Comments on: Australian Shepherd Lab Mix – Get To Know The Aussiedor

By: Karina W.

Karina W. — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:57:46 +0000

My Princess Lily-Pea has been my soul dog for 15 years now. I’ve always known she is a lab mix. By all appearances she looks like a lab. Medium height. 60-65 lbs. All black except for a small white patch on her chest. The only thing that makes it clear Lily is a lab mixed with something else is her longer coat that’s constantly shedding. But she is more than worth it. The BEST girl. Calm, loving, loyal, obedient. Trustworthy, even when your plate of food is at her level and unattended. Never chews anything that isn’t specifically hers. She is intelligent and loves hearing magic words like “cookie”, “ride in the car”, “is daddy home?”. In her younger years she was always up for an adventure. She loved long road trips, camping, even riding in the ATV. She was a good girl always – even when home alone while I was at work. In the last two years, her health, energy and cognitive function has started to decline. I retired from work so I could be home with her. It’s been nice but she’s really fading now. The light is leaving her beautiful brown eyes and there’s no longer a pep in her step. I know I won’t have her too much longer. Her 16th birthday will be 12/08/2024 and I imagine she won’t make it. Facing this painful reality made me realize I need to know her breed. She is quite literally the most perfect dog. I did a dna test and was surprised to learn that Lily is a 50/50 Labrador Retriever Australia Shepherd cross. My heart has been breaking little by little these past few years knowing our time together is coming to a close. She doesn’t hear or see well anymore. She doesn’t recognize magic words. We don’t have adventures together anymore. But I love her endlessly and she will forever by the BEST girl. I would clone her if I could, but since that’s not possible, I hope one day to find another Labrador /Aussie mix whose even half as wonderful as she has been.

By: Janine

Janine — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:04:41 +0000

We have a beautiful black lab / australian shepherd mix named Cleo. She is five years old now and she is such a smart, loyal dog. She is about 90 pounds, so a little bigger than your article describes. She looks like a black lab but has a white chest and a long “ruff” around the neck. Her eyes are a beautiful almond shape. She walks and hikes with us in the woods everyday and never needs a leash. She keeps one eye on us at all times. She is an amazing swimmer and swims along beside us when we go kayaking in the summer. I am really worried about her today, because she is limping and her hip seems to be really bothering her. I am making an appointment to take her to the vet tomorrow to get her checked out.

By: Anne Stecher

Anne Stecher — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 17:19:37 +0000

I just got a Australia shepherd/lab mix, live in the country with a large fenced yard. I have chickens, how do I train my five month old not to use them as toys. He has the herding instincts.
Would really appreciate any advice you could give me.