Talk:Australian Shepherd
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Origins
I am seeing a possible discrepancy in the introduction. It says that the breed was developed in the US, however a book on breeds I have lists the breed as having its "... beginnings in Spain and Andorra, where it worked with Basque shepherd. When the Basques followed the sheep-herding movement to Australia, the faithful dogs went along.. Then, when the Australian sheep were imported into the western U.S., once more the Basque herders and their dogs, now renamed the Australian Shepherds, made the trip."
Source: Dogs in Canada, 2005 Annual, pgs. 296-297
- The History section of the article includes discussion of the Basque herding dogs, but from what I've read & learned from Aussie breeders, the breed developed from a variety of breeds here & received its name here. You'll see that the FCI, which organizes dogs by country of origin, also lists it as a US breed [1] (http://www.dogdomain.com/fci-11Prov&Other.htm). Elf | Talk 16:06, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Image format
The images on this page are formatted supremely weird. I can only get them to approximate normalcy by shrinking my browser's width way down. I'd fix the formatting myself, but I don't know what the OP had in mind. Someone care to fix it. Perhaps a table would do the job? —Frecklefoot 17:33, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Can you describe "supremely weird" with a little more detail? They look fine on my browser, of course, or I wouldn't have left them like this. :-) Elf 17:38, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Doe! I should've thought of that. Too bad I don't have anyplace I can slap a screenshot, but I'll try to describe it. Instead of the "Red tricolor Aussie" image being below the "Blue merle Australian" image, like I think it is with your browser, it is shifted to the lower-right of the "Blue merle" image. All the accompaning text is then wrapping around the right side of the "Red tricolor" image until it falls back into place after the image. While this would look fine if the image was placed correctly, it looks funky for wider browsers (like mine). The "...agility pause table" image in the table looks fine. HTH :-) —Frecklefoot 17:52, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- OK, I just moved the 2nd image further down the page for now. Hopefully weirdness is no longer supreme. Elf 17:56, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Looks much better. Still looks a little strange on my browser, but not weird. :-) And, as sannse noted, it will look better as the article gets longer. Kudos! —Frecklefoot 18:46, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC)