# My son is planning a cross-country road trip Thursday. Really bad idea, right?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 3, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-is-planning-a-cross-country-road-trip-thursday-really-bad-idea-right/805820 "2018-01-03T21:58:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-is-planning-a-cross-country-road-trip-thursday-really-bad-idea-right/805820/61 "2018-01-12T00:51:11Z")

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> [@jaycat](#):
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> OK, who wants to break the news about red-haired Aussies?..

Oh me!! We got a little red aussie just before Xmas, and he is a ball of biting cuteness. When he’s tired or just woken, he’s adorable, othertimes, not so much. 😃

He starts Puppy Classes tomorrow…

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**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-is-planning-a-cross-country-road-trip-thursday-really-bad-idea-right/805820/62 "2018-01-12T03:38:23Z")

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> [@jaycat](#):
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> OK, who wants to break the news about red-haired Aussies?..

There’s one up for adoption at my local county shelter (Iowa). An older model but probably healthier than an Ohio Amish puppy mill puppy. Unless she came from one originally as well (no provenance on her). [http://www.thepuppymillproject.org/amish-puppy-mills/](http://www.thepuppymillproject.org/amish-puppy-mills/)

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-is-planning-a-cross-country-road-trip-thursday-really-bad-idea-right/805820/63 "2018-01-12T03:51:05Z")

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> [@kambuckta](#):
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> Oh me!! We got a little red aussie just before Xmas, and he is a ball of biting cuteness. When he’s tired or just woken, he’s adorable, othertimes, not so much. 😃
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> He starts Puppy Classes tomorrow…

Whoops, I’ve just discovered that what you Merkins call an Australian sheepdog doesn’t actually come from Australia. We have [Red Heelers](http://redheelers.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/6/2/25629933/1420864186.png) which are another breed entirely. And they are called Heelers for a very good reason. 😃

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-is-planning-a-cross-country-road-trip-thursday-really-bad-idea-right/805820/64 "2018-01-12T07:28:03Z")

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Finally got a pic of the puppy. He is so sweet. Haven’t met him yet, but he looks very soft. They say he is really well-behaved and he certainly looks healthy.

[Higgins.](https://i.imgur.com/DaCWi6t.jpg)

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