Australian Kelpie
- Height 46â51 cm 43â48 cm
- Weight 16â20 kg 11â16 kg
- Life span 12â14 years
- Exercise 90 min/day
The Australian Kelpie is a lively and intelligent herding dog from Australia. They are active, friendly, and loyal, and make great family pets. Australian Kelpies have a thick, double coat that can be any color. They are easy to train and require plenty of exercise and mental stimulation to stay healthy and happy.
- Group
- Foundation Stock Service
- Origin
- Australia, New South Wales (late 19th century)
- Coat
- short double · black, black and tan, red, red and tan, fawn, chocolate, and smoke blue
- Also known as
- Kelpie, Barb, and Working Kelpie
- Recognized by
- FCI, UKC
- Hypoallergenic
- No
- Id
2adf5a19-028d-4993-8044-4571008b6d49
Traits
- Energy
- Trainability
- Barking
- Grooming
- Shedding
- Drooling
- Good with children
- Good with dogs
- Good with strangers
- Apartment friendly
Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Australian Kelpie. They are researched estimates, not measurements.
Researched from dogsnsw.org.au fci.be hillspet.com.au en.wikipedia.org petful.com
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This page, as API data
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See it in the reference.
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