@Gapped axe, my father always had the Aussie's in his rabbiting pack along with a spaniel and whippets ... then came the possum era and those little dogs, as you say, were totally awesome ... if you shot a possum and did not kill it properly and it fell to the ground, the old dog would grab the back end ... leaving the little bitch to attend to the front end ... just watching them put the fear of God up you!!!! Of course the pelt would be ruined by the time they finished ... they are both courageous and fearless ...
Addend ... we had a spaniel come to stay: translation was that the guy had no intention of ever coming back to get it ... it attacked the old Aussie, doing his cruciate ligament and the resulting incarceration for the old dog ... he obviously whiled away his time scheming on just he was going to deal with his victor ... on the day the vet gave him the all clear, and arriving home, the Aussie, snorted, put his stump tail up and trotted down to the kennel the spaniel was in ... the poor dog got an absolute hiding from the Aussie ... no stitches were required for the spaniel as the old dog had no canine teeth by then!!!
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