We have had five Heelers. The males tend to be less problematic with people but more with other dogs. The boys like to wonder while hiking. The ladies stick by us. Don't wonder hardly at all. They are better with other dogs but more nippy with people. Gotta watch the females around other people especially kids. Hope that helps.

I agree they do require a lot of exercise, however they can be trained to relax a lot as well. I had a secondment 600km away from were I lived, I was given a small unit with a small yard. My heeler would watch me come home and he would know my routine. Walk in the door shower dinner and relax he would do the same. He would jump in the shower with me he would eat dinner the same time and he would sleep as soon as I rested. On weekends we would drive home and he would bounce off the walls on our property exert all his energy and back to our city life on Monday. So yes they are great dogs and will do whatever you want them to do, highly recommended them.

I've got a great story about heeler intelligence and escapability. One of my healers created a tool to help him jump out of his 8' fence kennel. He dumped out his 5-gallon bucket water dish. Flipped it over. Pushed it over close to the fence. Then jumped up on the bucket in order to get that little extra height he needed to jump the fence. I observed all this by looking out an upstairs window out of his view.😄

I've had 2 female red heelers spanning 30 years. 15 years each. The second is still chillin' with me. Best dang dogs I've ever met. Protective, loyal, fun, the best companions I've ever had. High energy running partners. Greatest friends I ever had.

My blue heeler was thrust upon me at a park in AZ. The owner just dumped her off. I had no experience with the breed, always had standard poodles. It’s been quite an amazing experience to watch my Daisy adapt to my lifestyle and me to adapt to her needs. No one knows how old she is, but she is the best dog I’ve ever had, couldn’t live without her. So smart!! Today we leave on a cross country road trip and she is my co-pilot.

We had a female that was such a good dog! For 12 years she never made a mess of any kind in the house. While we were gone she patiently waited for us to return having free roam of the house. Usually waited on the couch, but always greeted us at the door. Very special kind of dog & so smart. Easy to train at 4 months old. She did have a little jealous streak with another dog around. Liked to be the number one Queen!

I have had herding dogs for 6 decades. These dogs are fabulous. Females are way more intense than males.

*Male or Female: You will not expect your ACD to bond with you as tight as you thought. It will become your guardian, helper, crossfit workout coach, daily alarm clock, bathroom inquisitor, companion. If you don't want a klingon "bite all threats" dog, always in your face, a Heeler isn't for you

I have a female red heeler and she took approximately 3 years to train by crate. It was alot of work but she is now a great dog. She had to be crated if no one was home so she did not cause destruction out of separation anxiety or boredom of being alone. Now she is trustworthy and can have full run of the house and never bothers anything.

I have had two male healers and when my brothers female healer visited; She was the Top Dog and always out competed the male healer and she was not afraid of him or our Rottweiler(also male). The boys just stood back because she always got to the ball or stick first. Sometimes the boys would gang up on her and try to drown her in the dam, but she would snap at them and they backed off. One brother had three female healers at different times and they were also top dog. My other brother , recently deceased also had one female healer and she is a bit bigger and heavier. She is a red healer and all the others were blue. Love them to bits. I am Australian.

My Female ACD is about the size/weight of a male. I have no complaints. I always have to remember to bend down to pet her still. Couldn't imagine her being a few inches shorter Lol. She's big enough and fierce/fearless enough that she scared out burglars once who managed to get my front door open. After snarling/barking at the door when it opened, she ran back up to me and put herself in my bedroom doorway to block entry to me while I got the gun out of my safe. Thankfully, her confrontation at the door scared them off and we did a perimeter check on the house and sealed it back up...and didn't sleep much that night.

I have a female Blue Heeler and love her. I’m an experienced dog trainer and find this dog to be challenging and brilliant fun. I love how she keeps me thinking outside the box.

We had a red heeler when I was around 10 yrs old. She was smart, acrobatic, and understood words like I have never seen before. One time, I whispered in her ear " bears! coyotes! wolves! and she literally went into beast mode. Instant stalk, hunt, inspect mode. It was absolutely incredible. I had never seen anything like it in my life and I guarantee you it was the first time someone had ever said that to her. Moving forward, I was able to use that phrase until she passed as a warning, to hunt, stalk or attack. She would analyze the situation and then immediately adapt to what needed to happen. She saved my mothers life and unfortunately she was immediately paralyzed. She attacked a semi truck in our small town that had slipped off the road and was heading for my mother. It was very sad. But I will tell you this. She wasn't scared. Not one bit. She would have done it again and again. This dog was the most incredible dog I have ever seen. Period.

just bought my new house and a blue heeler to go with it… im so excited to start training the little guy 🤓

Mine is obsessed with securing the perimeter, and super alert. She is clingy too. My issue has been how independent she is training wise, She doesn’t ask permission to do something if it excites her.

I have a heeler/ border collie mix. Something I didn't realize before I got her was that they are very clingy and bond really close to their owners. Which is mostly good, but it can cause some difficulties.

I think these are some of the best looking dogs out there. My lab/heeler is the best dog I could have ever asked for. He looks like some of these dogs but with half floppy ears and more black. He's super smart and needs SO much exercise, at least until he was eight. I'm happy to be with him and be outdoors so it was good for me. He's very confident and always smiling. Thanks for the video.

I've had four now. Two of which were rescue and older. The rescues were not a good choice for us. The other two we got from puppies and they bonded with us like no other dogs we have had. A great breed! We love them!

We have a male and a female from the same parents, the female being about 4 years younger. The male is more reserved while the female is more aggressive and demanding of attention. Both of them like to patrol together along our property lines a few times a day but are always nearby watching whatever we are doing when outside. The neighbors like them because they are so friendly and entertaining to watch. The female is known for "supervising" any outside activities in the neighborhood like construction work or landscaping. Both of them make goofy noises when they are excited and in a good mood. Never a dull moment with these two.

I have a female Blue Heeler and she’s super protective and loyal. “Intense” is the appropriate word to describe the female Blue Heeler. She also gives me the puppy eyes when she wants something, like a treat. She’s very smart and knows how to get what she wants.

Aww man these are really great dogs.The oldest I have is a red heeler/collie cross name Sweedy, had chased cattle provides good companionship and protection from annoying relatives. Now she's looking after our new stubbed tailed heeler Cookie, she's still less then a year old yet drives whole herds nearly by herself while giving off an big attitude for use to fond over.

I have had both. My male is the sire of my female. The biggest difference I’ve seen is that my male didn’t like anyone but the family. He is super protective; my female doesn’t know a stranger. My female sleeps on her back as most females do; my male doesn’t. My female loves to play fetch and will entertain herself with toys: my male refuses to play with toys or balls. They are both loving dogs, super smart and have different kinds of learning like children. My male was taught to wipe his feet when coming in the house; my female still doesn’t and doesn’t understand the concept. They both mind exceptionally well. They both know how to say I love you, but dogs in general are like people. They learn differently, and there are just some things each just doesn’t grasp and that’s ok. I have loved them equally and understand that they are individuals who have their own personalities.

There are Alpha’s and sub’s in both sexes. Too many people focus on the pretty coat when you should really be looking at the temperament that fits your situation. We have had a red female and a blue male and female. They were all good dogs. My uncle grew up on the largest cattle ranch in the state. He spent two hours trying to get his bull to load. The red heeler had it loaded in less than 3 minutes.

Our purebred male blue heeler was dumped at our church as a year old.. HE weighed 65 lb. Slept by our bed and helped me with ranch work. Died of a heart attack around age 14 after his normal twice daily walk. Paul's wife Katherine in Texas USA 🇺🇸 😍 ♥ ❤ 🤍 💙 🐕

My female red heeler turned out to be a big surprise) I took her as an adventure partner, but she prefers strolling in the park, running and playing only at well-groomed lawns or stadiums, and swimming at fully equipped beaches or pools, when I try to take her somewhere in the wilderness and engage her in playing she’s just sit there patiently waiting when I will stop fooling around in the stupid forest and take her to some fancy cafe. Guess I got lucky to be a friend of a diva heeler)

I'm conviced that they're not called heelers because of their work style, but because they will always be stepping on your heels

I found my heeler at a few months old and she gravitated to me so fast she would not pee or poop around anything that smells like me from meeting her unless I leave her locked in, (only happened the day I rescued her). She isn’t too destructive but she has a nice size of land and toys. I’ve had her for about 3 months and by her teeth and her doubling in size I figure I got her when she was 7-8 months. One of the best and smartest dogs I ever had but one caveat. She never really “listened” to me unless I do what I call “drill sergeant” voice and usually that is accompanied by hand gestures (Down girl!) 👇 (Heel!) downward first. Or (let’s go). Which doesn’t have a gesture but eye contact will make her come to me and once I start walking she follows me like I’m the only thing that exists…. I’m not sure if this is behavioral because unless I shout she seems to not hear me, I believe she is deaf because I can basically scream at a million decibels when she is sleep. For a while I could even walk up on her but now she is triggered by my smell to the point I can see her wiggling her nose in her sleep before she jumps up and rushes me

my male heeler is so smart. he learns the name of new toys within days of getting them. he just got a new avocado plushy and charmander plushy the same day and knew their names within hours. he was horribly destructive as a pup and ate anything that fit in his mouth (he's 15, he still eat hair ties and paper towels if we arent looking). that jerk even learned to lie to me if he saw a tissue on the coffee table. he suddenly had to go outside really badly until i got halfway to the door and he'd run back to the table and grab it! now in his old age, all he wants in life is to be able to see mommy at all time and get lots of hugs. thankfully i'm still working from home since the beginning of the pandemic and he is content to just lay at my feet all day long until we move to the couch and he can lay right next to that too (hip dysplasia now, otherwise he'd be in my lap!!)

My female is smart motherly sweet knows when its play time and when it's not she affectionate and alert and guards when needs to. I think she was a farm girl I rescued her from the vet noone claimed her she cried every time I told her I loved her she cried when she got her toys she cried when she got her dog bed but now shes a CNA and she loves it the elders love her and she makes them feel safe loved to play will throw her own ball. She will bark at Vehicles when they drive by usually only loud large ones he doesn't like it when people walk down the alley in the backyard if there's a smaller dog she thinks it's her baby she's not aggressive towards other dogs unless they growl out and show aggression first her instincts are absolutely amazing some people still bark at others she cries out and wants them to pet her 7 yesterday morning I heard her outside crying in this kid maybe middle schooler was walking by and my dog was just in the front yard crying wagging her tail and the girl walks past and I just yelled out she's not mean she doesn't bite in the girl stopped and turn around and had to pet her now if someone walks by and they looked sketchy I know my dog would not be happy about it she doesn't like the neighbors dogs because they bark all the time but she doesn't mind the hound dog that's two doors down she has her own personality that's for sure her and the cat get along great she alerted me before tornadoes hit the other night oh and her favorite toys are a ball or toilet paper tube🤷‍♀️ she has to Lambchop toys but they're not really toys they are her babies she doesn't need a kennel I bought one and ended up selling it she chose her own name Sammy loves car rides and kids and babies is a little OCD at times certain things have to be in certain spots. before I got her I had a Chihuahua for 18 years. big difference. I believe God put her in my life we needed each other... 🥰

Had dogs all my life, all came out of shelters until my first healer ,he came off an angus farm in South Georgia, a job is the most important part of his day. His is to run and play. He is a very good indoor dog because of his outside activity. I have to leave for 3 months this fall and am concerned about him. He will be 100% loved and taken care of but his outside activity will be reduced by at least half or more.

Our girl is 43 lbs and will be 2 years old in February. She is a loving pup and although large, still enjoys Dad's lap. I'm #1 and she has other favorites down the line. She has a bad habit of chewing holes in throws, blankets, sheets, pillow cases, etc. I either patch them or leave as is. She knows she has done an unacceptable deed if if show her (without words or expressions). I have never punished her for that or anything else. She potty trained in a few days. She has access outside and we have large acreage so she gets plenty of exercise. Every night about 10:00, she comes up to us and stares. If we don't acknowledge her request, she goes to bed alone. LOL.

My female is 42-44 lbs and her brother from another litter that I also got is 50 lbs. My brother adopted a male that weighed 55 lbs and slightly malnourished but has to be at least 65+ lbs now and a little chunky. My first heeler is going on 12 yrs old and she always ranged from 36-40 lbs

Getting my first female ACD puppy in 2 weeks! Can’t wait :)

My boy is indifferent towards anyone but me (he's always next to me all day every day, even at work.) He dislikes other dogs (he "despises" coyote.) Ungodly strong for 35 pounds, even at 13 years old. I love him so much.

i have a mongrel that i adopted that looks exactly like a australian cattle ❤ love her so much

Have had heelers all my life and how they behave is all on the owner. All mine have been amazing but heavy training and socializing is a must from the moment you get them home. Weeks 6-12 they need to meet new people constantly and other animals. If this isn’t done they are still good dogs but will not be people friendly. Lots of exercise and training they love and will respond quickly. It’s all about the work you put in those first 7 weeks or so and be consistent

I love my Little guy Scout! So cute... And yes, busy and intense with lots of demand on your time. Keeps you active.

Oh that photo at 1:51. So funny. 'Um, excuse me?'. Lol

My full-blood female blue heeler is incredibly stubborn! She is 4 and I am 64. I was walking her lsst year, and she stopped short, I tripped over her, shattered my right shoulder, tore my left rotator cuff, and fractured my right eye socket. Ive never walked her since. She was in a puppy mill and rescued and adopted by me ...antisocial, anti freedom! We are NOT a good match, but she is a good dog.

I have a red heeler and I love her. She can be destructive tho and it’s really hard to meet her energy requirements all the time bc my husband got her for me when I was pregnant. She’s a good girl. She was easy to train. She loves training and bonded with me so deeply

Have both a female and now a male. In 60 years of dog ownership she was the best dog I ever had. He would be the second best. She was more obedient in difficult situations. You could leave her on a sidewalk outside a store and come back 1/2 hr later and she would still be laying there waiting for you. He will wait maybe 5 minutes and come looking for you. She could be 2 ft behind a squirrel at full on chase and I could call her off immediately. Him, now way. Both very athletic. He can catch a frizbee like there's no tomorrow. She could pull me on a bike 10 miles. He is very cuddly where she wanted to be but never was. If I had to choose I would prefer the female but every dog has their own personality and every one is different regardless of the gender. This is an amazing breed but only for the most dedicated informed owner.

I had a male and a female. Hands down, female was superior. Best guard dog I ever had, refused to leave the property if the gate accidentally opened, stuck close during walks, did not react to other dogs, and command trained easier. She actually opened our gate at 3am to stop a guy trying to steal our neighbours car, then went back to her home. Our male enjoyed wandering, fighting, chasing cars... overall dumb dog activity. Maybe he was just an idiot lol.

I honestly haven't noticed a major difference between male and female. More like it depends on the individual in this breed at least.

First off, Mine is about 65 pounds, Male 100% DNA proven Cattle Dog. He needs so much exercise my BP is 100/69.

wow love blue heelers i am aussie so i would know a lot!!!!!!

Wow

I've lost a pound a day working out my buddy

My girl is super play driven. She likes a walk and a run, but she really gets going when it's play time, either with other dogs or with my tennis ball launcher and lots of tug-of-war lol.

My new puppy is chill. Loves hanging out watching us play video games in front of the fire place.

Females are more touchy feely. Males can be a bit cantankerous and even mischievous. I absolutely love the breed.

Have only had females heelers. I find they are very loyal and protective of my family.

HAPPY 2022

I have one and my mom has one too they great dogs especially if you looking for exercise.

The Blue Heeler I got is given to me, she was 4 years old. It was in a kennel and shocked collar trained. Had her for 3 years now. Also had her fixed after I first got her. It is funny to see this vid, and I look down at my Blue Heeler, while she is doing the opposite of the vid claim. She is very lazy, prefers to be inside than outside in the heat or freezing cold. She so scared of storms, but tries to be brave about it. The only thing she will chew is her bone, she understands this is her property, it belongs to her. She can not be trusted around people or animals first, unless I introduce them. She has to be introduced by me, this seems to been working. You can not be a unknown person and jump on me, she stalks just like a predator animal to the letter, into the tussle. So it is hard to tell if she is joining, or watching/thinking/assessing. Many traits I seen her do even on a walk remind me of the same actions found in wild predator animals, namely wolves. You know, like a shark, she low keyed comes in quietly then grabs the first thing she can get her teeth on without warning. Oh yeah, just because someone knocks on the door does not mean squat, she may not bark. She has been unpredictable in this. Since I had her, she is more relaxed, and tends to act like this if real danger exist instead of at any type of engagement. Even in "hi". 3 years has been a long road for this... I ware all black, t-shirt/regular jeans/boots, always have in my whole life. She saw me also in my leather jacket, she acts as if this is familiar to her. The first time I was handed the dog as a surprise, she took to me right there(I am a cat lover and past owner, I never owned a dog in my life). I call her Dinggo because no one wanted me to just call her Dog. I couldn't think of anything else to call her, so I called her Dinggo. She seems to like the name. She responded to that better than the name she came with. The dog also acts as if my loud car is also a familiar to it. Anytime I go to it and have to get something from inside, she sneaks up in and sits in the passenger seat. Even tho I am a older man, I do play vid games regardless. The games in which I can find her laying next to me the most all the way through is, "X Rebirth"(thinking maybe the music), "Flashing Lights"(first responder simulator game, she snores very loud when I play this game), and "Mad Max"(thinking cause it uses loud engines like my own car does, and she has been in it a few times, even tho she acts as if she owns it). And it is true, she likes to be with me for everything. It is actually a rude thing. Think of her as a attached shadow were privacy does not exist. I got her a cage and a pillow. And I have it half covered so it is more like a animal den, she likes it like this. She knows it as her room, and the pillow is her comfty. When she is ready to go to bed, she will sit by the cage door. You ask her is she ready to go to bed, does she want to go to her room, she gets all excited and runs up to you and nudges you, then rans back to the door. She does this anytime after 9pm. She snores a lot. She know when her breakfast time is, dinner time is, and what times she has to go out, she is always on the mark with this. If you call her out and claim it is the wrong time, the argument is on. She fallows a watch only she can see I suppose. She does like to play, but rough housing with me. She has the famous dark color sort blend, with that single white lighting mark on her head, that neck thing they have going on, and midget short type legs. You can't see it, but she has spots. When I got her fixed, her fur got real, real light before my eyes exposing a bunch of black spots(this happen as a result of the internal pain of the operation???). Also, she has a smile when she is happy, and grunts like a pig when she is content. Australian animals are very strange, even their dogs, being mixed no less, are no exception to being another weird animal from Australia...

My female Heeler is 65 pounds at two yo and isn’t fat. She’s built more like a Shepard but looks 100% Heeler! She is an amazing family member! All of the characteristics you expect in a Heeler. Her favorite activities is chasing deer, foxes and even coyotes once in a while. They want nothing to do with her!

They are so smart, and loyal. Love our Boy. 💙🐕🇦🇺

I have a mixed blood dog and one of the races mixed is blue heeler. He is very smart and for my delight he lives to walk. I'll look for a pure blood when mine passes away.

I wouldn't know if there is a difference between the males or females. Honey is my first solar puppy all I know is she won't quit until the sun goes down. Maybe I will add a male to the family one day!

I prefer female dogs. They seem to be better protectors and have more emotional intuition with their master.

My grandfather Bob Rapp Is a farmer/rancher in upstate ny. When I was young and helped him with the farm everyday he told me that he would never own a male so Im watching to see if what I was told matches with what he said. This is important to me because 8 years ago I moved to Wyoming and haven't seen him sence.😢

I love my baby boy he's turning 1 yr in a week.

Your right.. I love my girls iv only had one boy ..he was great but iv had 4 girls and happy with all of them ..

Red Heelers are just as 'everything' that blues are. Only difference is coloring...so,c'monHe have had a d still do both colors,and there are mixes of colors that are beautiful

Hi Heeler lovers! I’m a single mom to a four year old boy who loves dogs and needs a dog sibling. I’m thinking a female heeler would be a great sister & protector. I live in a big house on 1.5 acres. I have a horse barn (empty at the moment) and a chicken coop (also empty). I’m waiting for my son to get a little older before we acquire any horses & chickens. However, my son is lonely as an only child and so here we are… the million dollar question is: would a female ACD make a better sibling/protector for a little boy than a male ACD? Are the female’s generally more protective of children than the males? Thank you 🙏🏼 everyone!

At 0.18 looks like bluey and bandit from bluey

My red healer is so chill my brother owns a red heeled that’s so intense but mine is just Chilling on my bed

Love this video: just repeating the word intense over and over. Very accurate

Only thing I'm going to disagree is when it comes to healers you did not own them they absolutely own you! Like in my situation pretty much everything I do is for my Healers so therefore I'm literally working everyday for them

How much exercise do they need? Yes!

I have a 2yr old female that teaches our greyhound how to locate rabbits

Looks like the blue heeler is becoming more popular again. Used to be there were very few videos of them online. Now… there are many

I have a female and she's ready to go every day so smart she's my buddy

I’ve owned Heelers my entire 42 years of life and in my experience, the females are way more intense than the males and the reds are more intense than their blue counterparts

You have a mix of ACDs and Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dogs in this video, so you could be seen to be confusing the two breeds, which are absolutely separate breeds. Stumpies are totally different physically to ACDs... stumpies are taller, leaner and square looking, longer legs, and are born with a stump (though some are born with tails). The tails are NEVER docked. I noticed too that there are ACDs with docked tails in this video. Here in Australia, docking tails is illegal. Yes, both ACDs and ASTCDs are working breeds, but not all of them are full on and intense. My stumpy girl loved nothing better all her life than to sleep, and had absolutely no interest in working sheep or cattle. My stumpy boy is a bit more active, though he's spending most of his days sleeping as well, but isn't anywhere near as active as what they're made out to be (and he's 10 months old). I also fostered more than a few ACDs and they weren't as hellishly active as they're made out to be. They are not for the faint of heart... if you're not prepared to be the strong leader they need, both ACDs and ASTCDs will pull the wool over your eyes very quickly and make you their bitch.... and you'll be left wondering what happened. They MUST be trained if you're to get the best out of them, and to be the leader that they need. The more you train them, the closer your bond will be. And you CAN train them to be calmer and less demanding.

Our female blue heeler has us trained the way she wants us. Bossiest dog I've ever knoen

I have a blue heeler coming up 6 months next month (September) but in having a rough time training her.. Im use to hyper dogs from having a jack russell but she is on a whole nother level... I love her shes very calm when being put in crate or in a room with a gate but other then that im failing on getting her use to a harness and leash.. She acts like its the enemy x.x... Could use some tips from being new to owning a blue heeler.

The breed is Australian Cattle Dog Blue "Heeler" IS A COLOR DESIGNATION!!!! There are also Red Heelers Training is NOT PROBLEM FREE and it is throughout their Life. They want a Job but they also listen when they want to.

We have had a really laid back Joe Cool male and now have a rocket ship male who looks exactly like a dingo. Same breed, different temperments. Don' t go by breed standards.

Great info to know! Super video!

Wait just to be clear....blue heeler and Australian cattle dog are the same thing?? Or is it like a ven diagram where there's a crossover? Cause we got one and i always tell people that we believe he's a blue heeler ANDDD potentially an Australian cattle dog...please and ty for any input 🤗🤔

I've got a 7 yr old male and a 2 yr old female. The female runs the show at home and at the dog park.

Female's are higher maintenance period. I've raised over 20 heelers and heeler mixes, all working dogs. Raising female working dogs always reminds me why I gave up on marriage after two divorces. hahaha

2:08 you can see the dingo shinning through.

Intense

I have both a silver blue speckle male and a traditional female the male is a lot more protective than the female. Both are great, I love them but they are always going. They can be dead tired and if you move they are up ready to go.

Mama and papa blue heelers :D

Never talked about how much these dogs love water....Ocean rivers ponds and back of trucks

no real difference except expect females to dig whelping burrows when they are in season,females tend to bite more when in season to,especially protective of puppies,my first dogs mother bit me on the back of my steelcap boots and it hurt!

We get a red heeler mixed with a border coillie

I have 4 red’s now, a female and 3 males . I’ve had 5 before these a red female a blue male and two blue females, they were all over the place on the way they acted in a situation it didn’t make a difference male or female blue or red .

I just got Australian cattle and doesn't like the collar very stubborn and is 11 months and female hope can help

Did he say 2 hrs? 😂😂😂 That's their warmup routine! 😂😂😂 I have cliff on the backside if my property with a creek in the bottom. That's where I throw my dog's Frisbee. It doesn't wear him out... ever...

Heelers are the Best ❣️🥰❤️😎🤠👍

It's pretty startling when the dogs of the house are smarter than the humans, accept me

I got 3 Texas heelers

The difference between a Austrian Cattle Dog and a Austrian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog. ASTCD are as tall as their length, ACD are shorter than their length. ASTCD ears are taller. Their snouts are thinner and longer. Not all stumpy tails are born without a tail but all ACD are born with a tail. Litters of ASTCD can be mixed of some born with and without tails.

what about a blue heeler/border collie mix. I have a male puppy about 8 weeks, he is scared of every little noise and thing and i am not sure why he is so skittish. i got him about 2 weeks ago.

My female blue heeler is the absolute best dog ever

The boys are like raising teenagers. They calm the fuck down after getting fixed.

so the title says the differences but then you say they are the same except in size...