Miniature American Shepherd
- Height 36–46 cm 33–43 cm
- Weight 9–18 kg
- Life span 12–14 years
- Exercise 60 min/day
The Miniature American Shepherd is a small and energetic breed of dog that was originally bred in the United States for herding and guarding livestock. They are intelligent, loyal, and hardworking, and make excellent working dogs.
- Group
- Herding Group
- Origin
- United States, California (late 1960s-1970s)
- Coat
- medium double · black, blue merle, red, and red merle
- Also known as
- Mini American Shepherd, Miniature Australian Shepherd, Mini Aussie, and North American Shepherd
- Recognized by
- AKC, UKC
- Hypoallergenic
- No
- Id
740a0fe5-c377-432f-a0dd-33142a23876f
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 Miniature American Shepherd. They are researched estimates, not measurements.
Researched from images.akc.org ukcdogs.com akc.org mascusa.org en.wikipedia.org betterpet.com petmd.com
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This page, as API data
Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/740a0fe5-c377-432f-a0dd-33142a23876f. No key, no sign up.
See it in the reference.
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https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/740a0fe5-c377-432f-a0dd-33142a23876f/image, which redirects
straight to the file. See it in the reference.