7 REASONS WHY YOU DON'T WANT AN AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD

1. Elegant.

 

"Aussie owners loves hair in eyes, hair in food, hair on clothes."

You don't even realize how many small, spare dogs will be in your home. And not necessarily in the hot period of molting (although then every major pedant tears their hair out of their heads and willy-nilly add to the already significant amount of hair per square meter of the room). The best and easiest way would be to move around the house in a tasteful foil overalls.

 

The moment you become the owner of an Australian Shepherd, this is a beautiful quote"... Everywhere and always I will be with you. For everywhere I left a part of my soul..." will take on a new meaning. Not because – like sheepdogs – they love the guide with all their heart (oh no, no, I will talk about it below). You will find dog hair even on your husband's eyebrows (the eternal question – is this the first gray hair or is it the effect of the fact that your aussie has just run through the hall?).

 

2. Talker

 

"I love you very much, I love you!"

 "AAAA ALARM MAGPIE IN THE GARDEN!!!! THIEF!!!! THIEF!!! NOTE!!!"

"I'm also hugging me HELLO!!!"

"DO YOU HAVE A FISH? I KNOW YOU HAVE A FISH, I FEEL A FISH IN YOUR POCKET, JUMP OUT OF THE FISH, THIEF !!!"

"AND SHE TOOK THE BALL AWAY FROM ME!!!"

"I DON'T LIKE YOU, STRANGER!"

 "ARE WE DOING FRISBEE? DID YOU SAY FRISBEE? HAVEN'T I OVERHEARD? SURELY FRISBEE? OH DEAR! DON'T MAKE ME SIT DOWN FRISBEEEE”

 

These are just a few phrases from life. Dogs like to squeal, purr, rumble, bark, growl, rip, vocalize, talk, meow, sawing snout... They are simply very expressive in their being. In addition to speech per se, there is body language – various ear positions, eye expressions, tail wagging, shaking ass, smiles, wrinkles of the muzzle... A whole range of possibilities that are not familiar with can give you a headache.

 

 

3. Connoisseur.

 

HEY! There is FOOD on the countertop!

The first, unwritten rule of the Aussie is: "if something can be divided into smaller pieces / fits in the esophagus / lies on the floor, you should eat it". This principle is widely used – whether it is rubble, sticks, bills, receipts, peelings, dry pasta, dry rice, dry bread, foam, lipstick, hand cream, leg cream, headphones, pen. Everything is suitable for eating – the dog is limited only by the imagination (and – a bad owner – in our case).

 

On the walk we have a bigger challenge – many Aussie owners (seriously, this is a global matter) have connoisseurs of poop. Personally, I don't remember whether it's human or dog-like - they takes "vitamin Sh" willingly and if possible often, although – plus for us – it is already possible to appeal from tasting such delicacies. Enjoy your meal!

 

A separate issue is the built-in "MY" option. Which means nothing less than that I will watch to the grave. In the optimistic version, it is killing with the eyes of a four-legged daredevil who dares to pass by cards with Christmas tree decorations or a basket with dirty laundry. In the not very optimistic version, it may end up throwing yourself at the throat.

 

 

4. Sensitive / rascal

 

They put suspenders on me. That means I'm sad. A sad aussie looks like this:

"Did I do something wrong? Didn't like this jump? Am I messing up wrong? Hey, tell me, because the last forty times you have been terribly happy, and for the forty-first you do not praise at all. That's what I don't. I'll go chew a jerk."

 

"WALK! HE TAKES A LEASH, WE GO FOR A WALK. THAT'S IT!! HAPPINESS!! WE WEREN'T OUTSIDE FOR TWENTY MINUTES!!!"

 

"Why do I have to sit here when other dogs can play? You have no right to forbid me, it's unfair! YOU'RE NOT MY REAL MOM !!!."

"I'll kill!!! I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU, MONGREL, WHAT ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT ME!!! SUCH A COCKY ARE YOU BEHIND THE FENCE?? SUCH A COCKY? COME ON!!! YOU AND ME! ON THE STREET!!! ALREADY!!!"

Very quickly, a person learns to manage emotions. Yours and your dog. It is enough to slightly change the intonation or signal during the session that we did not really care about the behavior and the drama is happening.

 

Literally the dog collects toys, goes to another sandbox.

Several times the dog fails to catch the disk, goes out, less and less willingly jumps out, more and more disks fall. Just a moment of simple throws, mega praise, jerking – a dog is a new art, a new faith in yourself, ready for challenges.

 

The other side of the coin is the immediate coming to a boil – the temperature of feelings is never lukewarm. Either love to the grave or hate. No half measures. A dog barking from behind the fence? The only logical solution is to get into a quarrel with a cunning person. We're going for a walk – I on a leash to get on a walk as soon as possible, right now. I don't understand why you are standing, why you are backing, why you are growling, why you are clicking. STROLL!

 

The fight for the return of the brain of an excited dog is really a challenge – I always feel like after a marathon. You have to be calm yourself like a cemetery angel, and at the same time you have to tangle on the wave of appropriate stimulation in the dog. So that it is not too boring, but at the same time that the current and craze do not grab us. An added bonus – two dogs winding each other up for a walk. Good luck to me!

 

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5. Lover boy

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"Wherever you are... uuu."

And so to the end of your endurance. I have already mentioned the fluffs in hermetically sealed yogurt, wallet and on the inside of the eyelid. Now a few words about... Love. The love of an Australian is abundant. To the grave. Strong. Steadfast. And heavy.

 

It doesn't matter if you're mopping the floor on your lap, the dog will squeeze under your chest, right between your hand and a rag ("Hi, what are you doing?"), or peeling potatoes into the trash can ("OMNOMNOM"), weeding the garden ("I'll pull it out, I know, I can do it! Me!"), you shovel snow from the yard ("I'll help, I'll dig it out!!"), you're in the toilet ("you didn't close the door, I pryed my nose a little. AND I'M WITH YOU. CAN YOU DO IT!!!"), You sleep (nose in the eye), try to exercise ("oh god, I thought you had a heart attack! I'll sit on you, pressure is important!"), you vacuum your car ("I noticed that we lost some lint. I'm about to fix it!"), do you read ("hey, what are you staring at? Look how cute I am, better!!!"). For this reason, sometimes a man regrets to get up from the couch to make tea, because inevitably the dog will wake up and follow him these 2 meters to lie down next to the kettle. And then repeat the whole hike. An additional bonus the dog gets, as any part of the body touches the handler.

 

6. Swimmer

 

WATER!one!11!!

Aussies certainly have something of otters. And Newfoundlands. And sponges. I have my theory, which I will try to push in a public forum. Well, these dogs have an amazing attraction to water. Be it a puddle, a ditch with wonderfully fragrant contents, or an ordinary mud, lake, sea, swimming pool. They will go up to the waist, neck or, as far as possible and depth of the tank, and only up to the elbows. Well, many dogs (including virtually any retrivers) possess this trait.

 

But but! A unique curiosity is the fact that with the gradual moisture of the coat, reversible changes occur in the dog's brain. I'm quite serious! It smacks like a sponge and leads to extreme euphoria combined with a total disconnection of any connections in the brain – the dog flies like burned without contact with the base, This is evidenced by the tongue knocked out, speed, as if someone had poured pepper under the tail, making circles around the owner, approaching dangerously the speed of light. Erroneous eyesight. Lack of coordination and joint connections.

Wiping yourself into grass, wall, bushes, owner, second wet dog, bedding, carpet, doormat, tiles, attempts to wipe yourself into the mud. Interestingly, gradually, as the coat subsides, the brain slowly returns until the sheepdog's radar detects another body of water. Not that I didn't warn!

 

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7. Guardian Angel.

 

Do you have too much sleep? Do you like thrills? I recommend aussie. If a forbidden cat tries to cross your yard at 2 a.m., believe me, you'll be the first to know. Well, the second, right after the dogs.

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Similarly, each courier will be properly announced (that's why we do not mind the lack of a bell so much), any animal appearing on the TV screen will be significantly reprimanded.

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In the pattern they already have a distrust of strangers – which, to be honest, suits me very much.

Sometimes they bristle and grumble, because, let's say, gentlemen sewage specialists on our street put there a battery of pipes, which just yesterday were not there. You should then approach carefully, with a very brittle back, on stiff paws, then stand in place and without moving from it on a very outstretched nose try to get weathered what you start. But it's best to bark. Prophylactically (see section 2).

 

And how's that? Still haven't you been discouraged?

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Text of the article borrowed and published with the permission of the blog author: myheartchakra

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