Ironically one of the original breeds that the Blue Heeler was developed from was the dingo.
They are incredibly tough dogs. Not tough as in violent or vicious just hard. They have an amazing level of understanding between what is "Fair game" and what must be protected at all costs.
The funniest thing you can do to a Bluey is try and kick it in the head. In 9 years of rough house playing with Gordon below I have never landed one. I guess it comes from being bred to muster cattle and having an innate sense of dodging cow kicks. They dont even seem tomove their heads very much at all, just a slight shift left or right.
These are my most recent pics of him. He is 9 years old now and they generally live to about 14 or 15. Poor ol' bugger is finally starting to slow down a bit now and also slowly going blind due to degenerative retinal disease. Its genetic and probably caused by the breeders themselves.
My 4 year old son is so damn rough on him but he just takes it like water off a ducks back. Luckily Nicholas will soon be old enough to understand that his "mate Gordy" is getting old and blind and that he must go easier on him.
He is just a brilliant dog. love him to bits. He has never put a foot wrong in the time I've had him.
