We had never even considered an aussie until I saw an ad in the paper for the right price. I must say that we could not have ended up with a better dog.
Our australian shepherd is very sweet towards everyone and tends to be a little overly-affectionate. She lives to play and loves performing tricks. She is very easily bored, however, and is starting to become a little destructive when we don't give her enough attention/exercise. She absolutely loves dogs and kids, and will try to get all animals to play with her, which is great except that she doesn't understand when an animal is telling...