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1. on June 18, 2010 at 10:01 am blkgldn-n-labmix

   Australian cattle dog/blue heeler with a docked tail.

   But it’s red, not blue.

   That’s my guess.

   
   
2. on June 18, 2010 at 10:29 am eli

   ooh…ooh surely not that rarest of all Cattle Dog breeds, the “_Not_ an ACD”, but a “Stumpy-Tailed Cattle Dog!”.

   Unless, of course, and ACD and a Corgi mixed it up…

   
   
3. on June 18, 2010 at 12:43 pm M.R.S.

   Eli has it…Australian Stumpy-Tailed Cattle Dog, of the red-speckled color. And a good-looking one.

   
   
4. on June 18, 2010 at 3:09 pm Jess

   Darn, I’ve got to get up earlier. They beat me to it.

   
   
5. on June 18, 2010 at 4:27 pm Holly

   Australian Cattle Dog, red variety, docked tail

   aka: heeler, queensland heeler, stumpy tail, cattle dog

   
   
6. on June 18, 2010 at 4:45 pm eli

   Heresy, I tell you! The Stumpy-Tail is not an Australian Cattle Dog is not a Queensland Heeler!

   Too many people have slaved their fortunes over the last vestiges of each breed, keeping the _distinct_ respective heritages alive.

   Heh.

   
   
7. on June 18, 2010 at 8:23 pm EmilyS

   I would absolutely have said red heeler (Australian cattle dog) except it’s supposed to trip us up, so I guessing some similar, but obscure breed that Scottie has googled up

   
   
8. on September 6, 2010 at 8:28 pm gpower

   Its my dog. Seriously I think someone took a photo of her. Not that I mind she is beautiful.

   
   
9. on March 2, 2011 at 3:08 pm Regan

   It’s either an Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog or an Australian Cattle Dog with a docked tail or tail chewed off by its mom as a young pup. (or an ACD/ASTCD mix with a ‘throwback’ tail).

   Just my two cents though, it really does look more like an Australian Cattle Dog with a docked tail than an actual Stumpy Tail breed. Stumpies are supposed to be more “square” in their build (height = length) which compensates well for the lack of rudder (aka: tail).

   In the US we screwed up the difference between the breeds because we thought they were the same thing and interbred them a lot. Lots of dogs born with stumps, kinked tails, short tails, and normal ACD tails. A lot of times you still get a throwback to those years where we mix bred them and get a registered ACD with a throwback tail.

   Not saying this dog ISN’T a registered Stumpy, just that the lack of tail doesn’t mean it necessarily is a Stumpy. This dog has a Cattle Dog ration of height to lenght, not a Stumpy “box” frame.

   I loved the corgi cattle dog mixed up answer – I have an ACD with a stump for a tail (or maybe he’s actually from a Stumpy line – who knows, we got hiim from a shelter) and I hear that from a lot of people.

   
   

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