LANCASHIRE HEELER

In spite of to have originated from terrier of Manchester and welsh corgi, perhaps with the later addition of the lineage of teckel, the Lancashire to heeler is a type dog to terrier of short legs and extended body that was used like mousy, shepherd and dog of farm. The English term to heeler, “mordedor of heels”, sends to the form in which these dogs guided the cattle.

Sometimes it is distinguished between greatest the smallest units and. Thus, whereas first they are known like heelers of butcher, the seconds, that usually are pasturing dogs and have the speckled coat of target, are called heelers of Ormskirk. As the necessity of cattle dogs fell with the increasing mechanization of the tasks of the field, the Lancashire to heeler was on the verge of being extinguished, but since then it has become dog of an affectionate and enduring company and an excellent sentry.