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Australian Cattle Dog, Blue Heeler, do you know anything about them?

I have a 20 week Blue Heeler male dog. He is fine with my two other dogs and my family, he doesnt like other dogs and chases them and isnt too good meeting new people, I know this is in their breeding but he is also very destructive. I own 10 horses and if I take him down yard he trys to herd and chase them, this needs to stop for obvious reasons, how do i train this type of dog?

Your 5 mo old male is interesting to read about. It makes me smile.

My dog is 1/2 Blue Heeler and 1/2 Aus Shepherd.

Blue Heelers are one-family dogs. They may accept a few other people but that will be more the exception than the rule. They get this way more and more as they get older and well established in the family (The Pack). Don't expect him to be good at meeting new people. Don't encourage any to pet hiim. Encourage them to leave him alone, and he'll accept a FEW and allow those few ONLY to pet him.

Blue Heelers are very close to and protective of the Pack (the family) and other dogs are run off as they are intuders who might harm the Pack members. YOUR dogs are a member of your pack, so they are his friends and he'll protect them as well as you and your children.

Do NOT try to untrain those two traits! They are an important part of who and what he is.

NOW... to the horses...
It sounds like you bought a dog from a farm breeder and he's got strong herding tendencies. He's not chasing them... he's working them and herding them.
BUT
The nature of the Blue Heeler (unlike my pyrs) is that he's supposed to work WITH his handler, and if he's doing it independently, that's because:
#1- he's too young to be trained for herding. and as a pup, he is doing it right now for FUN! You need to stop him.

#2- You need to teach him a few commands: Come, SIT, STAY, Lay Down, "OFF" or "Leave It"
Work on these EVERY DAY... ESP: Come, Sit, and Off or Leave It

#3- You need to be a good strong Alpha Pack Leader
Go to the websites below and make sure you know how.

Your horses are adults and he's a pup. I know he's trying to herd and work them because that's instinctual but Blue Heelers generally are raised to about age 1 1/2 before they are trained to work the animals from what I was told. But you can teach him Off or Leave It as a command to stop herding the horses. Also, your horses will probably kick at him and they may discipline him.

My problem was a lack of any trainer in my area other than a BC trainer who looks down on all non-BC dogs, and I won't ALLOW someone who looks down on my dog to train me and my dog. Also I couldn't afford to go out of state to attend classes.

Google "herding dog training videos" to see if you can buy some videos that will teach you how to train your dog as he gets older.

One other factor you didn't mention, is your other dogs. You didn't say what breed they are. My male pyr chases my cows to protect ME from injury, and when he's out there, my Aussie listens to the pyr rather than to me, so when you're having problems, if the other dogs are involved, your Blue Heeler may be listening to THEM!

There are some Blue Heeler groups at Yahoo you can join and that would get you more answers faster about your pup.
OH...
Don't forget to neuter him. He'll still be a good herding dog... and when he learns to work WITH YOU and follow your direction, he can be a really helpful asset in controlling your horses.

As someone said, if you don't want him to herd, raise him as a house dog, and train him in agility or fly ball (frizbee).

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If Blue Heelers very hyper and energetic?

I'm thinking of getting a Blue Heeler mix. And I just want to know if they are very hyper all the time or not. I know they are "working dogs" and I'm not sure if they ever calm down and keep still. So, if you have a Blue Heeler, maybe you could tell me your experiance with it.

The best way I can answer this question is to tell you how my day is normal. Tomorrow is my day off. I love to sleep in until about 8 am "I do not usually have the opportunity to sleep so late, but no, my ACD, pepper, you're probably on my face, standing over me in bed with a toy in his mouth at 5:30 am sharp! The expression on his face tells me that if I do not get away, can burst a blood vessel! So I get up and start throwing the toy. She takes again, bring back, bring back ... a couple of hours later, he gives up. It then starts to grab my foster terrier by the neck and drags him around home. I hear the shock and stop the behavior of about 30 seconds until I turn around. If I say there is about 100 times more than it gives up. Currently about 9 hours. The next game is how often can be charged through the door and bark at every car that passed. The occupation lasts as long as I can bear it, close the door puppy and spends the next half hour barking at me to do this. I try to sit and read a little, but she is immediately on my lap, rolling onto his back and biting my hands in a desperate attempt to make me play with her. This goes for as long as I'm sitting. start homework. She follows me everywhere, and I constantly turn and stumble over toys. She brought me all the toys in the house. When you've finished that, she takes the pillow off the couch and any throw rugs found. At the end of my day off, I'm so tired I can not wait to get back to work. Finally gives up on toys and play around 9:30 pm, and no, it has not taken naps dog. Now do not get me wrong! I love my girl and I love his personality. We have spent a lot of time training them to behave, which used to be worse. It's just that is winter and we had much snow this year. She can not go out and play their usual football, or doing any agility, making it so go crazy with cabin fever I think she can only jump right out of your skin. So I guess the answer is yes you can go nonstop all day without taking a breath, and such as chewing of affection, an ACD is exactly the right dog for you. If you do not have gobs of free time and arent prepared to devote all your dog and find something to do for 12 hours every day, this is not the breed for you.

Blue Heelers Dogs Q&A

If Blue Heelers very hyper and energetic?

I'm thinking of getting a Blue Heeler mix. And I just want to know if they are very hyper all the time or not. I know they are "working dogs" and I'm not sure if they ever calm down and keep still. So, if you have a Blue Heeler, maybe you could tell me your experiance with it.

The best way I can answer this question is to tell you how my day is normal. Tomorrow is my day off. I love to sleep in until about 8 am "I do not usually have the opportunity to sleep so late, but no, my ACD, pepper, you're probably on my face, standing over me in bed with a toy in his mouth at 5:30 am sharp! The expression on his face tells me that if I do not get away, can burst a blood vessel! So I get up and start throwing the toy. She takes again, bring back, bring back ... a couple of hours later, he gives up. It then starts to grab my foster terrier by the neck and drags him around home. I hear the shock and stop the behavior of about 30 seconds until I turn around. If I say there is about 100 times more than it gives up. Currently about 9 hours. The next game is how often can be charged through the door and bark at every car that passed. The occupation lasts as long as I can bear it, close the door puppy and spends the next half hour barking at me to do this. I try to sit and read a little, but she is immediately on my lap, rolling onto his back and biting my hands in a desperate attempt to make me play with her. This goes for as long as I'm sitting. start homework. She follows me everywhere, and I constantly turn and stumble over toys. She brought me all the toys in the house. When you've finished that, she takes the pillow off the couch and any throw rugs found. At the end of my day off, I'm so tired I can not wait to get back to work. Finally gives up on toys and play around 9:30 pm, and no, it has not taken naps dog. Now do not get me wrong! I love my girl and I love his personality. We have spent a lot of time training them to behave, which used to be worse. It's just that is winter and we had much snow this year. She can not go out and play their usual football, or doing any agility, making it so go crazy with cabin fever I think she can only jump right out of your skin. So I guess the answer is yes you can go nonstop all day without taking a breath, and such as chewing of affection, an ACD is exactly the right dog for you. If you do not have gobs of free time and arent prepared to devote all your dog and find something to do for 12 hours every day, this is not the breed for you.