Red merle Australian Shepherd portrait

Red merle Australian Shepherd portrait

Gerrit Werner Sonka, Australian Shepherd red merle portrait Canon EOS 700D Pentacon 200mm f4.jpg, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian%20Shepherd%20red%20merle%20portrait%20Canon%20EOS%20700D%20Pentacon%20200mm%20f4.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. No source-file edits; display resizing/cropping only.

Gerrit Werner Sonka · CC BY 4.0

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Breed or variety record

Australian Shepherd

dog breed

Part of Dog

Explore the Australian Shepherd in The Ark Is Earth's educational archive.

Summary

A medium-sized ranch herder developed in the United States, despite its name; its coat can show blue or red merle patterns.

Quick facts

  • The AKC describes Australian Shepherds as agile stock workers with a strong herding instinct.

Sources

Species context

Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)