For experience of our dogs and others we’ve walked every dog is different to how it prefers to sleep. Our Australian shepherd, Blue, prefers to sleep on the cold stone slabs in the unlit fireplace whereas Ollie (our Border Collie) would sleep on a bed of a thousand pillows if he could – under a [...]

Our Blue Merle Aussie Shepherd, Blue, is almost a year old now. The past year has gone so quickly! The article that follows does a good job of describing the character. He IS a funny prankster, and is alway encouraging Ollie (our Border Collie) to chase him around in the garden to cause havoc. Well, [...]

I had to laugh when asked if Germans love this breed of dog (also known as Alsatian or natively Deutscher Schaferhund). So I thought I’d better look into the issue. I never used to be sure what the difference between an Alsatian and a German shepherd is, ask anyone and you’ll get [...]

I was actually looking for a serious description of and Australian shepherd to post on this site - in honour of our “Blue”. Who is not 7 months old. Instead I found this story by Pet Illustrator Connie Bowen of her two Aussie shepherds and they sound just like Blue. Especially the part about the [...]

We’ve just been reading How many dogs does it take to change a light bulb? and they’re spot on for our dogs!
Ollie:
Border Collie:
Just one? And I’ll replace any wiring that’s not up to code
Blue:
Australian Shepherd:
First, put all the light bulbs in a circle.
And Jaxx:
Shih-tzu:
Puh-leeze, dahling, I have servants for that kind of thing.

With our two dogs growing fast, the concern of when they will start to cock their leg comes to mind. We’ve been told by Blue’s breeder that if they have their balls chopped off too early then this can cause kidney problems later on, and other sites suggest that this can halt their development in [...]