Australian Cattle Dog
Sign in to saveAlso known as Red Heeler, Blue Heeler, ACD, Cattle Dog, Queensland Heeler, Heeler, Australian Heeler
dog breed
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.