Cattle dogs on tv Working Dogs

A 30 second advert , they have brought out ‘bluey’ toys which I was surprised to see ( I must be old , of course why wouldn’t they )

bluey’s pack of red and blue cattle dogs , and one other different dog there seems to have a French accent? .
Not sure of it’s breed .

speaking of accents , I heard they tried to get them to ditch the Australian accents in the cartoon to make them American or something , they said no ! .
hey true blue !


Had a chuckle half way through when he says , let’s catch a wild pig , there’s one !

John Williamson singing true blue ,
To a vid full of Australian stumpy tail cattle dogs .

“Just an an old cattle dog “

an old Slim Dusty song , cover by Bec Hance .

Slim Dusty .

Song about a stock dog.

” Good hard dog “

Mark and Flint .

Nice production video showing a cattle dog trained to indicate big game ‘deer’ in New Zealand.

No actual hunting in vid , shows the great communication relationship between human and dog .

I loved this little film. What a wonderful relationship these two have. I'm a veggie but still appreciate any sport wherich depends on learning to read each other's unspoken language and becoming a team. This lovely boy clearly idolises his Dad. Super 3D cinematography too.

I loved this too Carole , The communication between dog and human.
Some breeds and their humans being very attentive to each others facials communication and signals .
Lots of dogs could do this ancient hunting relationship we have developed .

well i think cattle dogs attentiveness is superb , of course partly my bias , mostly fact .

@Queensland blue I wish I could share a post that I saw this week, but unfortunately it was on a closed facebook group. The post originates from Australian Working Dog Rescue and shows an Australian Sheepdog jumping onto a mechanical rodeo bull - and calmly enjoying the ride! When the bull finally stops the AS climbs onto the bulls head and sits in a begging position. Lovely little video but afraid the best I can do is a screen shot.

ps. I seem to have managed to flip the image!

Classic ! Thanks for sharing Carole .
sheepdogs running along sheeps backs is a common thing , not bulls though !
Riding motor bikes and quads , buggy’s also common , the occasional horse too .

I have visited the Australian working dog rescue web site quite a few times also! .

The effort that goes into these adventures starring cattle dogs and the voice overs , its hilarious !

high quality production , Amazing.

Dogs are brilliant!

Rivers of Australia . A journey along the Murray .
Trailer .

This was on ABC this week .

A red cattle dog and a blue cattle dog , go kayaking with a couple of humans onboard on the Murray river in Australia .

Cattle dog doing what cattle dogs do .

The amount of cow biting this dog does on the heels says it all . Dodging kicks .
Does what it says in the name blue heeler.

One black one questioned who has the authority , like there was ever any question!

the owners letting the dog be pushy .

I saw a red acd in "Leprechaun back to the Hood"& a blue one in the Edward Norton version of the Incredible Hulk.