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Breed: Australian Blue Heeler Cattledog |
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Age/Sex:
2 yrs/Male |
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I got Pete from a
long established, well respected breeder (family) in Springfield Mo with a great track record of producing top notch working
livestock dogs (Blue Heelers). I need to find the
perfect family and home situation for him I originally found
the breeder when I was searching for a new pup for my dad’s birthday after his 12 yr old Blue Heeler
died about 5 yrs ago. Since then my dad has gotten 2 dogs from these folks, plus a couple
friends got pups from him. Pistol Pete was my first
pup from him after my 10 yr old Blue Heeler died.
Pete was born Dec 7th,
2009. I got him when he was 5 weeks
old, and it took us about a month to realize he was hard of hearing, then we soon realized he was
deaf as a fence post. Though I have a coat
& tie job thru the week, we also farm and raise cattle at 4 locations around SW MO & NW AR. We use and rely on our
cattle dogs to help us with our cattle. I've needed to find Pete a home way before
now, but my wife and kids just couldn't stand the
thought of letting him go, and I wimped out doing what I knew needed to be done. The breeder finally got me a replacement
pup that I can hopefully begin to train, but I desperately need to find Pete a good
home. I'm not sending him to any shelter or
dog pound, the wife would probably kick me out before that would be allowed
to happen, but we simply need to find him a great new home with a great new family, who
understands that Pete though deaf as a rock, is this super smart dog (as most Blue Heelers are) he's great with my smaller kids.
His shots are current except I haven't given
him his 2yr 7way shot yet. He's healthy and full of energy. He deserves to be on a farm,
with free outdoor roaming, but he's also potty trained as he's lived indoors and slept with us or the kids virtually his whole
life. This is not an
easy decision, but I can't use him on a farm and can't trust him around the cattle not being able to communicate with him unless
he's within eyesight. I have trained him with a
few hand signals: sit, stay, come, and no-no or you better stop what you're doing. But beyond that, he's always a potential
nuisance around the cattle because he's simply doing
what his DNA tells him he should be doing, chasing the cattle, thus running them thru
the fences or quite frankly causing them to stampede and run over us, which again
when he's out of eyesight I can't control him, and that is a liability that I
can't afford. |
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Contact Info: Branson,
MO JDJInvestors@suddenlink.net |
