HAIR:
Smooth bes wavy coat, weather resistant and of medium length. The density of Undercoat changes according to the climatic conditions. The hair of the Australian Shepherds is short and smooth on the head, ears, front of Forelegs and below the hocks. The Unsnap of the front legs and the pants are moderately feathered. Mane and frill are moderately trained, with males more than that of the females. An atypical Bioenergetic coat is a serious mistake.

COLOR:

Basic colors:

• Black (black)
• Red (red)
• Blue merle (marbled black with grey color)
• Red merle (marbled red/brown with light red/beige color)

Colour combinations:

• solid black
• solid red
• Blue-merle
• Red merle
• Black-bi (white)
• Black-bi (copper)
• Red-bi (white)
• Red-bi (copper)
• Blue merle (white)
• Blue merle (copper)
• Red merle (white)
• Red merle (copper)
• Black tri
• Red-tri
• Blue merle white / copper
• Red merle white / copper

HISTORY:

The genetic origin of the Australian Shepherd is despite its name in North America, due to its association with Basque shepherds who immigrated in the 19th century from Australia to America. They brought Merino sheep with them, which previously had been exported to Australia and therefore received the name "Australian Sheep" in North America.

The first stud book club of America (ASCA) was opened by the Australian Shepherd was founded in 1957 in Arizona. the international Australian Shepherd Association (IASA) was founded in 1966 in addition. ASCA and IASA 1980 joined together to form a Club and have since then become the largest breed club in North America.

The current breed standard of the ASCA 1977 entry into force. Since the early 1990s, leads the American Kennel Club (AKC) also a Studbook for Australian shepherds and developed also its own breed standard, which came into force in January 1993. Only since 1996, the Australian Shepherd is one of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) recognized breed. The current breed standard comes from June 5, 2009. In Europe it does not since then but increasingly Australian Shepherds until since the 1970s.