size question

If I measured her correctly, Dusty, now 5..5 months is 11.5! How do you get a sheltie to stand straight and still long enough to get measured?
 
I can not get my 5 month old to stand straight! She tries to eat the ruler when I measure her. I believe she is between 11.5 & 12 inches. She's looks like a mini sheltie. I kind of wish she was a bit larger. My first sheltie was 15 inches and I thought that was perfect. According to that chart, she'll probably be about 13-14 inches. The most important thing to me is that she is a happy and healthy pup.
 
Both my boys are tall, but not crazy (probably between 16 and 17" - I should measure them again). I still prefer them at standard size though.

I can't speak for Indy because I did not get him until 10 months, but with Bacca, I knew by 6 months that he would oversize. Long, long legs just begging to be grown into! He still has long legs and a long neck too, but when his ruff and feathers grow in, that should camoflauge some.
 
take4roll10 said:
I can not get my 5 month old to stand straight! She tries to eat the ruler when I measure her. I believe she is between 11.5 & 12 inches. She's looks like a mini sheltie. I kind of wish she was a bit larger. My first sheltie was 15 inches and I thought that was perfect. According to that chart, she'll probably be about 13-14 inches. The most important thing to me is that she is a happy and healthy pup.
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How much does your pup weigh? Dusty at 5.5 months and 11.5 inches is only 7.5 ibs!
 
penny said:
How much does your pup weigh? Dusty at 5.5 months and 11.5 inches is only 7.5 ibs!
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Last week she weighed a little over 7 pounds, so she's probably around 7.5-8 pounds. She's 5 months. Born on May 26th. My vet was afraid she had a liver shunt because she's a little small for a sheltie. We took some blood tests and she's fine. Just a small sheltie. :)
 
According to the interview on that site where they sell shelties, the breeder who was interviewed likes long legs, shorter bodies. I quess mine are all wrong, Lady is little and so is Lucky. 12 1/2 and 13 inches. Lady is closer to the ground, so that is why she drags everything in with her. Not to buy a little sized sheltie intentionally, that is just how they came out and sold as a pet. We connected like magnets.

I quess if you have a sheltie with longer legs according to this breeder you have picked the right sheltie. I don't look at the legs but the face, and use my gandpappy's myth to watch how much hair is between the pads, he would say that is a well bred dog, lots of hair between those pads. What the h### that really means god only knows, but I look and go by his myth.

This breeder really put out a great interview on that site, what his vision is for a sheltie.
 
ohh interesting!
I keep having people tell me Toffee has such long legs for a Sheltie... i think people around here prefer the petite ones...
In Germany I also remember having seen most Shelties who were more dainty and smaller than Toffee... I will try and see how tall he is LOL
 
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