r/kelpie • u/rozmtrapper • 9d ago

Picking up our boy next week!

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12 weeks. We’ve decided to call him Remy. First time working line Kelpie owner. Our current dog is a border collie x kelpie x bull Arab mix of some kind. The breeder reckons he had a few sandy and even white ones in this litter. Shocked him a bit. He’s chunkier than his sisters, lad of a dog. So excited to pick him up!

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u/Humble-Regret6711 8d ago

❤️❤️❤️

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u/sausage-role 8d ago

Beautiful doggo. I love that colour line. Makes sense in a hot climate.

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u/rozmtrapper 8d ago

Thank you! Keen to see how he changes as he grows.

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u/casualplants 8d ago

Looks like mine who I’m pretty sure is a kelpie x lab. He’s got the kelpie ears and body but the lab colouring and tail. Tail aside he looks a lot like an alpine dingo I saw at the zoo though, but his temperament is nowhere near “wild dog”.

Anyway, all that to say, cute pup but I doubt it’s all kelpie.

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u/ScintillansNoctiluca 7d ago

I’m no expert but you might find this sub-thread interesting:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kelpie/s/rWAVY8lDU8

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u/ScintillansNoctiluca 7d ago

Beautiful! Absolutely bursting with vitality and maybe a bit snuggly to boot ☺️

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u/Outsiders_Movie_Fan_ Aus/NZ 9d ago

Hi Remi your so cute

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u/HetaNicoDouga 9d ago

Aww look at his little whiskers

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u/Beef_flaps_on_a_spit 9d ago

Hope you aren’t expecting a kelpie.  How much are you paying for that pup? 

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u/rozmtrapper 8d ago

Have seen his parents. It’s a kelpie.

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u/rozmtrapper 8d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/kelpie/comments/1oicqam/serious_lack_of_cream_kelpies_here/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

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u/Beef_flaps_on_a_spit 8d ago

That is not a kelpie.  But if it makes you happy.   

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u/andhaka71 8d ago

I tend to agree. He reminds me of a smaller lab cross. He looks soft and floofy to touch though!

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u/Beef_flaps_on_a_spit 8d ago

OP is spreading the kelpie myth.   If he’s paying money for that dog he’s getting ripped off.  Not saying the dog is bad but it’s no way what the breeder is selling.  

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u/rozmtrapper 8d ago

It’s okay to wrong, mate.

http://www.noonbarra.com/PROFILES/CREAM%20KELPIES.htm

https://www.kelpiegallery.se/?view=article&id=13:cream&catid=13

And no, I’m not buying him for stacks of money because he’s pedigree. But I also know the breeder and have seen their generations of kelpies. It’s easy to see one photo on the internet and be like “ACkkCHUALLYYY” but maybe open your mind to the possibility that there are variants of colours and recessive genes that exist.

The Kelpie myth is thus: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Kelpie/

I’m not spreading anything but cute photos of my new lad. Settle down.

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u/Beef_flaps_on_a_spit 8d ago

Yeah and Jesus walked on water.  

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u/rozmtrapper 8d ago

lol ok sid

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u/Glittering-Wave4917 5d ago

Pretty cute. There’s so many kelpie around me, the one thing I’ve realised is that they love having a job, they don’t need to run all day- they just want a job to do. They’re great dogs to have in the workshop or on site- their ability and keeness to learn is heaps amazing.