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Tactical Dog
Bluey!
Dapper as fuck.
Aw he's such a handsome boy! Are heelers easy to care for?
They are demons.
Smart, loving, sweet dogs that care for and would do anything for their herd. But you have to train them well and keep them mentally and physically engaged. You’ll have to work hard to socialize them and make sure they behave when folks come over or even walk past your house.
My wife is a pushover and inconsistent. (Not her fault, she’s naturally gentle and that’s her brand of ADHD.) Training our little gremlin was a real challenge. Picked up potty training from our other dog immediately, but he was a pandemic puppy and socializing wasn’t the best. Fine with strangers, but is anxious and barks too much. Barks at folks walking past the house, etc. Hate him, but I also love him. Little beastie gave me tinnitus.
Ours is a mixed breed - half Australian cattle dog, half American pit bull terrier. We do okay with managing his energy levels by taking him for a half mile walk 5 days a week and sending him to daycare 2 days a week. He could probably do a longer walk, but our other dog cannot (She’s old and has arthritis), and he won’t walk without her. He’s fairly anxious - weirdly, getting a cat seemed to help with his anxiety. They wrestle a few times a day, but don’t like, hang out or snuggle, but he just seems calmer and more confident. Ours is also intensely jealous and basically wants to be the center of attention for whoever his favorite person is at the time - which does change on a daily basis.
The recommendation I’ve seen online, but have not tried, is that if you’re going to get one heeler, get two, so they can wear each other out. It tracks with my experience, unless you have a lot of land and a decent amount of time. Heelers are working dogs, and even though they make great pets, their energy and need for engagement and exertion need to be considered.
Hate him, but I also love him. Little beastie gave me tinnitus.
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I also have a love/hate relationship living with two Blues... They're my daughter and son-in-laws dogs, but they've attached themselves to my wife (who's also a big pushover) and she can't make a move without them being under her feet. Literally. She calls them "shadow dogs" because they are usually right in her shadow. She can't take a step backwards without tripping on one of them. But their barking... holy crap! They sound like dogs twice their size! I seriously can't remember the last time I took a nap, or watched a TV show, or carried on a conversation or enjoyed a quiet meal that wasn't interrupted by those two buttholes. Imagine sitting and quietly eating dinner, and all of a sudden there's an explosion of barking dogs going ape-shit bursting right out from under your dining table and clawing the crap out of your feet as they go scrambling after what ever set them off, which, more often than not, turns out to be nothing. The worst part tho, is when they try to protect my wife from our grand-babies. The constant barking and trying to force themselves in between my wife and her perceived "attackers" has really gotten old. Sometimes we have to lock them in their room, but then we have to listen to them barking non-stop through the door. But hey... they're family, amiright? sometimes it just be that way.
Ok, Rant over. Thanks for letting me vent. Aside from all that, they're actually pretty awesome dogs. Smart and quirky, to say the least. One of them tho isn't smart enough to figure out that our German Shepherd don't play that ankle-grabbing crap like her blue brother does. She gets tore into pretty good every time she tries it...
Heelers are typical one person 🐶!😀
This guy run with me 5 to 6 miles a day. And play half hours frisbee at night when I got home. He is four years old now. Never gave me any trouble. I love him.
Oh, I bet. That seems like the right amount of exertion for a heeler.
They sound like a lot of work, and probably not something my household could manage at the moment. But if I ever have the means in future, I'd love to get one :)
Just need making sure they get enough mental and physical exercise. I am a runner. He run with me around 5-6 miles in the morning and play half hours frisbees after I get home in the afternoon.
I had a Blue Heeler mix and it was the easiest dog I ever had. Extremely polite, always aware of us around her, super easy to train. Such a beautiful darling and left a pretty high standard in my head of what a dog should be when she finally died of old age.
The contrast between yours and the previous reply haha.
You have the Healer, now you need a tank and a wizard!
Spectacular dog with an awesome harness.
Such a gorgeous doggo!! My heeler had nearly the exact same facial markings 😭 I had 14 years with that good boy.
Love the backpack! (Loving the good boy goes without saying)