Not exact matches
A
cross between a fox terrier and an Australian
kelpie, Timmy was a herding dog and the center of Godwin's life as a boy in his native Australia.
After decades of trial and error, the ideal dog was developed by
crossing blue merle Smooth Collies, imported from Scotland, with the wild Dingo of Australia, and then later introducing the Dalmatian and the Black - and - Tan
Kelpie, an Australian sheepdog.
Such an experiment would include
cross breeding in dogs such as the Rhodesian Ridgeback, Australian Cattle Dog,
Kelpie, etc..
Often referred to as the leggy supermodel pup in town, Melody is a charming and intelligent Australian
Kelpie / Border Collie
cross, adopted from the North Shore Animal League.
After
crossing the dogs with a Dalmatian (for color), and a black and tan
Kelpie (for herding instinct), a new sort of dog began to emerge.
Though dingoes were illegal to keep as pets, physical similarities between the dingo and the Australian
Kelpie suggests that the two were
crossed at some point in the past.
Most of these dogs are Border Collies, but also include some New Zealand Huntaway's, Border Collie / Huntaway
cross breeds and Border Collie /
Kelpie Cross breeds.
I won't now whinge about the hole in the lawn that our
kelpie / labrador
cross digs to punish us whenever he is left outside for more than an hour... it pales to insignificance besides your destruction (I can't see the attraction for cords, don't rabbits prefer carrots and celery??)