Comparison: Australian Cattle Dog and Saint Miguel Cattle Dog

Australian Cattle Dog and Saint Miguel Cattle Dog are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

Australian Cattle Dog
Photo: Eva holderegger walser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Saint Miguel Cattle Dog
Photo: Rui Teixeira, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Australian Cattle DogSaint Miguel Cattle Dog
FCI group1. Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs)2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs
Country of originAustraliaPortugal
CategoryMediumMedium
Height at withers43–51 cm48–60 cm
Weight15–22 kg20–35 kg
Life span12–15 years–
Recognition features
  • Blue or red speckled coat with tan points
  • Compact, muscular body
  • Short dense double coat and erect ears
  • Robust, hardy, medium-sized dogue-type dog with short harsh coat
  • Always brindled (fawn, pale fawn with black overlay, grey)
  • When driving dairy cows it bites low so as not to harm the udders
CoatShort dense double coat, blue or red speckled.Short, smooth, dense coat of harsh texture, lightly fringed on tail, anal region and back of thighs; always brindled.
PurposeBred in Australia (partly with dingo blood) to drive cattle over long distances in the heat.A cattle dog from São Miguel in the Azores, known as the "cow dog", also a guard of property and people.

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