He is a "blue heeler" or an australian cattle dog at the best guess. He is a rescue. He was turned into a high kill shelter at 5 weeks for biting. Somebody had chopped (Not surgically removed but chopped) his tail off, he was very skinny and very wormy. He came thru 3 states with 7 other puppies who all had parvo but he is the only one who didn't get parvo ( BTW the other puppies all survived). He has been my little buddy since then. That was 2 years ago. He is a very pushy ACD but also the sweetest thing...I've had ACD's for over 25 years and they are great dogs but this pup has been very ungrateful and has given me a run for my money. But I have won most of the battles and he is turning into a great dog. We are working on agility and perfecting our ball throwing/returning and he is turning into a good dog and has fun things ahead of him.