Contact Sebastian's Caretaker/Foster Directly: Teri (Terisluvs@aol.com)

Description:
Sebastian is a young Australian Cattledog (Blue Heeler) with a fantastic personality and smile. Perfectly crate trained, he will make a wonderful pet for someone who enjoys the Cattledog nature or border collie nature. Alert and ready to please. This is a "working" class dog, needs attention and a forever home with lots of love. He will be devoted, attentive, and eager to make you happy. He is an indoor dog that will keep you company on walks, hikes, riding in the car. A perfect companion.

A working, herding breed, the Australian Cattle Dog is not suited to life alone in the backyard. One of the most intelligent breeds, it can become easily bored, leading to serious behavior problems. These dogs need to be part of the action! They are loyal, protective and alert. An excellent guard dog. Brave and trustworthy. Very good in the obedience ring and in herding and agility. Firm training from the start and lot of daily attention will produce a fine and happy pet. It is absolutely loyal and obedient to its master, but it is something of a one-person dog. They are sometimes suspicious of people and dogs they don't know. It can be very dog aggressive, for its dominance level is high. Not good with children except for family members it has known since puppyhood. Some tend to nip at people's heels in an attempt to herd them. Australian Cattle Dogs are very easy to train. Puppies are born white (inherited from the early Dalmatian crosses), but the adult color can be seen in the paw pads. No children, no cats, no other dogs.