Family-friendly: | 4/5 |
Exercise needs: | 3/5 |
Easy to train: | 3/5 |
Tolerates being alone: | 3/5 |
Like other pets: | 3/5 |
Energy level: | 4/5 |
Grooming needs: | 3/5 |
Shedding: | 3/5 |
- Dog suitable for owners with some experience
- Extra training required
- Generally healthy breed
- Enjoys active walks
- Enjoys one to two hours of walking a day
- Small dog
- Minimum drool
- Requires grooming once a week
- Chatty and vocal dog
- Barks and alerts to visitors/anything unusual
- Could have issues with unknown dogs but gets along with known dogs
- May need additional training to live with other pets
- May need additional supervision to live with children
- Needs a small garden
- Can live in semi-rural areas
- Can be left occasionally with training
The Lancashire Heeler can suffer from:
- Patellar luxation
- Primary lens luxation which is a condition where the lens moves from it's normal position in the eye which will result in vision loss and can cause pain.
- Collie eye anomaly which is an inherited condition where the eye does not develop properly and can potentially lead to blindness.
Priority Kennel Club health schemes and testing:
- Eye screening scheme
- DNA testing for primary lens luxation which tests whether or not a dog has the potential to be affected by this condition.
Did you know?
Although popular as a cattle-driving dog, the Lancashire Heeler was also favoured by poachers for their agile skills and excellence in rabbiting. Said to be “small enough to fit into a poacher’s pocket”, it must be remembered that a poacher’s pocket is a large pocket hidden in the back of a jacket taking up almost the full width… so they aren’t as tiny as that may suggest!
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