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It’s nice to recognize so many of you from earlier posts and messages. I have written previously about Miss Pearl, The Wonder Dog, a fours year old blue heeler and general all-around feist muffin. She does however have bad wheels, although it never stops her from demanding endless ball tosses. In the aftermath of too strenuous a session, she’ll seem quite lame, and over the past six months has exhibited what apprears to be a permanent limp of a sort. It’s heartbreaking to see Miss Pearl in pain… Your thoughts, advice and information would be greatly appreciated. Jon
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(Stephanie Davis): > I have one ACD. He has been both on a ranch and in town. Now that he is > six and has mellowed considerably, he is fine in town with walks, and weekend > trips to the ranch for horseback rides. > When he was younger, he was a total nightmare if he didn’t run all day. 
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We have 2 ACDs. One 6yr spayed female, "Sydney" (blue, small for the breed, 30lbs). One 9mo spayed female, "Bonnie" (red, already 2" taller than the "old lady"). We got the pup after Sydney’s sister "Robin" had to be put down due to heart/liver failure. Sydney moped around and would just get up to eat. It was all we could do to get her out of bed. We weren’t ready for another dog yet as Robin meant alot to us but seeing Sydney that way, we knew we had to get another companion for her (she and Robin had only been separated for a couple months while my hubby worked out of town). We had tried two other ACDs, from local animal rescue places, both male. Sydney was VERY aggressive with them (Alpha female) so we had to take them back (we kept both of them for several days to see if she would warm up to them…no chance). When we brought Bonnie home, the two were playing within an hour. Sydney and Robin had never wrestled together, so I thought that Sydney didn’t like to play with other dogs. In effect, Sydney chose her own companion. Sydney is still alpha female and the reprimands for rough behavior are getting tougher as the pup gets older. They both like to play catch with a ball, and both will "skin" a tennisball if it’s not taken away. Bonnie is still in the "turbo dog" stage, she has knocked the 5lbs off of Sydney that she gained after loosing Robin. My hubby gets home before I do so he plays ball/frisbee in the street with them (our yard is to small for a really good ball/frisbee toss, luckily we live on a quite street). — Gayle Chidester | A place to set my spirit free. * /_ * * Megatest Corporation | A Rocky Mountain melody. * _/ / _ * San Jose, California | Montana, my home, sweet home! _/ _/ / * — New Connections BBS, Rockville, MD — — The Computer Network for Professionals — — BBS office: 301-9293327 —
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I have an almost 2 yr old female red Heeler (ACD) which is a pet, but practices her herding on our 2 yr old Elkhound. She is also a total ball/Kong/frisbee hound, and will exhaust a whole party of guests with her passions. She is in obedience training & we’re just starting agility. She must be mellowing, lately everyone seems to want a dog "just like her" . Funny they didn’t say that BEFORE the obedience kicked in )). Tracy Lorraine Smith Mom to the Cattle Dog, Karoo, and the surrogate cow, Impi.
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I have one ACD. He has been both on a ranch and in town. Now that he is six and has mellowed considerably, he is fine in town with walks, and weekend trips to the ranch for horseback rides. When he was younger, he was a total nightmare if he didn’t run all day. — WWW homepage: http://www.ora.com:8080/steph/ Jack Russell Terrier FAQ and general horse stuff Dogs: Trixie (JRT) Chili (ACD) Horses: Scarlett (AQHA) Prince (ApxQH)
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> I have one ACD. He has been both on a ranch and in town. Now that he is > six and has mellowed considerably, he is fine in town with walks, and weekend > trips to the ranch for horseback rides. > When he was younger, he was a total nightmare if he didn’t run all day. > —
We have 2 ACDs. One 6yr spayed female, "Sydney" (blue, small for the breed, 30lbs). One 9mo spayed female, "Bonnie" (red, already 2" taller than the "old lady"). We got the pup after Sydney’s sister "Robin" had to be put down due to heart/liver failure. Sydney moped around and would just get up to eat. It was all we could do to get her out of bed. We weren’t ready for another dog yet as Robin meant alot to us but seeing Sydney that way, we knew we had to get another companion for her (she and Robin had only been separated for a couple months while my hubby worked out of town). We had tried two other ACDs, from local animal rescue places, both male. Sydney was VERY aggressive with them (Alpha female) so we had to take them back (we kept both of them for several days to see if she would warm up to them…no chance). When we brought Bonnie home, the two were playing within an hour. Sydney and Robin had never wrestled together, so I thought that Sydney didn’t like to play with other dogs. In effect, Sydney chose her own companion. Sydney is still alpha female and the reprimands for rough behavior are getting tougher as the pup gets older. They both like to play catch with a ball, and both will "skin" a tennisball if it’s not taken away. Bonnie is still in the "turbo dog" stage, she has knocked the 5lbs off of Sydney that she gained after loosing Robin. My hubby gets home before I do so he plays ball/frisbee in the street with them (our yard is to small for a really good ball/frisbee toss, luckily we live on a quite street). — Gayle Chidester | A place to set my spirit free. * /_ * * Megatest Corporation | A Rocky Mountain melody. * _/ / _ * San Jose, California | Montana, my home, sweet home! _/ _/ / *
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>Hello >I’ve noticed more than a few ACD (Aus. Cattle Dog) owners on this list and >was interested in finding out how many people own ACD’s as pets or as >working dogs ? For those of you who own ACD’s as pets and live in the >city (if any) what is your exercise schedule like, and how has your dog >coped with city life ?
I have an ACD and an ACD/MacNab and they are pets ….. but don’t live in the city. We live on a 6000 acre ranch and the dogs keep themselves busy. I can’t imagine being able to exercise these dogs enough in town. They can go on a 20 mile horse ride ( probalbly doing triple the distance at a run) take a 1 hour dognap and be ready to go again. They are such busy dogs that we’ll see them out in the meadow hunting gophers if nothing else is happening Rebecca
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> I have 1.5 ACDs. They are housepets (they’ve *seen* cattle, but > they were at the vet school, and I didn’t think chasing/herding them > would be good form). They are both "ball dogs", so exercise is > fairly simple. > — > Mary & the Ames (Iowa, USA) National Zoo: > (the MidWestern half of Cindy Tittle Moore’s brain!) > Raise a Fund ("Regis", 9yo TB), ANZ Sam-I-Am ("Sam", 4 yo ACDx), > ANZ Noah Doll, CGC ("Noah", 1 yo ACD), kitties from h*ll,
I have a 7 mo. old ACD that’s a pet, not a worker. I’ve enjoyed him very much & like Mary’s he is a ball/frisbee dog. And yes, if I’m not entertaining him, he will find something to keep busy with. Kevin
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I have 1.5 ACDs. They are housepets (they’ve *seen* cattle, but they were at the vet school, and I didn’t think chasing/herding them would be good form). They are both "ball dogs", so exercise is fairly simple. — Mary & the Ames (Iowa, USA) National Zoo: (the MidWestern half of Cindy Tittle Moore’s brain!) Raise a Fund ("Regis", 9yo TB), ANZ Sam-I-Am ("Sam", 4 yo ACDx), ANZ Noah Doll, CGC ("Noah", 1 yo ACD), kitties from h*ll,
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I currently own an Australian Cattle Dog. He is primarily an indoor house-pet. Every other day or so he gets to go to a local ranch where he chases deer and horses. Do you also own an Australian Cattle Dog or are you in the market for one at this time? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello > I’ve noticed more than a few ACD (Aus. Cattle Dog) owners on this list and > was interested in finding out how many people own ACD’s as pets or as > working dogs ? For those of you who own ACD’s as pets and live in the > city (if any) what is your exercise schedule like, and how has your dog > coped with city life ? I noticed a little blurb in a recent dog magaz. > that stated something to the effect that more and more ACD’s are becoming > pets rather than working dogs. So what is yours…housedog or working stock? > Regards > BTW…(RE: 2nd Dog for our ACD x) our ACD’s (7 mons. – 40 lbs) best buddy is > a 7 month 60lb Am Staff male, but…I’d never consider owning two of these > guys at once myself. Only the lack of blood convinces me that they are > "only playing". > Geochemistry University of Guelph Canada > "Developing methods of removing heavy metals from acid mine drainage, > our next aim will be the removal of heavy metal from music."
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Hello I’ve noticed more than a few ACD (Aus. Cattle Dog) owners on this list and was interested in finding out how many people own ACD’s as pets or as working dogs ? For those of you who own ACD’s as pets and live in the city (if any) what is your exercise schedule like, and how has your dog coped with city life ? I noticed a little blurb in a recent dog magaz. that stated something to the effect that more and more ACD’s are becoming pets rather than working dogs. So what is yours…housedog or working stock? Regards BTW…(RE: 2nd Dog for our ACD x) our ACD’s (7 mons. – 40 lbs) best buddy is a 7 month 60lb Am Staff male, but…I’d never consider owning two of these guys at once myself. Only the lack of blood convinces me that they are "only playing". Geochemistry University of Guelph Canada "Developing methods of removing heavy metals from acid mine drainage, our next aim will be the removal of heavy metal from music."