Australian Cattle dog!

[wild rover 548]

Nice pics of your dogs WR. Thanks for posting them.

How do you find them as workers?

Is their a true working strain in the uk, of Australian cattle dogs?

Or, does it look like the only workers are in Oz?

 

The original lurcher line in 1993 were bred from a blue ACD from pet/show stock, the lad that bought the pup worked it with his lurchers, mainly hunting up, it did lamp but never had the speed, the first crosses would catch daytime rabbits and lamped well, and when legal deer and foxes.

They can be strong willed, protective but are hardy, strong, good feet, good nose, trainable, they will not suit some lurcher people but i have had nothing else since 93, the little red one came from wales she is ACD X WHIP/GREY, she is only 21inch but very strong boned, I only mooch and ferret now and they suit me, they do not have blinding pace but fast enough, if you want a flying machine then not for you, but suit me and my type of work.

All the best.WR

[brassneck 128]

i do a bit of work on a local farm , havent seen them in action yet but they have 2 acd dogs , they work with the beef cattle , they double as guard dogs at night and i tell u what there feckin evil .

[bird 9,872]

i do a bit of work on a local farm , havent seen them in action yet but they have 2 acd dogs , they work with the beef cattle , they double as guard dogs at night and i tell u what there feckin evil .

 

 

thats what ive heard, that they can be very sharp with people+dogs.?

[fox-stoper 1]

The guy who ownes my lurcher pup corssed a blue elle with my lurcher she 22 tts and bullxgreyxwhippetxgrey my first lurcher i could never replace her

[hatcher 4]

If my memory serves me well,Phil Lloyd was the first to work with this cross and rated them highly,H.

[comanche 2,954]

The most affectionate ,loyal,intelligent bitch I've ever owned .cattledog pup.bmp

obedient cattle dog.bmp

and athleticcattle dog jumping on shed.bmp

BUT not without certain funny little ways which might not make the cross everyone's cup of tea !!!

 

As mentioned there have been a couple of great threads on the subject already .

Edited October 24, 2010 by comanche

[stevemac 434]

i do a bit of work on a local farm , havent seen them in action yet but they have 2 acd dogs , they work with the beef cattle , they double as guard dogs at night and i tell u what there feckin evil .

 

 

thats what ive heard, that they can be very sharp with people+dogs.?

you better believe it.

[caterpiller 10]

Well, i am more than happy with my Half Cross......

 

Mine is fine around other people and dogs BUT, DIFFERENT BALL GAME WHEN HE IS BACK ON HOME TURF...... they have a real strong guarding instinct

 

My Half Cross is quite quick for a Half Cross but, a Rabbit on FAST GROUND has him well beat.... just lacks that extra gear.

 

Use him mainly for Ferreting and Lamping so, he suits me down to the ground.

 

 

I am not sure if all ACD's and there Crosses are like this????? but, mine from a Young Age has had an obsession with water..... Sea/River/Lake/Pond/Puddle..... HE HAS TO BE IN IT

[wild rover 548]

Well, i am more than happy with my Half Cross......

 

Mine is fine around other people and dogs BUT, DIFFERENT BALL GAME WHEN HE IS BACK ON HOME TURF...... they have a real strong guarding instinct

 

My Half Cross is quite quick for a Half Cross but, a Rabbit on FAST GROUND has him well beat.... just lacks that extra gear.

 

Use him mainly for Ferreting and Lamping so, he suits me down to the ground.

 

 

I am not sure if all ACD's and there Crosses are like this????? but, mine from a Young Age has had an obsession with water..... Sea/River/Lake/Pond/Puddle..... HE HAS TO BE IN IT

 

Sounds familiar.

[Blue one 89]

Great info and , thanks every one.

Back in the 's, i seen on tv, Phil Lloyd, working a 1st cross acd Speckle, ferreting and i liked her, she was fairly fast i thought. It was a documentry, on pest control i seen, but can not remember what it was called?

I have never thought about it after that, untill browsing You-tube and came across acd.

[fireman 10,870]

Lost my bitch not long after the last pic was taken when she was nearly 11 months,she was the litter sister to caterpillers dog.She herself had plenty of speed for a 1/2x and had a good few rabbits,a few long ears as well as a few cwd under her belt,all retreived within the law.Likes been said not everyones cup of tea as they do need work/mental stimulation/some way of letting off steam and brain power or else they can make life hard work for sure,they are dog which does command a little extra work but they sure are worth the effort .

[wild rover 548]

Lost my bitch not long after the last pic was taken when she was nearly 11 months,she was the litter sister to caterpillers dog.She herself had plenty of speed for a 1/2x and had a good few rabbits,a few long ears as well as a few cwd under her belt,all retreived within the law.Likes been said not everyones cup of tea as they do need work/mental stimulation/some way of letting off steam and brain power or else they can make life hard work for sure,they are dog which does command a little extra work but they sure are worth the effort .

 

Great photos mate, how you doing, Caterpiller be good to see some photos of your dog. Cheers WR.

[Blue one 89]

Fireman, great pics, thanks for putting them on.

Sorry to hear that you lost her, at such a young age!

[Guest deerhound hunter]

looks like a handy little x

[wild rover 548]

Fireman, great pics, thanks for putting them on.

Sorry to hear that you lost her, at such a young age!

 

 

Photo of my first ACD Lurcher, he was only black speckle in litter, he died in 2000, my current first cross is black red and black speckle and was only one in litter, hes 10 in January.