This concise history of the Australian Cattle Dog starts with the breed's origins in the native Australian dingo population:
"Dogs of this cross were a great improvement on the Smithfield. They were very active and almost silent. Unfortunately they possessed one very bad fault. If they got out of the drover's sight they would chew the calf or beast nearly to pieces, the Dingo instinct coming to the fore when out of control."
This, unfortunately, may explain what happened to our car seat, our couch, our carpet...
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