Blue Heelers

Raising a good Blue Heeler is a tough job. It is time-consuming and at the same time challenging. You will be facing a lot of responsibilities and you have to commit yourself into it. But when you succeed, they are extremely rewarding. Blue Heeler are loyal, smart, protective and with huge capacity for affection.

Taking your blue heeler puppy to a training school is a good way to start. Blue Heelers need training to help them behave well. Dogs generally love to spend time with the other dogs. But you must be aware that cattle dogs can be aggressive towards the other animals, particularly dogs of the same sex. Neutering your male dog can avoid excessive aggression towards the other animals.

Raising a blue heeler is not simply like the way you raise other dogs. They love to bark even if there's no reason doing so, so your neighbors may not be happy hearing your heeler bark and howl so much. It may be tough to keep a Blue Heeler happy if you work outside of the home full time.

Blue Heelers are a high maintenance dog with an independent thought characteristic. You have to remind him always that you are the boss. You'll need to spend time with your dog for training and socializing. Expose your dog to socialization at an early age - this can minimize attitude problems in the future. Daily exercises and training even in their adulthood is essential for the success of your Blue heeler. Activities like hiking, biking, running or obstacle course exercises are a great way to firm your relationship and at the same time make him use his energy daily. Failure to do so will cause him to develop bad habits and attitude problems.

As soon as you learn what to do and how to treat him right, you will have a good cattle dog as a friend and as a pet.