I've honestly never understood why Heelers aren't employed more in Schutzhund and K9 work. My used Heelers, and drive wise, they're relentless once they get ahold until you tell them to out. They way more than make up for their size and weight. I would love to cross a Blue Heeler and Malinois.
I had ACDs as a kid growing up on a ranch and sometimes we had to put them in the house or they might drill a stranger they thought was weird or threatening. I assumed mine were just freakishly overprotective. I never even considered training and campaigning an ACD for Schutzhund. Seeing this dog release it's bite on command blew my mind after seeing my own dog having to be physically prybarred off of the seat a trespasser's coveralls one cold winter in 1977.
There is a reason police and military use herding breeds, larger, yes, but these breeds have the strongest mistrust of strangers and Velcro breeds are easy to command, you can even use nonverbal since they are so locked in on the owner. I have a red female, smart, loyal, and naturally protective. Always between me and a noise or a stranger, and they have brick heads for a reason, they have a helluva bite. Dr Halls early attempts were known as Hall’s biters, maiming cattle, hence the Dalmatian to chill it with livestock. She is 44 lbs, can pull me on a long board or run next to the bike forever. Remember, people have been the biggest livestock threat in Aus and the US, thus herders are protective. Cool video.
Great dog. Fantastic obedience with decent fight drive. I thought the foos could have been tighter around the leg but the dog was locked in to the handler visually. Overall exceptional animal for the bred which isn't known for this.
Fight drive? mine fight 1200 lb cattle, coyotes, bear, javalina. a 200 pound man is a work out before lunch. I have a friend in LE, I asked him why Heelers aren't used more, he said it had to do with biting style (although the red here disproves it) He told me that Heelers tend to bite and get out, instead of biting and holding. And that since every bite must be recorded that Heelers would be a paper work nightmare. My reply is that if you used a brace, (2) , you could sell dance tickets....
Lots of work , Ive trained lots of dogs most duck dog breeds ,water spaniels , Lab, chessy ... I got a ACD this year for my birthday from the wife and damn these dogs are smart
thanks for teh video. my ACD liked guard duty. he was attack trained to specific targets. he was also trained to ignore intruder' s counter attacks. lots of key board commandos here think they know something...SSDD for youtubers
They've got more drive then a shepherd these dogs they literally work Cattle all day long in the Aussie Summer Sun! They were bred from an Aussie Shepherd crossed with the indigenous Australian wild breed called the Dingo!! They bred them with a dingo so they could withstand the heat and be in the move 247. Their drivey as hey. They herd people.
havocmaster69 I mean they could be I own one and I always have but I realise that they all have a bit of obedience with them but they make great guard dog and workers also if u want them to be by your side and they originat3d from a kelpy dog cross Australian dingo
what a smart dog they are. when i was eight i accidentally dropped the leash off of mine and right then a family’s pit bull ran up to it. the heeler faked it out causing it to fall so the owner had time to get their dog. i think it knew i was eight and couldn’t handle seeing a dog fight.
so i have an Australian cattle dog/ Border collie mix, he definitely takes after the heeler and is protecting my wife but she socialized him with people a little too much. hes only 4 months should i make him more weary of people since i work an hour away or shpuld i let him enjoy himself. he goes on play dates with other dogs is that bad for a guard/watchdog?
I'd say no. My heeler mix, Ollie, works as a therapy dog and is great around kids, but if someone threatens me, he will *immediately* protect me. He's not trained for protective work but has shown a willingness to put himself between me and a threat. EDIT: Honestly, the more important thing is to make sure he isn't a danger to himself or others. For example, you don't want him to be too protective to the point that he might attack someone. And you want to be able to call him off. Ollie understands that if I say a person is ok, then to accept them.
miss my Dino our families ready for battle catlle dog, he was the commander followed by our GSD/Husky all had their posts on our acres when an alarm went off, coyote packs, beware.
Gut ausgebildeter Heeler, zwar schwacher Hund von der Rasse her, kein nützlicher Schutzhund, aber eine sehr gute Show. Für eine Schutzhindeausbildung würde ich aber einen Hund nehmen der schwerer ist als 20 Kilos ;.P Trotzdem gut ausgebildet
Australian dingo cross-bred with mixed European herding dogs like collies in the mid 1800s. Then later added Kelpie, Dalmatian and English bull terrier
Where can I get a cattle dog pup that will grow to the size of the dog in this video?, I'm getting a ACD but I want the genetically largest dog I can getI live in Melbourne AustraliaThanks
Thats ridiculous, what type of trainer says you cant train your dog... probably just want you to let them train yours for money. You are capable of training your dog yourself
One of the most trainable dog breeds around, breed to work cattle in hostile environments alone or in teams with or without human voice commands. They need a job to do, Very intelligent, good problem solvers, mine pays real close attention to face expressions and eye contact. They can get nippy with their mouths, becareful around small children, they like to herd things. Best dog I have ever owned. To be fair ....mine is mixed with a Border Collie.
sameera I think they meant the dog can’t be trained in bite work. I don’t know but that’s how I read the comment. Not every dog can be trained in bitework
@@libbyfrost2358 These dogs can be trained to do anything. They do have an innate tendency to bite and let go because that's what heelers do to cattle's heels to get them to move. It's why they are called heelers. That can trained out of them though. Honestly, the main thing that would restrict them in actual police protection work is their size. A 40-50 pound dog is going to be hard-pressed to take down a big man. It has nothing to do with trainability.
@@shawnmaybush5862 well alot of Malinois and Dutch Police dogs are fairly slender and light on their feet say.. yeah 40 or 50 pounds 8s probably right size for one probably alot less then that actually.. and yeah they outperform the shepherds! I would say a heeler wouod be more then capable for police work have a look at the dog in this video.. he could easily chase down a Nigerian paypal scammer, grab and completely wreck him!
I have a cattle dog/collie pup and I don't think I'll be training her in Schutzhund. She's already extremely mouthy and if I combined that with attack training I would probably end up with a dangerous dog.
If trained properly, sporting dogs are much safer than a non trained dog....working dogs know when to bite and when not to bite..an untrained dog that shows bite tendencies is much more dangerous.
No lie, that. My old girl accidentally put her fang through my left hand thumb joint. Took a lot of time to heal that. The bite strength combined with an heavy bone structure makes for a dog that demands respect.
A Heeler's bark is the most annoying bark on the planet. At this very moment mine is barking at a squirrel ekkkkk. I really can't imagine a Heeler as a trained attack dog, one they have a mind of their own and 2 they could just bark them to death
They gud breed my grampa don't like big dogs because he can't control them and he don't like small ones cuz they weak but he needs an guard/alert dog and he has this mix with border collie and a lab mix the lab don't bark but the healer does
These dogs can be known in certain circles in Australia as serious guard dogs hey you don't even have to train them. And they bite! Willingly bite. I haven't seen them used in schutzhund or KNPV before but yeah good idea. They used to it's the car tires as you drive in and would not let you out of the car etc. The blue 1's especially.
I own one,l watched him rip off the sleeve of a woman who reached inside my fence.there is a sign posted stating keep hands outside the fence.why because the mail person reached over my fence and threatened me with pepper spray.well guess who doesn't have a job.the mail boxes are on the outside of the fence
@ Tobias Herrmann, 'interessante' Aussagen die sie da machen. Ich kenne diesen Hund bei der Arbeit (nein, er ist nicht in meinem Besitz und ich habe ihn nicht gezüchtet) und seltsamerweise ;) haben auch die diversen Richter die Piet bewertet haben eine andere Meinung als sie. Piet wird jetzt seit mehreren Jahren in der IPO 3 (z.B. Abt. C mit 96 Pkt.) und mehrfach auf Landesausscheidungen geführt. Bezüglich der 20 kg.. abgesehen von dieser für mich unverständlichen Aussage den Trieb und die Härte eines Hundes an seinem Gewicht festzumachen ist es für sie sicher schön zu erfahren, dass dieser Rüde um die 25 kg auf die Waage bringt.
Winddrover stimmt vorallem wiegen Mali Hündin auch nur um die 20 kg ! Wenn's dem hund Spaß macht wieso nicht -_- muss den jeder kleinere hund Agi machen oder was -_- so lange der hund die Triebbereiche hat spricht nichts dagegen
SO true. They may not be as big as traditional guard dogs, but the pure ferocity when protecting their masters is definitely intimidating. I was out on a hike with my dog, Ollie, and a man came running around the corner at us, startling me. Ollie immediately ran to block the man, giving warning barks but never snapping or lunging. The poor man froze and put his hands up. As soon as I called Ollie's name and told him it was alright, he calmed down and came back to my side. (He now loves the man and will run ahead of me to jog beside him, tongue lolled out and smiling until I call him back.) Ollie's never been trained for protective work.
Yep, they're the last type of dog you'd want to encounter on their bad side. You're not going to out tough, out run or out smart an Australian cattle dog
The ratio of injuries and maimings relative to the number of each breed (per capita) is higher for cattle dogs, meaning cattle dogs are more likely to bite a human than a GSD However, the ratio of deaths is higher by GSD, probably (I assume) because cattle dogs instinctively bite the legs which is a less lethal area on a human and GSD bite is more powerful and more likely to bite the upper body
They were bred to protect cattle and calves from Dingoes (native wolf), snakes, crocodiles and eagles and to bite bulls on the heel to make them move, and to protect the drover (cattle herder/farmer)and his possessions from thieves
The dog is hit only 2 times on the back, on points with low sensitivy. What test the "courage" of a dog are the helper's posture and movements, most dogs don't even care about the rubber stick. Remember that cattle dogs were bred to work with cattle wich is a very dangerous work, way more than IPO. I hope you understand my english ahah
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Wow that is so cool to see an Australian cattle dog doing bite work!!! I love his drive especially when he jumped and hung on!
I've honestly never understood why Heelers aren't employed more in Schutzhund and K9 work. My used Heelers, and drive wise, they're relentless once they get ahold until you tell them to out. They way more than make up for their size and weight. I would love to cross a Blue Heeler and Malinois.
@@ashleysmith2109 Probably due to the size and Weight as Heelers are lighter and smaller than Shepherds
@@texanwokey8366 makes sense
I had ACDs as a kid growing up on a ranch and sometimes we had to put them in the house or they might drill a stranger they thought was weird or threatening. I assumed mine were just freakishly overprotective. I never even considered training and campaigning an ACD for Schutzhund. Seeing this dog release it's bite on command blew my mind after seeing my own dog having to be physically prybarred off of the seat a trespasser's coveralls one cold winter in 1977.
There is a reason police and military use herding breeds, larger, yes, but these breeds have the strongest mistrust of strangers and Velcro breeds are easy to command, you can even use nonverbal since they are so locked in on the owner. I have a red female, smart, loyal, and naturally protective. Always between me and a noise or a stranger, and they have brick heads for a reason, they have a helluva bite. Dr Halls early attempts were known as Hall’s biters, maiming cattle, hence the Dalmatian to chill it with livestock. She is 44 lbs, can pull me on a long board or run next to the bike forever. Remember, people have been the biggest livestock threat in Aus and the US, thus herders are protective. Cool video.
LoL Velcro breed . I just got my first pup and I doubt I'll ever use the bathroom alone for a very long time
Smartest dog i have ever seen😃😊👍😍
I've owned rottweilers for 25 years, but always like ACD's.
This brought me great joy!
Although, the bark is like a rott on estrogen!
Sounds like a Malinois bark.
Like exactly like a Mal or a Dutch Dog!
Great dog. Fantastic obedience with decent fight drive. I thought the foos could have been tighter around the leg but the dog was locked in to the handler visually. Overall exceptional animal for the bred which isn't known for this.
I know I got the "foos" command incorrect but I don't speak German. I was going phonetics.
It's Fuß.... short for bei Fuß.... at the heel
@@christianedahl1364 I'm German. Fuß is right
Fight drive? mine fight 1200 lb cattle, coyotes, bear, javalina. a 200 pound man is a work out before lunch. I have a friend in LE, I asked him why Heelers aren't used more, he said it had to do with biting style (although the red here disproves it)
He told me that Heelers tend to bite and get out, instead of biting and holding. And that since every bite must be recorded that Heelers would be a paper work nightmare.
My reply is that if you used a brace, (2) , you could sell dance tickets....
Great dogs! When properly trained!!!!
Lots of work , Ive trained lots of dogs most duck dog breeds ,water spaniels , Lab, chessy ... I got a ACD this year for my birthday from the wife and damn these dogs are smart
Nice looking red heeler
What a versatile breed great to see it doing bitework
thanks for teh video. my ACD liked guard duty. he was attack trained to specific targets. he was also trained to ignore intruder' s counter attacks. lots of key board commandos here think they know something...SSDD for youtubers
Very nice work. Love to see a Cattle Dog with that kind of drive.
They've got more drive then a shepherd these dogs they literally work Cattle all day long in the Aussie Summer Sun! They were bred from an Aussie Shepherd crossed with the indigenous Australian wild breed called the Dingo!! They bred them with a dingo so they could withstand the heat and be in the move 247. Their drivey as hey. They herd people.
Excellent choice. Heelers are tough rugged dogs and have a hard bite
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havocmaster69 I mean they could be I own one and I always have but I realise that they all have a bit of obedience with them but they make great guard dog and workers also if u want them to be by your side and they originat3d from a kelpy dog cross Australian dingo
Not sure how I got here, but good boy!
Whatever a heeler lacks in size they more than make up for it with enthusiasm and obsessiveness.
what a smart dog they are. when i was eight i accidentally dropped the leash off of mine and right then a family’s pit bull ran up to it. the heeler faked it out causing it to fall so the owner had time to get their dog. i think it knew i was eight and couldn’t handle seeing a dog fight.
love this video ! its less about size of the dog its the all about the fight of the dog!!!!
I've always wondered why more cattle dogs aren't used in protection work, there well suited to it in my opinion.
Wow this is cool to watch getting one and I’m exited
very nice dog
Heelers are the best
nice work, how do you teach him ?? i have a cattle dog and i teach him the basic but i want to try that{!
so i have an Australian cattle dog/ Border collie mix, he definitely takes after the heeler and is protecting my wife but she socialized him with people a little too much. hes only 4 months should i make him more weary of people since i work an hour away or shpuld i let him enjoy himself. he goes on play dates with other dogs is that bad for a guard/watchdog?
I'd say no. My heeler mix, Ollie, works as a therapy dog and is great around kids, but if someone threatens me, he will *immediately* protect me. He's not trained for protective work but has shown a willingness to put himself between me and a threat.
EDIT: Honestly, the more important thing is to make sure he isn't a danger to himself or others. For example, you don't want him to be too protective to the point that he might attack someone. And you want to be able to call him off. Ollie understands that if I say a person is ok, then to accept them.
Was Nuts the red cattle dogs name or was old mate yelling it out because he was like "oh sh*t!"?
miss my Dino our families ready for battle catlle dog, he was the commander followed by our GSD/Husky all had their posts on our acres when an alarm went off, coyote packs, beware.
Gut ausgebildeter Heeler, zwar schwacher Hund von der Rasse her, kein nützlicher Schutzhund, aber eine sehr gute Show. Für eine Schutzhindeausbildung würde ich aber einen Hund nehmen der schwerer ist als 20 Kilos ;.P Trotzdem gut ausgebildet
Looks just like my rusty
Oh cool I had a red heeler named rusty too, did yours still have their tail?
Well we found ours without his tail
Bad ass!
How this animal put together? Breeding wise?
Australian dingo cross-bred with mixed European herding dogs like collies in the mid 1800s. Then later added Kelpie, Dalmatian and English bull terrier
Ho Ho Ho. Thought dog was barking "Jingle Bells.'
Where can I get a cattle dog pup that will grow to the size of the dog in this video?, I'm getting a ACD but I want the genetically largest dog I can getI live in Melbourne AustraliaThanks
ImpermanentHuman theres a breeder outside of castlemaine who breeds amazing blueys. had one and she grew a little bit more petit then the one shown.
How did you teach him? My trainers told me I couldn't teach mine but I want to
Thats ridiculous, what type of trainer says you cant train your dog... probably just want you to let them train yours for money. You are capable of training your dog yourself
One of the most trainable dog breeds around, breed to work cattle in hostile environments alone or in teams with or without human voice commands. They need a job to do, Very intelligent, good problem solvers, mine pays real close attention to face expressions and eye contact. They can get nippy with their mouths, becareful around small children, they like to herd things. Best dog I have ever owned. To be fair ....mine is mixed with a Border Collie.
sameera I think they meant the dog can’t be trained in bite work. I don’t know but that’s how I read the comment. Not every dog can be trained in bitework
@@libbyfrost2358 These dogs can be trained to do anything. They do have an innate tendency to bite and let go because that's what heelers do to cattle's heels to get them to move. It's why they are called heelers. That can trained out of them though.
Honestly, the main thing that would restrict them in actual police protection work is their size. A 40-50 pound dog is going to be hard-pressed to take down a big man. It has nothing to do with trainability.
@@shawnmaybush5862 well alot of Malinois and Dutch Police dogs are fairly slender and light on their feet say.. yeah 40 or 50 pounds 8s probably right size for one probably alot less then that actually.. and yeah they outperform the shepherds! I would say a heeler wouod be more then capable for police work have a look at the dog in this video.. he could easily chase down a Nigerian paypal scammer, grab and completely wreck him!
Omg...I think the dog told the man to heal lol
I've always thought a Heeler, or a brace of them would be prefect for attics and crawl spaces.
not funny.....you cruel beast. (unless there is another meaning to your comment that wants them locked away in attics/crawl spaces)
@@SamJohn52 I wonder if I respond to the stupid and judgmental? No, no I don't.
@@SamJohn52 he's saying they would be good attack dog for tight spaces dummy
I have a cattle dog/collie pup and I don't think I'll be training her in Schutzhund. She's already extremely mouthy and if I combined that with attack training I would probably end up with a dangerous dog.
If trained properly, sporting dogs are much safer than a non trained dog....working dogs know when to bite and when not to bite..an untrained dog that shows bite tendencies is much more dangerous.
What an ignorant comment
I you wouldn't say that if you had ever been on the receiving end of a heelers displeasure
Aint that the truth.. out of all the dogs I encounter working the heeler is the one I'm afraid of... and I own one!
No lie, that. My old girl accidentally put her fang through my left hand thumb joint. Took a lot of time to heal that. The bite strength combined with an heavy bone structure makes for a dog that demands respect.
@@Firehound-om6ni me too! 👍
A Heeler's bark is the most annoying bark on the planet. At this very moment mine is barking at a squirrel ekkkkk. I really can't imagine a Heeler as a trained attack dog, one they have a mind of their own and 2 they could just bark them to death
I have a heeler mix pup and her bark is bad but my dad had an American eskimo mix that was so loud it gave him hearing damage.
Becca Becca mine was a great guardian
They gud breed my grampa don't like big dogs because he can't control them and he don't like small ones cuz they weak but he needs an guard/alert dog and he has this mix with border collie and a lab mix the lab don't bark but the healer does
It's like permanent brain damage every single time.
These dogs can be known in certain circles in Australia as serious guard dogs hey you don't even have to train them. And they bite! Willingly bite. I haven't seen them used in schutzhund or KNPV before but yeah good idea. They used to it's the car tires as you drive in and would not let you out of the car etc. The blue 1's especially.
I own one,l watched him rip off the sleeve of a woman who reached inside my fence.there is a sign posted stating keep hands outside the fence.why because the mail person reached over my fence and threatened me with pepper spray.well guess who doesn't have a job.the mail boxes are on the outside of the fence
That's my dog's twin right there
We have a red and he attacks us every night like this
@ Tobias Herrmann,
'interessante' Aussagen die sie da machen. Ich kenne diesen Hund bei der Arbeit (nein, er ist nicht in meinem Besitz und ich habe ihn nicht gezüchtet) und seltsamerweise ;) haben auch die diversen Richter die Piet bewertet haben eine andere Meinung als sie.
Piet wird jetzt seit mehreren Jahren in der IPO 3 (z.B. Abt. C mit 96 Pkt.) und mehrfach auf Landesausscheidungen geführt.
Bezüglich der 20 kg.. abgesehen von dieser für mich unverständlichen Aussage den Trieb und die Härte eines Hundes an seinem Gewicht festzumachen ist es für sie sicher schön zu erfahren, dass dieser Rüde um die 25 kg auf die Waage bringt.
Winddrover stimmt vorallem wiegen Mali Hündin auch nur um die 20 kg ! Wenn's dem hund Spaß macht wieso nicht -_- muss den jeder kleinere hund Agi machen oder was -_- so lange der hund die Triebbereiche hat spricht nichts dagegen
They work better in braces. I don't see the problem, the guy has two arms, at the moment...
Ze Germans are appropriating unser hunden!
sweet video check out my red heeler pup!
beware you harm a catte dog owner
SO true. They may not be as big as traditional guard dogs, but the pure ferocity when protecting their masters is definitely intimidating.
I was out on a hike with my dog, Ollie, and a man came running around the corner at us, startling me. Ollie immediately ran to block the man, giving warning barks but never snapping or lunging. The poor man froze and put his hands up. As soon as I called Ollie's name and told him it was alright, he calmed down and came back to my side. (He now loves the man and will run ahead of me to jog beside him, tongue lolled out and smiling until I call him back.) Ollie's never been trained for protective work.
Yep, they're the last type of dog you'd want to encounter on their bad side. You're not going to out tough, out run or out smart an Australian cattle dog
Should be police dogs.
I cot won
La marche au pied n'est vraiment pas propre ....
I would rather have a cattle dog herding cattle, and have a GSD being a protection dog. The Australian Cattle Dog isn't breed for "attacking".
+Tiptoesnowflake wahle Yes it is,it's bred to protect the house and flock/herd from man and beast.
Just like the GSD.
The ratio of injuries and maimings relative to the number of each breed (per capita) is higher for cattle dogs, meaning cattle dogs are more likely to bite a human than a GSD
However, the ratio of deaths is higher by GSD, probably (I assume) because cattle dogs instinctively bite the legs which is a less lethal area on a human and GSD bite is more powerful and more likely to bite the upper body
They were bred to protect cattle and calves from Dingoes (native wolf), snakes, crocodiles and eagles and to bite bulls on the heel to make them move, and to protect the drover (cattle herder/farmer)and his possessions from thieves
And to do it all day in the Australian heat
Almost all dogs you see doing protection sports were originally bred to herd or drove livestock.
Not hit, what then??
The dog is hit only 2 times on the back, on points with low sensitivy. What test the "courage" of a dog are the helper's posture and movements, most dogs don't even care about the rubber stick. Remember that cattle dogs were bred to work with cattle wich is a very dangerous work, way more than IPO.
I hope you understand my english ahah
Cattle, not attack
Not a real trait of an Australian Cattle Dog, don't really appreciate seeing one getting hit by a rubber club either:-(
+Alan Hanham - you totally lack understanding of schutzhund work. The dog is not being hit as you perceive the word.
I'd rather be a cattle dog getting kicked by a bull than a german shepherd, plus the cattle dog is more likely to be fast enough to dodge the kick :)
I've heard stories of cattle dogs getting kicked in the face by bulls and walking it off, I doubt the dog even notices that rubber.