Sheltie love, anybody?

[eventer_mi]

I’ve been following the Corgi thread with interest, since I have a soft spot for Corgis, and want to see your Sheltie photos! I have two wonderful barn dogs, Emma and Austin, who are both therapy dog certified and make great barn dogs, as they have a very healthy respect for horses. What struck me was
that a lot of people who have met my two Shelties tend to say that they “used to have a Sheltie” or that they have “always wanted one”. So, show me your Sheltie pics! Personally, I don’t think there’s anything cuter than a Sheltie puppy.

Here is my little girl, Emma, with her favorite stuffed dog: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1318818606053515467mkQgVs

Emma as a puppy (I have no idea how she got on this side of the gate which is supposed to separate the litter box from her): http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1318826411053515467SPcoyG

Now it’s your turn!

[Lazy_Palomino_Hunter]

Your little girl is precious!!!

I had a rescue Sheltie named Jack at a teenager. I showed him in junior handlers, agility, and obedience. He was such a wonderful dog.

Jack! circa 2004 or so
STARVING sheltie
Easter 2006
Junior handlers (I think this was right after I got him, around 2000? I look so young…)
My wonderful old man- a portrait from the day before he passed away last spring

I cannot WAIT until I am able to get another dog. I’ve already picked out the breeder I want my next Sheltie from, and I torture myself on a regular basis looking at the dogs they have available. :lol:

[Guin]

I’m one of the corgi people, but I love Shelties. My sister lost her old girl this winter at age 13. I loved her like she was my own dog.

They are really sweet dogs, and have the similar “busybody” traits that corgis have. (Must be a herding thing!)

[eventer_mi]

Jack is gorgeous! lovely color on him, and he isn’t your typical “weedy” Sheltie you see these days. I do have another sheltie, but he isn’t quite as photogenic as Emma. And yes, she’s a busybody and VERY bossy.

[Lazy_Palomino_Hunter]

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Jack is gorgeous! lovely color on him, and he isn’t your typical “weedy” Sheltie you see these days. I do have another sheltie, but he isn’t quite as photogenic as Emma. And yes, she’s a busybody and VERY bossy.[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah, Jack was a BIG boy (17" and 40 lbs). He also didn’t have much of the busybody factor, and wasn’t skittish like a lot of Shelties out there. But he had the barking and compulsive herding in spades. :lol:

The mahogany sable color really grew on me. It was always weird that (by virtue of being a true sable, not a tri) his undercoat was brown… which meant most of the hair that came off him when he was brushed was light brown. (<-- I could get that much hair off of him on a weekly basis. He apparently didn’t get the “shelties are supposed to blow their coat twice a year” memo.)

I definitely prefer a dog with more substance. When I’m ready to get a dog, my plan is to hunt down a breeder looking to rehome a big, handsome older puppy. Specifically, one who was intended to be grown out as a show dog but went oversize.

[eventer_mi]

Alison - that’s hysterical. And poor Jack looks no smaller than he did in the “before” picture, although a bit more humbled.

My two are at the opposite ends of what’s considered acceptable by breed standards - Austin is around 40 pounds, and Emma is about 27.

Nobody else has Shelties? How sad.

[Roxyllsk]

I have 1 1/2 shelties actually - both are rescues. Pretty sure the old man is all sheltie (he’s 16) , and my ‘younger’ guy is half sheltie and half border collie.

My old boy Murph has been doing okay, but has been having a tougher time lately. He still cleans up his meals, and is not in pain, but he’s deaf and I think his sight is starting to go. His balance is also not great because of a bad vestibular episode 2 years ago. But he still plays and seems happy enough. I don’t take him out to the barn anymore, but he was always good around the horses. He totally ‘got’ that it was NOT okay to chase them after I corrected him the first time.

My 2 guys used to herd each other around the house. Pretty funny when you realize what they’re doing …

[Donkaloosa]

I have what is probably the world’s largest Sheltie — Harry Potter, a mahogany sable who weighs close to 70 lbs (although I’m fairly sure that 50 lbs of it is hair). He’s a rescue, was dumped out in a neighboring country. He looks far more Sheltie than Collie (doesn’t have a Collie head at all), but there’s some question that he could be Collie with a little Border Collie in the woodshed. Will chase balls all day long. Has been doing well in obedience and showing. #1 goofball, and cute as can be. I agree that I like the Shelties with substance — some are so small now they are like toys!

[Cita]

My childhood dog was a Sheltie. Sorry, everyone, but she was clearly the BEST dog EVER.

This is me torturing her with my pet frog, when I was around 10 (?): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/ponyperson/Rascal/DaisyFrog.jpg

And when we first brought her home as a tiny puppy, I think I was about 6 years old:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/ponyperson/Rascal/CAJDaisyBug-a-Boo.jpg

The tiny brown thing in my arms is the 18-year-old Yorkshire Terrier we had at the time

[eventer_mi]

Cita - that is hysterical. They are such incredibly patient dogs, no?

Donk and Roxy - pictures! I wanna see!