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Picked up my new puppy yesterday
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Marlene has now joined the rest of the Lankeela's (four Heelers and a GSD). She had a very settled night alongside my bed in her box and woke at just after seven to ask to go out. Eaten her breakfast and played with a cuddle toy for a while and now sleeping peacefully. Don't think I've ever had such an easy puppy. She did come from a household with several dogs though, so has fitted in wonderfully and the others have just accepted her. Will try to get some piccies but don't actually have a camera, only on my phone.
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11:14 Fri 11th Nov 2011
Lancashire Heeler, the UK's smallest breed of Pastoral dog. They are cattle dogs and general farm dogs, being excellent ratters due to their long ago ancestry of welsh herding (corgi type) dogs and northern black and tan terriers which met up when they were herding cattle from Wales to the North West. They were sometimes called Ormskirk Heelers or Ormskirk Terriers, but they are not a Terrier. They will also pick up on shoots and are an excellent poacher's dog! They can do obedience and agility, flyball, heelwork to music and even working trials. Visit the Lancashire Heeler Community website for lots of pictures and info. www.lancashireheelers.org
They are also one of the UK's Vulnerable Native Breeds, with only 137 puppies being registered last year, and this year we are down by 20 on that number so far. There are pockets of unregistered Heelers still on farms in Lancashire but the KC closed the Lancashire Heeler Club register to them several years ago. Although pure bred for getting on for 200 years to our knowledge they were only recognised by the KC in 1981.
