Australian Shepherd

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Australian Shepherd

Close-up of an Australian shepherd dog with a brown, black, and white coat, looking directly at the camera against a blurred background.

Four Australian Shepherd puppies with different coat colors sit side by side on a log outdoors, highlighting variation in their fur patterns and markings.

An Australian shepherd dog herding a group of sheep outdoors, with the dog alert and focused behind a woolly sheep.

Australian shepherd.

(top right)An Australian shephard maneuvers a flock of sheep

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breed of dog

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Australian Shepherd

Australian Shepherd

A red merle Australian Shepherd.

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Close-up of an Australian shepherd dog with a brown, black, and white coat, looking directly at the camera against a blurred background.

A distinctive face

Australian Shepherd.

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Four Australian Shepherd puppies with different coat colors sit side by side on a log outdoors, highlighting variation in their fur patterns and markings.

Baby herders

A litter of Australian Shepherd puppies.

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An Australian shepherd dog herding a group of sheep outdoors, with the dog alert and focused behind a woolly sheep.

Australian Shepherd

Australian Shepherd herding sheep.

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Australian shepherd.

Australian shepherd.

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(top right)An Australian shephard maneuvers a flock of sheep

(top right)An Australian shephard maneuvers a flock of sheep

Kent & Donna Dannen

Interactives

Doggie bingo

Doggie bingo

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