Well to be quite honest, I'd never heard of an Aussie before until I worked at PetCo!! As a kid my family had only owned one dog, and she was a mutt (german shepherd X golden lab or golden retriever, not sure). And all my friends and family members who had dogs all had mutts as well or Golden Retrivevers or German Shepherds. So all my childhood I was exposed to pretty much only those two breeds or those two breed mixes.

Now don't get me wrong I don't have anything against those breeds but they're so popular and yeah I know Aussies are far from being unpopular as well, but not everyone on my block has an Aussie or Aussie mix, that's for sure.

The first thing about the Aussie that struck my eye was the Blue Merle. Its just the most beautiful dog I think I've ever seen at the time! Until I did more research and discovered the other coat colors and variations and it was just... lovvveee.

Not to mention all the Aussies and Aussie mixes I got to meet while at PetCo and they were just the most personable breed I'd ever dealt with! So of course I HAD to have one (or two.. )