The only one I can find is in TX…all others are in Australia.
But I see them all the time! They must come from somewhere? Unless people are just buying cattle dogs and docking their tails which I am just not going to do.
Figured I’d check here while I do some more googling…
I thought you meant Stumpy, the famous Sussex Spaniel. 
I have never heard of a Stumpy-Tailed Cattle Dog and had to look it up. If you really are seeing them, can you ask about the breeding?
It looks like a Blue Heeler/ ACD that has had it’s tail docked? Is that it?
If so, then yes, most of those just have the tails docked when they are puppies.
Stumpy cattle dogs are a seperate breed from my understanding. They are born without tails.
I didn’t think about asking the one breeder I found if there are others in the U.S.
The thought of shipping a dog doesn’t sound fun. Nor does driving from VA to TX. Maybe we will just learn to love the tail. :lol:
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I didn’t think about asking the one breeder I found if there are others in the U.S.
The thought of shipping a dog doesn’t sound fun. Nor does driving from VA to TX. Maybe we will just learn to love the tail. :lol:[/QUOTE]
I live in Texas (East), but I could meet you part way with a puppy, if you wanted. Seriously. I’m not even a serial killer or anything, and there are people on COTH who have met me that I could get references from for you.
I was in Georgia and had a fellow COTHer pick up, vet, trailer, and pay for a horse I bought here in Texas. I missed the cutoff time to send out the money, so she did all of this before she received my money, but she did get paid, she is still alive, and I do still have the horse 11 years later. (Flashgordon)
I can return the favor. Just please say the puppy is not in El Paso…lol.
A true stumpy is rare in the US. Most of what you’re seeing are ACD’s with the tails docked.
I can ask around in the ACD circles if anybody knows of a Stumpy breeder.
I’ve only heard “stumpy tail” as a breed on COTH. With a quick google, it looks like some places interchange Blue Heeler and Stumpy. I guess it depends on how you define breed. For me, that means recognized by a national organization like AKC or UKC.
In your shoes, I’d look for a good Blue Heeler from a breeder who docks the pupies (vast majority do).
A good breeder will not dock the tails of an ACD because it’s not supposed to be docked. It’s the BYBs who are docking the tails, which is why you see so many of them. Some of those BYBs think the tails are supposed to be docked and others actually believe that the dog can’t herd if they have a tail. Either way, not a breeder you want to get a pup from, since those are the breeders who don’t health test and such.
The Austrailian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog is a seperate breed, but they are very rare. A true Stumpy will not have brown points on the legs and face the way that a blue ACD will. They look similar but there are some differences in body type and structure though.
OP I sent you a PM but here’s a couple links to reccomended breeders.
http://oz.dogs.net.au/darshu/
There is also a reccomendation for Grace Harper in Texas, http://www.australianstumpytailcattledog.com/about-us
RacetrackReject, thank you for your VERY generous offer.
I think we are just going to get an ACD. WITH a tail. And not dock it. Because I just can’t fathom removing a perfectly good tail just because I like the little stumpy tail-less butt.
PLUS, I actually didn’t realize that TRUE stumpy’s didn’t have any brown in their coat. After much research today…I think we are better off going through a local breeder and getting an ACD.
We will also obvious check rescues.
Keep an eye on Carolinas ACD rescue and rebound, they adopt dogs to VA regularly and they’re a non crazy rescue. 
Good luck in your search, and if you go through a breeder make sure they health test, too many of my ACD friends have gone through heartbreak recently thanks to preventable lens luxations if only the breeders had tested for it. One of them has a dog with both eyes removed now and the other has been able to keep one eye for now. The Canine Health Information Center has a great list of the congenital problems in ACDs that should be tested for/evaluated.
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