This is the Australian Cattle Dog you are looking for.

"Let me see your identification."
You don't need to see his identification.
"We don't need to see his identification. This is the Australian Cattle Dog you are looking for. "Yes, this is the Australian Cattle Dog we are looking for."

Irresistibly, Iris.

More of Iris here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Nola's tail tells tale.

Sebastian and Bandit.

Bandit with Zeus (and Sebastian's tail).

Today at the dog park.

left to right: Cooper, Zeus, Paisley, Iris, and Phoenix. Iris, Cooper, Paisley, Zeus. Iris, Zeus, Paisley, Cooper. Cooper, Paisley, Zeus. Zeus, Iris, Phoenix, Paisley, and Cooper.

Poodle restoration in progress.

Restoration complete.

Cheetah.

Built for speed.

In the shade.

After a long run. Lucy, the retired greyhound has it made.

(More Lucy the Greyhound here and here.)

Uno, Dos, Tres.

It's Tres and Buddy! Tres is a 4 year-old tricolor Basenji. And Buddy is a 7 year-old Boston/French Terrier. Smile.

"Look, it's Buddy!"

Our neighbor. He stopped to say hello. Hey, Buddy, want a biscuit? It's organic. Newman's Own®. Turkey & Sweet Potato. Breakable. Medium Size Treats. Made with Organic Sweet Potatoes. No Wheat. No Corn. Premium. No? Well, how about a rub behind your ear then? Ahh, that's more like it, huh? Alright, you come back and see us soon, you hear?

Copper came by.

And brought all his Copper charm. (More Copper here.)

“When we study play in dogs, we study ourselves.”

From a May 19 Washington Post article, "In dogs’ play, researchers see honesty and deceit, perhaps something like morality".

Take those two dogs. That yogalike pose is known as a “play bow,” and in the language of play it’s one of the most commonly used words. It’s an instigation and a clarification, a warning and an apology. Dogs often adopt this stance as an invitation to play right before they lunge at another dog; they also bow before they nip (“I’m going to bite you, but I’m just fooling around”) or after some particularly aggressive roughhousing (“Sorry I knocked you over; I didn’t mean it.”). All of this suggests that dogs have a kind of moral code — one long hidden to humans until a cognitive ethologist named Marc Bekoff began to crack it.

Play bow prodigy, Jesse: And an expert at dog play — a seasoned veteran... Zeus!

Dory.

Pretty girl.