Australian Cattle Dog
Sign in to saveAlso known as Red Heeler, Blue Heeler, ACD, Cattle Dog, Queensland Heeler, Heeler, Australian Heeler
dog breed
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Within Vinony's link graph, Australian Cattle Dog is referenced by 168 other articles, and connects out to dog, German Shepherd and working dog.
It is catalogued under topics including Dog breeds originating in Australia, FCI breeds and Herding dogs.
Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Other names
- ACD, Cattle Dog, Blue/Red Heeler, Queensland Heeler
- Common nicknames
- Bluey
- Origin
- Australia
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- Males
- Coat
- short double coat
- Color
- blue, blue mottled, blue speckled, red mottled, red speckled
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dog breed
- Subclass of
- cattle dog
- Named after
- Australia
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Image
- ACD-blue-spud.jpg
- Height
- 48
- Life expectancy
- 13
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- Commons category
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Commons gallery
- Australian Cattle Dog
- catalog code
- 287
- native label
- Australian Cattle Dog
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The Australian Cattle Dog, or simply Cattle Dog, is a breed of herding dog developed in Australia for droving cattle over long distances across rough terrain. This breed is a medium-sized, short-coated dog that occurs in two main colour forms. It has either red or black hair distributed fairly evenly through a white coat, which gives the appearance of a "red" or "blue" dog.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Australian Cattle Dog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.