How to Choose A Cattle Dog

The Cattle Dog is also known as the Queensland Heeler, Blue Heeler, and Red Heeler

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Patience
• The ability to train

1. The Cattle Dog, is not the typical house or apartment sized dog. They need lots of room to excercise and to work.

2. The best suitable owner for the Cattle Dog, would be a person with cattle, a farmer, rancher and/or a lot of room to run. Even so, without the extra activity of work, the dog could become bored and restless.

3. This dog is not the family oriented type of dog. The dog needs lots of room to exercise and work. This is a very active dog and would not be suitable for a small environment, even when trained. They tend to guard their territory very well, and are extremely watchful of thier territory.

4. History.
   The cattle dog is also known as a blue heeler, which has become widely available in Texas on ranches and farms.

Tips & Warnings

• This is not the typical house dog, and will not work out well as a house pet.
• The dog has to have room to run, work, and excersise
• This is not normally a dog to play with