Knob Creek
NES Member
A.C.D's are great dogs. I have a blue one who is smart as a whip. And once while driving through Fall river stopped at a light and bunch of hommies on the corner said, "that dog looks vicious yo". Sadly mine went blind at age 4 due to a genetic condition called p.r.a. Was yours tested? It is common in a.c.d's.
We've got two other Cattle Dogs (Blue colored) and all the dogs were tested for vision and hearing by the breeder in South Dakota. Yes depending on the dog they can go blind or carry the blindness gene. My son has one that carries the gene so part of the contract with the breeder was that he be neutered. I know there are some local backyard breeders around SE Mass that do not do the testing.