PUPPPPIIIIIIEEEEEEESSSSSSSS

[Moemer]

LOOK! !!!! MINE! !!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

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[JudyL]

So adorable! When do you get him or her?

[Sabine]

OMD!

What's the story??

[Amanda]

Another Aussie baby! Yay!!

[UpwardDog]

So excited for you!

[UpwardDog]

So excited for you! He's a Coolie

[maxs_mommy]

He's adorable! Does little boy blue have a name yet?

[Moemer]

Yep, a coolie. I put in an application last fall and have been traveling around meeting coolies in the area. Male and six weeks now, the breeder made puppy assignments official last night. He's in Prince George BC so i have a flight coming up to go get him, so need tip see about scheduling that one and hopefully not canceling to many classes! !

No name choices yet but you guys will be the first to know! !!

[Jen]

So cute!!! Exciting!

I'm going to assume coolie means something different in Canada than it does here

[UpwardDog]

Coolies: http://www.avaloncoolies.com

[Amanda]

So, obviously, not an Aussie. I had no idea! Never heard of a Coolie before. Neat!

[Moemer]

It's unfortunately also a racial slur. .. unless you were thinking of something different?

[Jen]

That's what I was thinking of.

But German coolies are super cute!

[Sabine]

Interesting that they spell it with a "C". I've only ever seen it written as Koolie.

[Calypso]

Congratulations! So much fun ahead for you!!!!!

[Trademarkbark]

So, obviously, not an Aussie. I had no idea! Never heard of a Coolie before. Neat!

They have Smooth Collie in them waaay back.

Edit: Apparently there's a difference between the German Coolie and the Australian Koolie. The KOOLIE has smooth Collie in it. Not sure about the Coolie, but congrats either way!

[SherriA]

I'm so excited that it's official!!! Wheeeee! Puppy!!!!!

[UpwardDog]

I am confused about German coolies imported from Australia. Sounds kind of like aussies who are supposedly bred from dogs belonging to Basque shepherds but are really American or Chinese Cresteds who didn't actually originate from China

[Moemer]

Ya that part is strange. They are really an Australian breed . Super popular there. The speculated history is that they were originally in Germany but there actually no official record of that. Koolie vs coolie is one of those breed development things, debate as to whether they should be bred as different breeds or not.

[Sabine]

I can see where that thought may originate from. There are several strains of Old German herding dogs that look similar to now-established breeds but have really developed in specific local areas of Germany for hundreds of years. Here's a page that has pictures (scroll down) on a conservation website:
http://ig-altdeutsche-huetehunde.npage. ... laege.html

[Yankee]

Awww - congrats.

[Amanda]

So.... Puppy pictures or what? Lol