The head is strong and must be in balance with other proportions of the dog and in keeping with its general conformation. Teeth should meet in a scissor bite. Teeth are to be strong and sound. Coat should be smooth, a double coat with a short dense undercoat. The outer-coat is close, each hair straight, hard, and lying flat, so that it is rain-resisting. A coat too short or too long is a serious fault. Cattle Dog's come in 2 colors:

Blue: blue, blue-mottled or blue speckled with or without other markings. The permissible markings are black, blue or tan markings on the heard, evenly distributed for preference. The forelegs tan midway up the legs and extending up the front to chest and throat, with tan on jaws; the hindquarters tan on inside of hindlegs, and inside of thighs, showing down the front of the stifles and broadening out to the outside of the hindlegs from hock to toes. Tan undercoat is permissible on the body providing it does not show through the blue outer coat. Black markings on the body are not desirable.

Red Speckle: Good even red speckle all over, including the undercoat(neither white nor cream), with or without darker red markings on the head. Even heard markings are desirable. Red markings on the body are permissible but not desirable.