Australian Shepherd Dog

Met Max the Aussie while on a dog walk. He and owner live in the neighborhood.  We notice and try to get to know the dogs that happen to cross our paths during walks.  Maxie is friendly (his owner, even friendlier), a pure-bred, and purchased at the local-mall Pet store as a pup for a whopping $1800 a couple of years ago. However, you somehow get over the sticker shock when the price includes all of his medical needs for the first year: Vet check ups, neutering, inoculations, I.D. chip;  plus a warranty of his overall good health. Till I met him, I had not known that some Australian Shepherds are born with short -- seemingly intentionally cropped/bobbed -- tails.  So unlike the emailed picture from DogVacay below.

Look, Ma, no tail!

Link Australian Shepherds

bushy tail

Max is a cutie, and really beautiful.  I have toyed with the idea of a mall pet-store purchase in the past. For now we've been spared that route with our pure-bred Shih Tzu whom we were able to snag at our local animal shelter for the measly price of $100; which included her DIVA personality; and everything else that  Max came with, sans doc visits and hair ribbons. 

Shih Tzu

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