Key facts
- Other names
- Kelpie, Barb
- Common nicknames
- Farmer Dog
- Origin
- Australia
- Height
- 39–51 cm (15–20 in)
- Weight
- 13–19 kg (29–42 lb)
- Coat
- short double coat
- Colour
- black, black and tan, red, red and tan, chocolate, chocolate and tan, blue, blue and tan, fawn, fawn and tan, cream, black and white
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The Australian Kelpie, or simply Kelpie, is an Australian sheepdog capable of mustering and droving with little or no guidance. It is a medium-sized dog and comes in a variety of colours. The Kelpie has been exported throughout the world and is used to muster livestock, primarily sheep, cattle and goats.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Australian Kelpie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.