Topic: [REJECTED] Tag alias: heeler -> australian_cattle_dog

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

Watsit

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Always provide a reason, even if it may seem obvious. Is heeler a breed of australian cattle dog?

Also, couldn't heeler be an accidental misspelling of healer?

Vulkalu

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watsit said:
Always provide a reason, even if it may seem obvious. Is heeler a breed of australian cattle dog?

"Blue heeler" is a term used frequently to refer to the Australian cattle dog breed, although from what I understand, sometimes "Queensland heeler" or "red heeler" are also used. That said, just "heeler" on its own probably isn't a good alias. Aside from it not really being used as a tag, there's apparently a "Lancashire heeler" breed which is unrelated to the Australian cattle dogs.

VotP

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vulkalu said:
"Blue heeler" is a term used frequently to refer to the Australian cattle dog breed, although from what I understand, sometimes "Queensland heeler" or "red heeler" are also used. That said, just "heeler" on its own probably isn't a good alias. Aside from it not really being used as a tag, there's apparently a "Lancashire heeler" breed which is unrelated to the Australian cattle dogs.

Red and Blue Heeler are typically used in reference to brown and gray-coated variants, resepctively.

Vulkalu

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votp said:
Red and Blue Heeler are typically used in reference to brown and gray-coated variants, resepctively.

I'm aware of that now, although before I had made that post, I was only aware of "blue heeler" being a name for them. The rest of what I said I only picked up from a quick Google search last night, to see if any other breeds came up. ...Which one did, so I still don't agree with this alias.

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