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LYELL HARMAN (HARMANL@Agresearch.cri.nz) wrote:
: 
: >>
: >>Is the Australian terrier (referred to in American news groups) the
: >same as 
: >>the Australian Blue Heeler?  (Someone in NZ told me it is.)
: >>
: >>Lyell
: 
: I'm not wanting to breed the Australian terrier/ Blue Heeler, or anything like 
: that.
: 
: What happened was that my dog was attacked (fortunately not badly) by an 
: Australian Blue Heeler.
: Quite separately from that incident, I've read about the Australian Terrier in 
: some of the American dog news groups.
: 
: Recently, in talking to someone about the attack on my dog, the person said 
: that the Blue Heeler and the Australian terrier are one-and-the-same.  I was 
: interested to know if they were correct - obviously not.
: 
: Thank you for all the responses!
: 
: Lyell
: 
: 
:The 'blue heeler' is the popular name for the Australian Cattle Dog -
often a blue roan with a black patch and saddle, but other colours are
permissible.  It's the dog in the car commercial (Hyundai?).

The Australian terrier is small, similar (to the unschooled eye) to a
Yorkshire terrier or a wheaten terrier or any number of other square,
silky little dogs.

The Australian kelpie is about the size of the Australian Cattle Dog,
but is lighter boned and generally shorter haired.  

These three breeds were all developed here and all are recognised for
show, trialling, etc.

The Australian Shepherd was developed in America, supposedly from
ancestors who had been brought from Australia by migrant Basque
shepherders.  It has only recently been introduced here and accepted by
the NSWCC.  (See my other post for details if you're curious.)

Dorrit:
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: Disclaimer: The above is a personal opinion and does not reflect the
:             official view of AgResearch Ltd.
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