Kelpie Heeler

Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog Mixed Breed Dogs

Information and Pictures

View from the front - A perk-eared, black with white Kelpie/Blue Heeler mix breed dog is laying in a pile of green leaves in a garden with a wooden fence behind it.

This is Bud. He is an 18-month-old Kelpie / Blue Heeler cross.

Description

The Kelpie Heeler is not a purebred dog. It is a cross between the Australian Kelpie and the Australian Cattle Dog. The best way to determine the temperament of a mixed breed is to look up all breeds in the cross and know you can get any combination of any of the characteristics found in either breed. Not all of these designer hybrid dogs being bred are 50% purebred to 50% purebred. It is very common for breeders to breed multi-generation crosses.

Note: the Australian Cattle Dog is also called Australian Heeler, Hall's Heeler, Queensland Heeler, Blue Heeler, Red Heeler, Australian Cattledog and Australischer Treibhund.

Recognition

DRA = Dog Registry of America, Inc.

A red colored dog with a wide chest and muscular head with ears that stand up laying up-side-down waiting for a belly rub

Boosie the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix at 2 years old

A little black and tan puppy playing with a black cat

Gizmo the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix as a puppy at 10 weeks old—"This is Gizmo and the cat Jasper when he was just a puppy. They get along really well. Gizmo is great with my 3 cats and when we had rats he was fine with them, too. He is almost psychotic with his ball. If anyone is outside they have got to throw it for him. He will not stop. I have played ball with him for 3 hours on end and he still wants to go."

A small black and tan puppy with large standing ears, a black nose and dark eyes sitting down

Gizmo the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix as a puppy at 10 weeks old

A little black and tan puppy sitting down giving the camrea a sideways smerk

Gizmo the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix as a puppy at 10 weeks old

A small black and fawn puppy laying down in grass with a stick in his mouth

Gizmo the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix as a puppy at 10 weeks old

A little black and tan puppy all stretched out laying on the floor with toys all around him

Gizmo the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix as a puppy at 10 weeks old

A little black and tan puppy with large ears that stand up laying stretched out on a kitchen floor

Gizmo the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix as a puppy at 11 weeks old

A black and fawn young puppy with large round eyes and large ears standing with his back end on a red carpet

Gizmo the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix as a puppy at 11 weeks old

A little black and tan puppy wearing a green t-shirt sitting on a person's lap looking happy with his pink tongue hanging out

Gizmo the Australian Kelpie / Australian Cattle Dog mix as a puppy at 11 weeks old