My Story - kind of long

Welcome to Sheltie Nation and congratulations on your new little sheltie boy.

We have had 3 wonderful Samoyeds who are sadly gone now (Sunshine, Powder and Moonlight)...all rescues...and many shelties...very different characters but both are great breeds.

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Mignarda said:
Amazing how many people who approach me to admire Dickens are former Sheltie owners; most of the middle-aged or older. I suppose the Sheltie was once more popular than now. It seems that everybody either into teeny little rat-dogs, or big bully dogs, none of which are especially known for their gentle natures or beauty. What's with people?
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I've always said that from what I've heard, rats make great pets. So if you want a rat, get a rat. Don't get a dog that looks like a rat! Around here, it seems that German Shepherds are the big thing - that and the little yippy things (no offense meant to anyone who has either; just not for me).

We are middle-aged; I'm 56 and Lee is 59. Like I said, I grew up with a Sheltie (Charlie) and I agree -- I think they were more popular back then. From what I've heard, they went through a real popular spurt sometime in the '70s and '80s and were over-bred, which led to neurotic dogs, so kind of fell out of popularity. Hopefully that led to saner breeding practices, and more stable dogs.
 
Welcome to the Sheltie Nation to you, Lee and Oberon. I am sorry to hear of your experience with the Shepherd mix dog. As any dog lover knows it only takes minutes for them to work their way right into our hearts so I know that had to have been so heartbreaking to have to surrender him back to the shelter. It sounds like little Oberon has already worked his Sheltie magic, proving you made the right choice. I know you've sent two links to see your baby, but I can not open either one of them. :gaah Look forward to watching yet another sweet baby grow up here among us.
 
I love the names. We have another thread on "people" names for our pets, and it seems you not only chose people names, you chose Epic ones. I have a cat named Catsanova. Actually, he is Caruso Catsanova.
 
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Mignarda said:
Amazing how many people who approach me to admire Dickens are former Sheltie owners; most of the middle-aged or older. I suppose the Sheltie was once more popular than now. It seems that everybody either into teeny little rat-dogs, or big bully dogs, none of which are especially known for their gentle natures or beauty. What's with people?
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pit bulls or labs in my neck of the woods...I am not a fan of either. When I got my 1st sheltie, eons ago, they were plentiful around town, now, not so much, so I draw lots of attention when I am out and about with Kaleigh, and like you many former sheltie owners. When I first got her, and she wasn't "released" yet, wherever I carried her, people wanted to hold her. In CO, people get big dogs, leave them in a yard, rarely walk them if ever and wonder why they bark or have negative behaviors, DUH. :gaahMakes me crazy, dogs are pack animals not yard ornaments, they need socialization and interaction. But if you look at the owners, you wonder if their IQ is above stupid-
 
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Tess - where in CO are you? I'm technically in unincorporated Arapahoe County, but consider it Denver; we live near the Dumb Friends League - and yes, I agree; people either have really big dogs they leave in the yards or little tiny dogs they carry in their purses.

Lee calls Shelties "classic" dogs - Shelties, Collies, Golden Retrievers, Labs; the dogs we (at least those of us of a certain age) knew growing up.
 
mimiretz said:
I've always said that from what I've heard, rats make great pets. So if you want a rat, get a rat. Don't get a dog that looks like a rat! Around here, it seems that German Shepherds are the big thing - that and the little yippy things (no offense meant to anyone who has either; just not for me).

We are middle-aged; I'm 56 and Lee is 59. Like I said, I grew up with a Sheltie (Charlie) and I agree -- I think they were more popular back then. From what I've heard, they went through a real popular spurt sometime in the '70s and '80s and were over-bred, which led to neurotic dogs, so kind of fell out of popularity. Hopefully that led to saner breeding practices, and more stable dogs.
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I hate YIPPY dogs, how can anyone stand that noise... and it is true in CO they were plentiful, but don't you think the neurotic dogs were the ones raised by some pretty neurotic people/breeders? Just saying, dogs learn what the live and CO has some really BIZARRE people. We met up with some really STRANGE breeders looking for our 1st one, and it was a bit better on my 2nd. 1st was in the 80's, 2nd was in the 90's. But AKC was way different then, now lots of puppies have AKC reg that don't even LOOK like sheltie's. And the "new" designer puppies-toy sheltie and poshies, what is that about???? ah NO.
 
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