How to Care for an Australian Shepherd

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Nancy Frensley and I am with the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society. I'm the training manager and we're in Berkeley, California. I'm here to talk about the Australian Shepherd and I just happen to have an Australian Shepherd here with me. Her name is Lolly and she is my dog. The Australian Shepherd is a herding dog of first caliber. They are great herders and they also are versatile in that they can do all sorts of dog sports and they make great family pets. So your basic Australian Shepherd and the variety or she is, is a black tri-color. You may also see them in the mottled color, it's called merle. So if you want to care for your Australian Shepherd. They have high energy. They need a lot of exercise and they need a lot of mental exercise. This is a dog that really wants to do things for you so they enjoy training, they enjoy doing tricks. They also enjoy the toys apparently that are over there so if your Australian Shepherd is just going to need training and the main thing you are going to have to watch out for is because they are a herding dog they tend to nip a little bit so they are liable to round up your kids and nip them around the ankles and calves so they can learn that there are other things that they can do with their mouths and you will enjoy your Australian Shepherd for a long time if you take good care of them."