Dog of the Day
BackBack March 19, 2017 Forward

Today's Dog
Nominate Your Pet
Previous Dogs
Pet Talk
Poll
Search
Links
Why?
About Us

Today's
Dog of the Day
Today's Dog of the Day
 
Pepper the Australian Cattle Dog, the Dog of the Day
Name: Pepper
Age: Eight(ish) years old
Gender: Female Breed: Australian Cattle Dog
Home: Texas, USA
 
   Pepper was found by animal control wandering in the bushes with a limp. They thought she had been hit by a car and took her to a vet. The determined that she had not been hit, but was limping because she was born without three of her toes on a hind leg and grew it into a sort of straight peg leg. So, she walks with a slight limp. Fortunately, she was taken directly to a dog rescue organization and we found her two months later.

     She's the smartest of the many Blue Heelers I've owned. But she's not a frantic herding dog that needs a job to do. Instead, her happiness is to be inside with her humans, snuggled on her dog bed and getting up every 30 minutes and asking for a pet.

     She loves to immediately flop over on her back asking for a belly rub. She loves all dogs and whenever she meets a dog on the hiking trail she'll sprint up, do an initial sniff, and then bend down with her tail wagging asking to play chase. Sadly, most dogs don't want to play chase with her.

     Because her history is unknown, it's an estimate about her age. The only time she uses her devious brain is when she's bored, breaks out of the backyard, explores the neighborhood and then waits at the front porch to be let back in. A lot of resources have been poured into the backyard to limit the escapes. But in the end, she has found her pack and always comes home. Plus, she's chipped, has her name and our cell phone stitched into her collar.

     She's our smart, devious, bed potato dog!

Pepper the Australian Cattle Dog, the Dog of the Day Pepper the Australian Cattle Dog, the Dog of the Day Pepper the Australian Cattle Dog, the Dog of the Day Pepper the Australian Cattle Dog, the Dog of the Day

Talk about Pepper in Pet Talk!




Mollie the Basset Hound Abby the German Shorthaired Pointer Cyanide the Labrador Retriever mix Buddy the Miniature Schnauzer Bardee the Kelpie Oscar the West Highland Terrier Bo the Dachshund/Golden Retriever mix Annie the Chihuahua
©1998-2017 Painted Turtle Productions, all rights reserved.
Privacy