy2010

Жыл бұрын

@@DFffs666 blue/red heelers and cattle dogs are the same breed. The exact same breed just different names for them. A litter of them can have a mix of long tail and stumpy tail dogs it’s just how they’re born. But they are the same dog I can’t believe I have to explain this

@Southernerz

Жыл бұрын

They are not the same dog. They’re similar but not the same. research it further, I’ve got both.

@johngaulding3710

8 ай бұрын

​@@pamdailey8421 I know it's a little late, but I can help. Check for small bone inside the stump. If you feel bone, tail was docked. If you feel nothing, check for tiny bone above tail hair. I acquired 2 stumpy sisters advertised as ACD and quickly realized they were different than my other ACD'S. I have researched since I got them and realized the differences. They bite when excited. They both claw at me constantly and grab with their paws like hanging on to a bone. Besides being smaller than ACD, they handle animals different. Tend to drive the animals by their head instead of their rear. Their nickname is Timmons Biters and I know why