New Pooch!

[Chris Padilla]

Meet Zeus! Zeus is an Australian Shepherd. His color is red tri (tricolor) and has no merle patterning.

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This is my daughter and Zeus. He is 4 weeks at this point...a tiny lil' guy!

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Here he is at 5 weeks. He will be at the breeder's place until 12 weeks. While I wish we could pick him up sooner, we just can't get our schedule in order to do that.

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6 weeks

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7 weeks He is getting bigger and bigger!

[daryl moses]

Cute pup!!

[Randy Red Bemont]

I too have an Australian Shepherd named Talley (short for Talladega). Great dogs. She just turned 5 and weighs in at 44 lbs. That is big enough for a dog. I know you will enjoy him. They are smart and pretty easy to train. Make sure you teach him manners right away and you will have a companion for life. Mine chases the bears away and enjoys every moment of doing that.

Red

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Our oldest son has had three Australian shepherds and loves them!

Nice looking pup Chris!

[Neil Gaskin]

Great looking pup, I have a 5 year old austrian shephard. Have you had one before?

My is nuts, completly high energy, and seemingly has 9 lives 3 or 4 of which he has used... My advice, dont leave him alone for a while lest he get bored....

I've house broke 5 or 6 puppies and this Aussie has been the most onerous....

[Rich Riddle]

He seems to already be trying to woo the ladies. Looks like a happy pup.

[Lee Schierer]

Nice looking pup. My puppy is nine now. Enjoy the puppy days.

[Jay Aubuchon]

Great-looking dog!

[Brian Henderson]

Nice dog. Our new pooch just hit 7 weeks, she's a chihuahua and just big enough to sit in your hand.

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[Bruce Page]

Are his eyes really that blue? He's a cutie pie!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very cute! Enjoy!

[Glenn Clabo]

So cute. They are awesome dogs. Love those eye. I hope the family is prepared for and enjoys the energy level. My lab puppy keeps me on my toes and she's no where close.

[Frederick Skelly]

Cute pooch! Aussies are great dogs. They are smart as heck. You've got to keep them busy or they "find things to do" for themselves - like chewing on furniture. Your daughter can train him to do a lot of cool things. I once met a kid who'd trained his to catch frisbees.

Enjoy!

[Paul McGaha]

Very handsome puppy Chris. Congratulations.

Welcome to the Creek, Zeus.

PHM

[George Bokros]

He is a heart steeler. Very cute. Enjoy him.

[Bruce Pratt]

Based on the blue eyes, it is a pretty good bet that your dog is heterozygous for Merle (carrying one merle allele, and one normal allele). Was either parent merle?

[Chris Padilla]

Thanks, Everyone! This will be our family's first dog. I haven't had a dog in quite a while...back to my teen years with a black lab/irish setter mix. It should be fun!

Yes, his eyes are the most striking blue that I think I've ever seen. From what I recall, neither parent had merle patterning but Dad had blue eyes.

[John Sanford]

Looks like Zeus is going to be your daughter's dog, with perhaps a side gig as a shop dog. Perhaps. Those have got to be some of the best blue eyes I've ever seen on a dog.

[Chris Padilla]

My daughter plans to be the trainer and has been reading everything she can find on the topic. I'm sure I'll chip in and my wife, a cat person, will just let us do everything. BTW, she is getting a cat out of the deal so we'll raise 'em up together and hopefully they'll get along.