About Diablo

This animal is available to licensed rescue groups only. Please do not enquire unless with a licensed rescue group. Diablo is a gorgeous 45. pound 10 months old male Australian Shepherd. He is a full blooded Aussie with no papers. I have owned Aussies for 14 years snd have 2 right now. I was looking for a laid-back passive Australian Shepard for my back as I have a ranch in Colorado and recently lost my 13-year-old beautiful, calm Australian Shepard at 13 years old in May 2020. A friend told me about Diablo, who had been bought by first time dog owners and have been told by the breeder that he was not a Mini Aussie. Exactly is a very athletic, strong puppy who is very aggressive and dominant. He had bitten the wife and I took a test dog friend of mine's mini who is 25 pounds as a test dog to assess Diablos disposition. He went absolutely crazy and try to play and mount and dominate the test dog. He bit me the first time he met me and then bit three other people within the first 24 hours that I had him, experienced dog owners, but not with herding dogs, that's fine too help work with him in training him. I knew he would not work out in my pack because I have two other rescue Australian shepherds., Both males, a seven-year-old abused and very skittish nervous try and a 13-year-old blue merle who is extremely dominant and is my alpha dog. I have never seen any dog that Oliver cannot control and put into submission until I brought the stuff home. He wore both of my male Aussies out at the first meeting and finally, Oliver, my 'Boss Dog' call over to Diablo after an hour of growling and melting by Diablo. I thought I could train him and if that failed to send him to a boarding school as I had my first Aussie, to train out his aggression and his dominant marking. He was neutered Thursday of last week this might bring down his level of aggression. It did not. My two other Australian Shepherd's hand my husband have had to move out of the house and camp in our camper on an acre property that I own, while I thought I could train him during his first week of recovery from surgery. He actually gets along wonderfully with my 15 year old, very laid-back male lab mix. Although he was resource guarding and food aggressive with my other Australian Shepherd's, he will eat right next to the black lab and the lab even steals his stuffed Kong treats from him without any negative consequences. He walks great on a leash and rides in the car fairly well. I was quite training him for destructive behavior and house training, and had an alarm set to Take him out for a walk every three hours as that seems to be his maximum . That he can hold his urine. He has never pooped in the house. Once I put a German spike training collar on him, and he immediately became manageable for me to walk him on a leash. He is pretty much completely housetrained and knows how to use the doggie door. He's a very sweet loving dog, but if he gets too much stimulation, from any other high energy dogs, he immediately goes into a red zone. I have been quite training him and confining him to one bedroom in my house and I was sleeping there with him and taking him out on an alarm every 3 1/2 hours to walk him; however last night he went into a red zone in the black lab was laying in his crate eating his stuffed Kong treat. He did nothing to the dog, but when I tried to pull him away from the crate while he was on his walking leash with the handle attached to the spike collar, he turned on me and jumped and bit me in the face and let me hard on my west and basically have me backed up into a corner. I was terrified and really in fear for my safety. It was at that time that I decided I either need to get him euthanized or find him a home with no excitable high energy herding dogs, cats, or young children. He has come in amazing long way in the week that I have had him, and unless he goes into a red zone, he is understanding that I am author and submits to me with walking on the leash. He knows how to sit shake and lay down and roll over for a tummy web. He is a delightful young animal, but he just has no stop button. He either needs to be on a branch as a working dog or with a home with no children and an experienced herding dog handler. Somebody needs to be able to spend a lot of time with him and bond one on one as he has extreme separation anxiety and barks constantly if he is not in the same room as his person. I really do love him he is a delightful, sweet creature And very intelligent and learn very fast. I believe that in the hands of an experienced herding dog owner, and without the excitement that pushes them over the edge into a red zone where he becomes dangerous, he can really be a wonderful working dog or protective family pet for someone. I can be reached at any time and can set up a meet and greet at my office which has an enclosed dog run/yard. As he is still recovering from surgery, he could not be excepted by country acres training and boarding facility, which is scheduled to be admitted to on November 20, 2020 for boarding and assessment.

Tarrant County
Arlington, Texas