Thanks for the pics. Cute doggie!
I am taking great liberties with this thread because I have a blue heeler who seduced my lab/springer mix and we now have her and one of the pups who we call Dr. Pepper because of his caramel-colored coat; he is the world's greatest shortstop - still working on his throw to first base.
Oh, I forgot to mention, we got her as a stray before I even knew what breed she was; the home she wandered up to was owned by a co-worker of my wife and he couldn't keep her - she hadn't barked once while he was feeding her and he thought she couldn't bark, so I said let's call her "Aussie" after the Besenji; well, after she had her litter we had her spayed and I asked the vet what breed she was and he said, "Blue Heeler." She was apparently just going into "heat" when we brought her home and I just wasn't vigilant enough to overcome her wily ways.
And, the no-barking part was just a bit of fear, I guess, she barks the loudest and most strident of the three now, and strangers shake in their boots at the sound and sight of her full 33 pounds with the two baggy, boy dogs that go 70 pounds per standing next to her, tails wagging and mouths full of raggedy tennis balls.