We just got a new dog this weekend. He is still a young dog/puppy, about 4-5 months old, and is a beautiful Red Heeler. We have a small Blue Heeler/Terrier mix, and she is a good watch dog; but we have been talking about getting one that was a little bit bigger.
Earlier this month, someone broke into our workshop and stole almost all of my husband’s tools, so we have really been working on making the place safer, and getting a larger dog was one of the things on the list.
We really didn’t want a huge dog, like a Dane or Rottweiler, or even a Pitbull; but we did want one that was very protective. I have seen Heelers before, and they will follow you like a hawk if you are at the house where they live, and they do not have any fear of telling a thousand pound steer where they want it to go; yet they are not really large dogs.
I found one that had been a drop-off and some people had rescued him from off of a busy street, but they could not keep him and so they were looking for a good home for the little fellow.
He gets along great with Tootsie, our other Heeler mix, and she is already teaching him about being a good watch dog. I think that he will be perfect for us, and he will be an inside/outside dog, just like Tootsie is, and be outside in nice weather and inside when it is cold or stormy.
The first picture is Rusty, our new puppy, and the second picture is of a full-grown Red Heeler, so you can see how Rusty should look when he grows up.
