Aussie Cattle Dogs

[Red Center 165]

They're great dogs, hard little b*****ds that work cattle really well and guard just as good. Very popular over here as a pig dog both in pure form and as a cross. Very intelligent and loyal, I love em but I'm biased because my father used to bred stumpies

[stevemac 415]

I happen to live in the hunter valley where the ACD was developed. The area around Muswellbrook, Aberdeen and Scone were they developed is a very hilly country with steep deep gullies thick with scrub. cattle were not seen for years at time and a tough dog with a lot of drive that could push a cranky old beast out of his home gully was needed many English breeds were tried but a tough little collie type x with the dingo formed the grounding of the breed. then of cause help push them all the way to market. the breed split with the Timins biter being ( smithfeild dingo x ) taken to qld to later become the stumpy tail cattledog. Some dogs were taken to Sydney by some butchers and Dalmation and bull terrier were added for reasons best known to them. I worked with plenty over the years and the best of them are just worker breed to worker and produce both tailed and stumpy pups in there litters.

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

Informative post Steve,,....coming right from the source...

 

I am a massive fan of all the herding breeds and the composite lurcher types,created via them..

Edited April 26, 2016 by Phil Lloyd

[Guest Navek]

I happen to live in the hunter valley where the ACD was developed. The area around Muswellbrook, Aberdeen and Scone were they developed is a very hilly country with steep deep gullies thick with scrub. cattle were not seen for years at time and a tough dog with a lot of drive that could push a cranky old beast out of his home gully was needed many English breeds were tried but a tough little collie type x with the dingo formed the grounding of the breed. then of cause help push them all the way to market. the breed split with the Timins biter being ( smithfeild dingo x ) taken to qld to later become the stumpy tail cattledog. Some dogs were taken to Sydney by some butchers and Dalmation and bull terrier were added for reasons best known to them. I worked with plenty over the years and the best of them are just worker breed to worker and produce both tailed and stumpy pups in there litters.

 

Good bit of info that ...thanks for sharing

[kyboy44 11]

I was thinking maybe they could work for what I was thinking about setting with you on a call stand to let you know when game was coming blood tracking and finding dens and finding traps that was drag off what would you all say could they do work like that or maybe a x

[stevemac 415]

KYboy44 I guess the American cur breeds would fit that job well. I have had a very good friend in the past rest his sole that had kept and bred very good ACDs and having hunted many times with Brett and his dogs I think they would be very capable of doing the jobs you have mentioned in your post.

[kyboy44 11]

Thanks man I had a cur dog once real good coon dog but for setting on a call stand or tracking trapped game I would be thinking they would want to rip the game apart I was thinking the a.c.d be a bay dog maybe not have the kill dive that a cur would have they ever been used for anything besides hogs

[stevemac 415]

my old mate hunted fox and hares with his they were never fast enough to run one down but the caught many in there seat. they have the nose to hunt and they will kill there game if they get a hold of it.

[fireman 10,774]

Thanks man I had a cur dog once real good coon dog but for setting on a call stand or tracking trapped game I would be thinking they would want to rip the game apart I was thinking the a.c.d be a bay dog maybe not have the kill dive that a cur would have they ever been used for anything besides hogs

ACD's have plenty of drive to get a hold of something,be it 2 or 4 legged and the bite power of them does have to be seen to be believed mate ..

[bird 9,594]

 

Thanks man I had a cur dog once real good coon dog but for setting on a call stand or tracking trapped game I would be thinking they would want to rip the game apart I was thinking the a.c.d be a bay dog maybe not have the kill dive that a cur would have they ever been used for anything besides hogs

ACD's have plenty of drive to get a hold of something,be it 2 or 4 legged and the bite power of them does have to be seen to be believed mate ..

 

you ever thought about getting another pure or a x ? i reckon with there attributes they make great lurcher and pet/guard dog , if i was younger and didnt have my 2 dogs now,it a breed or x i go for

[3175darren 1,093]

My dog is a cattle dog x and I love it, great little dog, intelligent hard working animal I would have another, not sure of the percentage blood wise, but was led to believe 50% cattle dog 50% racing whippet,

[fireman 10,774]

 

 

Thanks man I had a cur dog once real good coon dog but for setting on a call stand or tracking trapped game I would be thinking they would want to rip the game apart I was thinking the a.c.d be a bay dog maybe not have the kill dive that a cur would have they ever been used for anything besides hogs

ACD's have plenty of drive to get a hold of something,be it 2 or 4 legged and the bite power of them does have to be seen to be believed mate ..

 

you ever thought about getting another pure or a x ? i reckon with there attributes they make great lurcher and pet/guard dog , if i was younger and didnt have my 2 dogs now,it a breed or x i go for

 

I was going to Ray and a pal had a litter of which i had a choice from but it's the terriers i've been concentraiting on and the lurcher i have now lurcher fits in just nicely with it,the litter are all through their first season learning their trades and everyone is happy with them.One member on here i know has one but his choice to say about it really mate ,my misses and the kids all loved the acd blooded dogs that have been here and as they say "never say never" mate ..

[forest of dean redneck 11,191]

 

 

 

Thanks man I had a cur dog once real good coon dog but for setting on a call stand or tracking trapped game I would be thinking they would want to rip the game apart I was thinking the a.c.d be a bay dog maybe not have the kill dive that a cur would have they ever been used for anything besides hogs

 

ACD's have plenty of drive to get a hold of something,be it 2 or 4 legged and the bite power of them does have to be seen to be believed mate ..

you ever thought about getting another pure or a x ? i reckon with there attributes they make great lurcher and pet/guard dog , if i was younger and didnt have my 2 dogs now,it a breed or x i go for

I was going to Ray and a pal had a litter of which i had a choice from but it's the terriers i've been concentraiting on and the lurcher i have now lurcher fits in just nicely with it,the litter are all through their first season learning their trades and everyone is happy with them.One member on here i know has one but his choice to say about it really mate ,my misses and the kids all loved the acd blooded dogs that have been here and as they say "never say never" mate ..

that light coloured bitch was a tidy one.shame it died Young.

[bird 9,594]

 

 

 

Thanks man I had a cur dog once real good coon dog but for setting on a call stand or tracking trapped game I would be thinking they would want to rip the game apart I was thinking the a.c.d be a bay dog maybe not have the kill dive that a cur would have they ever been used for anything besides hogs

ACD's have plenty of drive to get a hold of something,be it 2 or 4 legged and the bite power of them does have to be seen to be believed mate ..

 

you ever thought about getting another pure or a x ? i reckon with there attributes they make great lurcher and pet/guard dog , if i was younger and didnt have my 2 dogs now,it a breed or x i go for

 

I was going to Ray and a pal had a litter of which i had a choice from but it's the terriers i've been concentraiting on and the lurcher i have now lurcher fits in just nicely with it,the litter are all through their first season learning their trades and everyone is happy with them.One member on here i know has one but his choice to say about it really mate ,my misses and the kids all loved the acd blooded dogs that have been here and as they say "never say never" mate ..

 

thanks yeh you got some very nice terriers , and your ok with them, no point in rocking the boat as they say with a new lurcher, suppose like me with my 2, Buck 4 this year still young dog, Bryn 9 in sep, bloody hell where the time gone lol. Buck prob be my last big lurcher, maybe when Bryn gone get a little 1x beddy x whippet for the future , mind you bloody Buck keeping me quite fit dragging me round the fields at night, you know how strong he is steve , he like slim timber wolf running at you but always liked ACD or there xs great dogs

[kyboy44 11]

If they have a lot of drive to get ahold of something how well could they work on a calling stand mostly want one to let me know when game is coming and blood tracking like a deer stacking dog would do under a high set would you think they would want to take out after one coming in or rip on up