Published October 2003
	A DOG CALLED BLUE
	by
	Noreen R Clark
	A Dog Called Blue is the first researched and documented history of the Australian Cattle Dog and the Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog ever published.

Set against a background of colonial and later history, the book traces the development of Australia's Cattle Dogs from the Halls Heeler, a working-dog breed developed during the 1830s by Thomas Hall (1808-1870), from a cross between the Dingo and a Drovers Dog strain from the north of England. 

The book considers the probable origins of the Drovers Dog, imported by Hall, and the influence of Harry (d.1914) and Jack (d.1909) Bagust on the early Cattle Dog breed. The alleged early Dalmatian infusion is discussed in the context of Robert Kaleski's (1877-1961) mind-set. Kaleski's comments (with photos) on Sydney Royal exhibits, during the 1920s and 1930s, record his concern about the quality of some of these exhibits and the changing breed type he observed. 

Chapters by Dr Helen Hewson-Fruend deal with changing breed type since c.1900, the effect of variant Breed Standards, the inheritance of coat colour in both breeds and the inheritance of taillessness in the Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog. Bernadette Merchant reviews the Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog Redevelopment Scheme and the progress of the redeveloped Stumpies.

Format: A4; hard cover; 216 pages; 148 figures and photos; glossary; maps; index.

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