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<blockquote data-quote="DrumRunner728" data-source="post: 393333" data-attributes="member: 6339"><p>Keren, it is confusing. Australian Shepherds are not from Australia, rather they are a breed developed in the United States. First and foremost, they are herding dogs with a strong herding instinct. You get a lot of theories on where the breed came from, but the most popular opinion is that they were named Australian Shepherds because of their association with the Basque sheepherders who came to the United States from Australia in the 1800's. </p><p></p><p>Some of them have natural dock tails at birth, but most are docked shortly after birth. They are long-haired, fiercely loyal, good natured but protective of what belongs to them (like family), and smarter than you can even imagine. I've owned them (or been owned BY them) for years. </p><p></p><p>Here are photos of my four - the black tri and the red tri and both females and the two blue merles are both males (father and son actually). </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b147/DrumRunner728/NoelCinnamon-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b147/DrumRunner728/TheBoys.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrumRunner728, post: 393333, member: 6339"] Keren, it is confusing. Australian Shepherds are not from Australia, rather they are a breed developed in the United States. First and foremost, they are herding dogs with a strong herding instinct. You get a lot of theories on where the breed came from, but the most popular opinion is that they were named Australian Shepherds because of their association with the Basque sheepherders who came to the United States from Australia in the 1800's. Some of them have natural dock tails at birth, but most are docked shortly after birth. They are long-haired, fiercely loyal, good natured but protective of what belongs to them (like family), and smarter than you can even imagine. I've owned them (or been owned BY them) for years. Here are photos of my four - the black tri and the red tri and both females and the two blue merles are both males (father and son actually). [img]http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b147/DrumRunner728/NoelCinnamon-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b147/DrumRunner728/TheBoys.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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