Quote Originally Posted by Suki Wingy
I am pretty sure they started off as a totally different breed that happened to look like mini aussies and then that name was taken after some BYBers
North American miniature Aussies came from purebred Aussies -- they just bred them smaller and smaller rather than adding any other breeds into the mix.

We have a miniature Aussie in our agility club. Very smart and active dogs. Not for me though, I'll stick with my Belgians and catahoulas.