Hello to Sydney. Congratulations DOD!! I too have a red merle aussie. His name is Koda Bear!! We love him so much, but he is a really big goofy baby. He seems to be afraid of a lot of different things. When we take him with us he oftentimes pulls back on his leash when he is afraid to go forward. My australian shepherd mix however, is afraid of nothing and loves, loves , loves to swim!! Aussies are my favorite type of dog, and I check DOD everyday to see if there is an aussie there, because they are such great dogs that I think everyone who owns one would like theirs to be DOD. I would enter my dog, but I haven't figured out how to scan pictures yet. I might try to do it and let you see how similar my dog looks to your red merle. My big red aussie has marbled eyes(half blue, and half brown). A lot of people think that is odd, but it is just a trait of aussies and maybe some other types of dogs, for those of you who don't know. Anyway, aussies are super fun dogs, and they
do love to herd anything they can including kids, grown ups and other dogs~!
Goodbye Sydney, It was nice to see your pretty face on DOD!