take4roll10
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welcome! Nick is gorgeous. I love the pics
Hello from Czech republic
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bonnie brea
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Hi Lucka and welcome. I just joined this forum and it is great. Your pictures are wonderful what a handsome dog nick is. Loved the pictures thanks for sharing. Tell us more about shelties in your country is it a popular breed there?
Hi Lucka and welcome. I just joined this forum and it is great. Your pictures are wonderful what a handsome dog nick is. Loved the pictures thanks for sharing. Tell us more about shelties in your country is it a popular breed there?
Lucka and Nick
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water
Yes, Nick loves swimming, it is one of his favourite activities, I heard that not many shelties like water, but he definitely does
That big tricolor dog is a collie, not a sheltie.
Yes, Nick loves swimming, it is one of his favourite activities, I heard that not many shelties like water, but he definitely does
That big tricolor dog is a collie, not a sheltie.
Lucka and Nick
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Shelties in Czech republic
There are not many of them, but the number is rising. Usually, people don't know this breed and they think that it is a collie, a dwarf collie or a puppy, some say that it is a crossbreed and I also heard that I have a little fox!
I know a girl who has a blue merle sheltie, and a woman asked her, where she had her dog coloured
There are about sixty breeding stations and there is a big competition between them. In the Czech republic, it is only obligatory to have your sheltie tested on deseases such as CEA, PRA and KAT, many breeders do that but they go only to vet who says whether the dog is ill or not, there are not many breeders who have their dogs tested genetically, the DNA test, so many carriers appear in the breeding, which causes ill puppies. I heard that over 60% of shelties are ill or carriers, which is a huge number.
Shelties are popular dogs for agility, dogdancing and flyball, but I think that border collies are the most popular breed here concerning these sports.
There are not many of them, but the number is rising. Usually, people don't know this breed and they think that it is a collie, a dwarf collie or a puppy, some say that it is a crossbreed and I also heard that I have a little fox!
I know a girl who has a blue merle sheltie, and a woman asked her, where she had her dog coloured
There are about sixty breeding stations and there is a big competition between them. In the Czech republic, it is only obligatory to have your sheltie tested on deseases such as CEA, PRA and KAT, many breeders do that but they go only to vet who says whether the dog is ill or not, there are not many breeders who have their dogs tested genetically, the DNA test, so many carriers appear in the breeding, which causes ill puppies. I heard that over 60% of shelties are ill or carriers, which is a huge number.
Shelties are popular dogs for agility, dogdancing and flyball, but I think that border collies are the most popular breed here concerning these sports.
Lucka and Nick
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I heard that there is an American type of sheltie, but I have never seen one. Are they only in America or are they exported also into Europe?
So far, I have seen only an American collie, but they are very rare in Europe.
Welcome Lucka and Nick! Nick is a very handsome sheltie. Thanks for letting us see all of your shelties.
The american sheltie is usually bigger and more masculine looking--a sturdy type of dog, while the UK or European sheltie is more dainty looking and smaller. In the United States most of the Show Shelties that win big are as close to 16" tall as they can get, but cannot go over 16", since that would be out of standard. In the UK the sheltie standard cannot go over 15". But it is not just the size. Here in the United States we have both types of shelties, but the UK type sheltie is not as likely to win big in the United States. I think that they have both types of shelties around the world.
Nick is more dainty looking than most of the American shelties. My Buddy is more dainty looking than most United States shelties, too. So they both look more like the UK style of sheltie.
Nice to meet you, and hope you enjoy the Sheltie Forums as much as the rest of us.
The american sheltie is usually bigger and more masculine looking--a sturdy type of dog, while the UK or European sheltie is more dainty looking and smaller. In the United States most of the Show Shelties that win big are as close to 16" tall as they can get, but cannot go over 16", since that would be out of standard. In the UK the sheltie standard cannot go over 15". But it is not just the size. Here in the United States we have both types of shelties, but the UK type sheltie is not as likely to win big in the United States. I think that they have both types of shelties around the world.
Nick is more dainty looking than most of the American shelties. My Buddy is more dainty looking than most United States shelties, too. So they both look more like the UK style of sheltie.
Nice to meet you, and hope you enjoy the Sheltie Forums as much as the rest of us.
I know a girl who has a blue merle sheltie, and a woman asked her, where she had her dog coloured
There aren't many Shelties where I live, either, and blue merles really confuse some people. Last week a very nice man at the dog park tried to tell me that Phebe couldn't possibly be a purebred Sheltie. After I explained the blue merle is not the most common color, and is genetically a tri with a merling gene, he decided I knew more about Shelties than he did. He had a very cute minature Australian Sheperd girl, that I mistook for a Bernese puppy. She was very heavy-boned.
Calliesmom
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Chris
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Hi, Lucka, and welcome1 Nick is a breathtaking Sheltie -- I, too, love the european style. Two of my three Sheltie girls and my Sheltie boy are fom Norwood Shelties: here's their website if you want to see what's big in the U.S.
www.norwoodkennels.com
www.norwoodkennels.com