The only conection I have found is that an Australian Shepherd-like herding dog was thought to have arrived in Australia with Basque shepherds who had large flocks of sheep. Then they (the dogs, shepherds and sheep) somehow ended up in America. Their breed was crossed with others to develope the Australian Shepherd we know today.
Like most breeds, their history is pretty blurry. There are a lot of breeds with names that don't really make a true connection to their history. Even the Chihuahua is "improperly named". They did not actually come from Chihuahua, Mexico and were really developed in America. It all really doesn't matter, though. We love our dogs no matter what, right? Stef --- In [email protected], "furdion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to Klaire for the little picture of the Australian Shepherd. > And it seems it has b... all to do with Australia. How weird is that. > The history blurb talks about dogs coming from Basque So Spain/French > Border and found in the Pyrenees. Also talks about the dog being > created by mixing British Breeds such as Welsh Collie and Scots Collie > again what has that to do with Australia? Then it states that these > dogs are a product of America. Well feather blowing here. > Oh and now somewhere down the track it appears that Aussies are slowly > adopting this dog. So there ya go! Dogs have a most difficult family > tree to be following than us lol. Same as trying to find out the > origins of the Chihuahua (the bit about the Aztecs eating them Arrrgh!) > Just thought I would tell you this Cheers Furdion > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
