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Ch Halstors Peter Pumpkin ROM (Fair Play of Sea Isle ROM x Ch Sea Isle Rhapsody of Halstor). 160 Champions including 10 ROM's. Sable/white, 7/13/65.
The Sheltie, on the streets continuously called small Lassie or Minilassie, is a breed that finds its origin at the Shetland Islands. That explains also why it's more or less a miniature expenditure of "big brother" the Scottish Collie. Because of the severe circumstances on these islands everything is kept small, like the Shetland pony and the Shetland sheep. On the islands the Shelties were kept to guard the sheep but perhaps even more to keep the sheep from the kitchen gardens which weren't fenced off. For lack of an impressive appearance this happened with as much as possible sound. This immediately brings us on a little minus point. Shelties are very watchful and therefore considerably noisy from time to time. But although you'll never manage to change that entirely, you'll be able to keep it up with correct education and training.
The Sheltie has four different color layers. At this time we've got all four. Yoshi is sable (brown/white), Megan is black and white or bi-black, Daan is a tricolor (black/tan/blank) and Ice is bleu-merle, which is grey with black spots and tan and white markings..
With a little luck Shelties can reach the age of 14 years old. But higher ages are no exception. The character of the Sheltie is, in one word, easy. They're complete malignant, rapidly learning, very living dogs that work gladly. Therefore they frequently achieve good results in obedience and certainly in the agility. Furthermore they're affectionate and they like to be there were the boss is. Our dogs also go along on holidays to the camp-site abroad. They have a good link with our children. Shelties frequently keep a kind of distance to strangers, mostly they're certainly not everybody's friends. Often they want to compensate their reservation by making (a lot of) noise.
| Still an important tip: There are dog breeds that certainly will anoy themselves, when they can't work enough, and often there will be behavior impairments in the long run. Perhaps that will not happen so soon with Shelties. But Shelties also aren't dogs only to be beautiful. They're not bred to hang around and do nothing. However, if you want a good companion with which you can do things, then the Sheltie certainly is worth considering. If it's obedience training, flyball or (for the sporting men and - women who want run) the agility, (generally) the dogs like everything!!!!! |
The Sheltie can be subdivided in two lines, the English and the American line, each with its own breed standard. In the underlying pages beside the history we will also describe the two standards.
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