Oakblu Australian Shepherds

16/12/2024

Expressions of Interest are being taken for Flynn and Daisy babies 💞💙Please email: [email protected]

27/11/2024

Life can be so hard sometimes 💔 Today we said goodbye to our beautiful precious Toffee ( Sup Neuter Ch Oakblu Toffee Apple) aged 14 years. She was the top dog, rule enforcer, matriarch and the most beautiful loving girl. We love and miss you desperately Toff Toff 💔💔

13/11/2024

What hot days can do to your dog's feet. If you can't walk bare foot, neither can they.

* Air temperature of 30 C =
* 40C concrete temperature - 54C bitumen temperature

The more you share, the more aware.

10/11/2024

Lest we forget

10/11/2024

Remember do not feed Rawhide chews

20/09/2024

What a superstar Cliff is 💙🤩 so very proud of this little guy 🥰💙

17/08/2024

Only way to calm the kids 💞🤣

28/05/2024

This little man is available to the perfect home 7 weeks old. Available in NSW . PM for details

29/04/2024

Quill having the best time at the dog show 💙

26/03/2024

Get in quick while stocks last 🆕

JUST ARRIVED COLOURED COMBS - limited stock $10 ea

24/03/2024

10 years ago… what hot day and an iced towel can create thanks to the patience of Cheryl Jones 💙💞

23/03/2024

Everyone who is thinking of getting or has a dog PLEASE read this - something very true to think about!

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.
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21/03/2024

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