Your Daily Dose of Puppy Cuteness

How precious - sorry I don't live next door. I'd come help with the 3 am feeding

wow nice puppies...

They are adorable.....thanks for sharing the pictures.

Thank goodness for people like you that will fill in for their mum!

Keep us posted on their progress.

Heart melters. I would love to hold them. I've never heard of Koolie's before. Going to go google it - want to see what they look like as adults that one on the bottom left looks like what Ricky might have looked like as a baby.

EDIT: nope, not even close as adults.

Aww, how adorable. You're doing a great thing by taking care of them in their mothers absence.

wow, adorable puppies. im sorry for their mother though.

That lil bugga on the top right has some unusual markings - he'll be unique!

How does a Coolie differ from std. Cattle Dogs?

Koolie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Koolie/Coolie

A short-coat blue-merle Koolie
Other names Australian Koolie/Coolie - German Koolie/Coolie - Coulie - German Collie
Country of origin Australia
Not recognized by any major kennel club

Notes Australian Koolies/Coolies have been recognised on the Australian Sporting Registrar, the American Herding Breed Association's Registrar, and New Zealands Obedience Registrar

Koolies/Coolies registered with the Koolie Club of Australia are accepted to the Canine Control Sporting registers in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

The Koolie or Coolie, also known as the Australian Koolie or the German Koolie[1] is an Australian dog breed. Specifically, it is a herding dog, a subcategory of a working dog. Koolies have existed in Australia since the early 19th century, established through old photos owned by elder Koolie breeders and personal records such as diaries.

The Koolie Club of Australia defines the breed based on its ability to work rather than on its conformation. However, most Koolie breeders refer to the Koolie as a breed rather than as a type, and assert that it "breeds true", with various types or strains within the breed.

Many countries will gather their working dogs under the same category like Germany with their herding dog breeds all classed as Altdeutsche Hütehunde (heading dogs). New Zealand[2] not only classify their breeds this way, but they also grade them by their working traits. Koolies in New Zealand are registered as a "heading dog": A dog which has a natural instinct to cast out (i.e., circle widely), round sheep and bring them back to their owner. The Koolie is known as a silent working dog. They are used for “heading” sheep and also for quiet careful work at close quarters at lambing time or for “shedding” (cutting out) sheep.

It is only through the registrar of the Australian Koolie Club that these bloodlines remain an integral part of the breed and are active contributors to the Koolie gene pool. New Zealand Koolie breeders are working towards having the Koolie recognised under their own breed name as they have been in Australia



I see the resemblance in this "Cattle Collie Dog" to Ricky

The top one looks like a normal merle short-haired Aussie to me...a little leaner and less stocky...

Ricky looks like there's some German Shepard going on...(but oddly enough that pup bottom left has similar markings )

I think most of the Aussie herding breeds have similar physical characteristics and temperaments. Koolies can look a bit like blue heelers but they can also be very like kelpies. I DNA tested a rescue dog recently that was thought to be kelpie x (black and tan, long nose, prick ears, chest was blue like a heeler) and he turned out to be pure koolie. The little black and tan puppy has very similar markings to my own kelpie. As I understand it, Aussie Shepherds aren't actually an Aussie breed, they were developed in the US.

We have homes for three, possibly four babies already :-)

I didn't think I had ever 'herd' of an American Shepherd before...wondered why there never was one...

And what do you know...there is one! (really just looks like an Aussie though)

MASCUSA

Here's an update on my puppies. They're 6 weeks old now and just gorgeous. Two have got homes, these are the five that are still up for adoption.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=dec85aec42

I want to keep them all!

Horny Devil, You are Evilllllllll!!!!! The puppies are adorable Audrey! I went 'Awwwwwwwwwwww' instantly. Too sweet.

Pat - the cattle collie dog definitely looks like he could be the mix. I'm not questioning the rottie in him at all - looks, personality, and the way he lays with his legs folded back - definitely rottie - but I'm thinking that cattle dog looks like the most likely mix I've seen from that pic. Size would actually fit right, too.