Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe we call them Blue Healers as its the only blue dog we've got around here. As you have all kinds of blue dogs down there in the land of Dr. Seuss those would be the ones who are just known to heard cattle. I met one in a coffee shop in Portland Oregon it was balancing its masters checkbook while she drank her soy cappuccino. Here we call them Accountant dogs. They are noticeably smarter than the German Shepard's I'm used to. Who are lousy when it comes to carrying numbers. But great at future tense which most dogs flunk in kindergarten. Blue Healers around here are also known for you build a brand new ten foot fence in your backyard and they climb right up it and are gone them minute you let them out the back. And may get involved in the decoration of furniture. Not sure. Some real smart dogs like a say in that. Mark William Rabiner > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:26:35 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] OT Re: was Prom Prep now dogs > > I've never heard the term, Australian shepherd! > Mark I think you mean a 'blue heeler" the names comes from one of their > dominant coat colours obviously but also from their herding technique with > cattle and sheep, nipping at their heels. > > Colloquially we call them cattle dogs. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Cattle_Dog > Border collies are prominent in shepherding skills too and popular pets > here > too. Lovely animals. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Collie > The border part is from England's borders. > Actually our family pets are Border Terriers who got their border name from > the same place. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Terrier > I believe another one by the name of Tilly has joined the LUG just very > recently.