Cute Australian Shepherds

HAVE YOU ENTERED THE TREAT GIVEAWAY? DO IT NOW!!!

Cute Australian Shepherds are my weakness. I’ve been an Aussie mom for nearly 22 years, and they just tug on my heart strings. I want to treat every Australian Shepherd I see and scratch its butt.

Crazy Dog — I even want to scratch the butts of the crazy Australian Shepherds, like this one.

So Monday, after visiting with the adorable Mocha, I stopped in at my friend Susie’s to visit with her two male miniature Australian Shepherds. Which is to say, they’re just a little smaller than your average Aussie.

Tiny Aussie — Tuffy is a mini Aussie, at 31 pounds. He’s recently lost weight to get down to this. I’d never before met an overweight Australian Shepherd.

But Susie’s Australian Shepherds looked … different. I’ve hung out with Wylie and Tuffy before. In fact. Wylie has snapped at me. At ME! The treat bringer! Turns out he’s a jealous dog and doesn’t want me to pet Tuffy. Treats are the great equalizer. They’re both my best pals, now.

Shaved Aussie — Wylie is a 40 pound Aussie, and a jealous brother.

Do you see what’s different? Tuffy and Wylie had been to the groomer earlier in the week for shaving. Evidently they’d gotten into something gross (they live out in the country at the edge of nowhere), and it couldn’t be bathed away. They’re the strangest looking Aussies I’ve ever seen, all shaved to nothing.

Focus, little Aussie! — Wylie looks so serious. He knows I have the treats. He wants the treats. This Aussie is focused.

But I didn’t want to undo all of Susie’s hard work by giving the fluffless babies too many treats. After all, Jones Chews are meant as a dessert for dogs, not a meal. So I left a small bag of treats with Susie and headed home. To my own Australian Shepherd mixes. Who love treats.

Australian senior — Flash begs for pets and treats every day. EVERY. DAY.

Laughing Patches, my Aussie mix — Patches yells, “GIVE ME ALL THE TREATS! NOW!!!”

I’ve treated quite a few Australian Shepherds over time. Let’s look at some of the pretty darlings?

Aussie pup meme — I admit – Rowdy has been one of my favorite Aussies. Cutest Aussie pup ever.

Red merle Aussie — This is Ninja, a three year old miniature Australian Shepherd I met at Bark World last year. I thought she was a puppy. She behaved rather like a puppy at times, but she was stinkin’ cute.

Funny Bone Monday Aussie — Sky is a good friend’s Aussie. He’ll do literally anything for a Jones chew. I watched him vacuum the carpet last time I visited. Flash and Patches need to take lessons.

Enjoying the bully stick — Jessie is the pastor’s Australian Shepherd. She roams the perimeter of the yard, watching for bad guys and hawks. Pastor also has chickens. I was able to distract her with a Bully Bone from Jones. Heh.

Deaf Australian Shepherd — McGrady, the deaf Australian Shepherd, LOVES Jones jerky and taffy. Loves.

Australian Shepherds Agility — Seriously two of the prettiest dogs at the national AKC agility trial here in Tulsa last May *sigh*

Dog collage on Follow Up Friday — I call this The Many Faces of Patches. Yeah, I was bored.

So! If you’re considering getting your own cute Australian Shepherd, do your homework! They’re the perfect size (between 40 and 60 pounds), the perfect face (who can resist those eyes?). the perfect coat (fluffy! *squeeeee*), and the perfect intelligence. But PLEASE do your homework!

Don’t forget to enter the treat giveaway! And tomorrow I’ll be announcing the winner of the treat Dance Off competition!

Until I write again …

Flea

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