7 Reasons You SHOULD NOT Get A Female Blue Heeler

I have a female Blue Heeler who will be 6 in a couple of weeks. She is my second Cattle Dog. With all due respect, I heartily disagree with this video. The special needs of Heelers are the same for either gender. I have had dogs all my life with numerous breeds. My wife and I would never have anything other than a female dog. They are easier to train and much more affectionate than males. At least that’s been our experience.🤔🤷🏼‍♀️

My female heeler has been the best and loyal pup I've ever owned. A good thing with a female heeler if you have other dogs they teach other dogs how to act in the pack . She had an accident leaving her with only 2 legs working. One opposite front and rear . After a month of rehab at home with lots of work . She can walk almost like normal .....such tough animals . Durable, loyal, protective, loving and always wanting to please. The puppy stage is horrible. After that life really does get brighter with them .

Done of this sounds female specific, this just sounds like a heeler in general.

I would not have any other breed. I have had a female blue heeler. Best dog I ever owned. The loyalty is unreal.

I’ve had three female heelers and one male. All were totally awesome partners. You just need to understand the breed and the dogs needs. I rescued/adopted a 4.5 year old female from pound. She supposedly was. Surrender from a homeless person. Shelter spayed her, as she had pups a bit before surrendering. She was absolutely perfect. She is 12 years old now and I couldn’t ask for a better partner.

I have a blue healer and every REASON THAT YOU JUST SAID IS WRONG

This representation of heelers is not our experience over 50 years of having this breed. Granted, we live rurally and travel daily with our dogs. The heeler females will nurture orphan goats, and they love toddlers. I find they are tougher than the males. They read livestock and signal if an animal has shifted its intent. They WILL HIT if I am in jepordy. We have an intuitive relationship. Pack psychology, no food treats. Our work dogs are off leash where suitable. They travel, meet other dogs, people with no problems. Health issues; this may upset some people, but they seldom see the vet. Average career 10 years, life span 15 years. My 6 working girls are awesome. Give them a job. They need that. This video doesn't represent my dogs. It's actually misleading.

My female blue heeler was part of a family of 3. myself husband and her. Still miss her today. Never ruined my garden and understood all we said to her

I have a female heeler and though she has high energy and is dominant towards other dogs, she’s the most trustworthy and loyal dog. She never runs away so i can feel confident when she’s off leash and she follows my commands. She’s three now and has her energy level is more stable. She’s wary of strangers but I don’t necessarily think it’s a problem and she warms up to people quickly after being introduced. One thing I noticed is she’s not very interested in playing with other dogs - she just wants her ball or frisbee.

I've had both male & female Heelers, Blue and Red for over 40 years and counting. It's best to not have 2 females together UNLESS you have a pack and acerage, if you don't you will have fights. Fights that can get vicious, lost eye, deep tears, lost ears and a lost thumb when an owner tried to stop female pack mates from fighting. I've been lucky most of the time it was lost hair. I did have a great pair of females once, a Red I called Henry who was 3 years old when Buddy a Blue female Heeler pup entered the family. Henry was absolutely the most intelligent Heeler I've ever seen or had, she was Buddy's mentor , tuaght her the house rules, what Buddy could & couldn't do, where she could be & not be. Buddy was a strong willed Heeler and a blockhead for the first 2 years. Henry was animal cop, she enforced the Rules on the cats, goats and horses. I had broken my right femer and had surgery, leaving me on crutches for 6 weeks. On my 1st attempt to grain the horses our 2 gangster goats, Doc and Holiday mugged me for the grain ( a bucket full in each hand) Henry who was sunning herself on the haystack saw the mugging and leaped into action. From then on she was my bodyguard. Another she saw me having a difficult time exercising the horses, I turned them out in our corral , 1 Acre in size, I would stand in the middle, get them running in a circle for a while, reverse their direction for a total of about 30 minutes. The horses were taking advantage of my handicap and exercising half- assed. Without a word from me she entered the corral, got them up to speed and kept it up. At the time where I would reverse them she jumped back in, turned the horses and kept them at the same pace I always did. Or if a horse would get lose, I had one I called my corral clown, he was always up to something, he would untie himself from the trailer and wonder off to eat some desert grass, Henry would go get him and with his lead in her mouth bring him back. When riding horses ( we live in the desert South West) Buddy would take the lead while Henry would constantly circle the group, they were on the look out for snakes, many times they found them. They would then work the snake together keeping it away from the group until we were out of danger then run back and resume the patrol pattern. We had several vehicles, a Jeep CJ, 2 Mustangs, a 1st generation Bronco, 2 pick up trucks and a FL 70 Toter rig. I could tell Henry which vehicle we were going to use and say " Henry, load up in the Jeep or load up in the red pickup or the blue and when I would come out she & Buddy would be happily waiting in that vehicle. Henry could spell , most of the time we would take them with us and as soon as Henry figured out we were getting ready to go she would run grab her leash and wait by the door. It would led to such sadness when we would say No Henry, not this time. So we took to spelling" G O F O R W A L K" or L E T s G O , by the 3rd time we did that Henry was at the door with leash in mouth, sitting. I could write a book on Henry alone , sadly she passed away at 12 years due to cancer. That lead to research on dog food which caused us to radically change what we fed our pack. Heelers are the greatest, most loyal, intelligent, loving and aggravating breed I've ever had. They are bred for the wide open spaces of a ranch, they can work cattle 10 hours a day in the heat of summer or the cold winter of high ranges without issues. Their double layered coat protects from heat and cold, they have thick pads that do the same. I ve worked my Heelers from the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico to the Panhandle of Texas to the mountains of Colorado and British Columbia in the winter and they love the life outdoors. They're okay with short stays in small places for short periods but climb the walls after that.

I have a Blue Heeler girl, almost 2 years old now. She's the best dog ever but I also have invested the most time training her, a lot more than all the other dogs we had before her. She's been trained without treats, but with play, praise and her favorite toys. While she loves to run and play Frisbee she's not a Retriever and gets bored quickly. This means I need to use different toys in every session we have. Or she's happy whenever i toss severl toys at once and she's busy "herding" them all back to me. She's also more of a Sprinter than a marathon runner. She gives all she can and then she's tired. But she can do that several times a day, with a long walk in the morning. She loves training, doing stuff. I have to come up with new things for her to do all the time. Mental games make her tired too. She grew up with our now old male dog who is a Blue Heeler mixed breed and she is submissive to him and always has been. She also loves people but is reserved with other dogs until she's met them a few times. Overall she's the best dog ever and I'm thinking of getting a male once my beloved old guy is no more.

We have a Female named "Oreo", Feral at times,but a loving dog, with an energy level that rivals a Nuclear Reacter. Takes alot of Love and Patience,and tolerance, but the love they give back is soon worth it.

I have a female blue heeler and she the best dog I've ever had. She's smart easy to train and great with children and other dogs.

We have a male and so far everything that’s been said is how our Heeler is. What I’m getting from this video is about a blue Heeler and how they are nothing about why you shouldn’t get a female.

Dusty, my female red heeler, was the most loyal and loving dog. She was perfect. But this clip just shows you heelers are best suited to farms/stations etc unless you have a very active lifestyle. They are a wonderful breed.

We adopted a female Blue Heeler to raise with our kids. I consider her wrangling them all the time a bonus. Not a negative. Lol the kids love her. She loves them. They run from sun up to sun down. She likes sleeping with our oldest son.

They are wonderful dogs. You have to be the right kind of person with a lot of patients. These dogs are not an accessory. You are there human. They will change your lifestyle. They will be with you constantly.

My son adopted a very young heeler about six tears ago. They have four very young boys. She is one of the smartest, sweetest, most spectacular dogs I have ever met.

Bluey: why?

She will become everyone's boss. If I wasn't doing something correctly, I would get "dog punched". A Red-Blue mix was the best dog in my long life. Deaf by 10 years, but it doesn't matter. They are still on top of everything.