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Australian Kelpie |
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The Australian Kelpie is most familiar to most in the US as a dog that looks alot like the Australian Cattle Dog, and no doubt the two are closely related. While the Kelpie has more of a pariah type dog conformation with a moderate amount of bone, height to body length ratio and neck proportion, the ACD is shorter on leg and heavier in bone. The standard and most other support for the Kelpie is somewhat inadequate, while it is understandable that an organization whose focus is the working ability of the breed might take minimal interest in other "conformational details" it is inexplicable that they lack breeder ethics, fancier ethics and a rescue. As one of the more "natural" breeds (without physical characteristics that are exaggerated) it is very likely that the Kelpie is quite healthy. With its working attitude it is also very likely that the breed is very ill-suited as the companion of a typical two career family in the US and this should be communicated. |
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