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heeler /ˈhiːlə /nounAustralian / NZ1A sheepdog or cattle dog trained to drive animals by running or nipping at their heels: my dog is a heeler and so doesn’t require much grooming...- Our dog has border collie and blue heeler in her and was nippy and mouthy when she was younger.
- The breed became so popular among Queensland ranchers that it came to be known as the Queensland heeler or Queensland blue heeler.
- He is a natural heeler, and loves motivation and respond training.
2North American A person who uses a rope to catch a steer by its heels (as opposed to its head), especially in a team-roping rodeo event: when the steer runs through the loop, the heeler must quickly pull the slack out of his rope...- Team roping is a two-person timed event, involving a header and a heeler.
- Both the header and heeler wrap their ropes around the saddle horn as quickly as possible.
- The boys got two loops on the animal's snout and twelve men, six on either side, pulled in opposite directions while the heeler got another loop on the lashing tail.
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