Smooth Hair Shelties

BarbV said:
Please don't! I've seen corgie/sheltie mixes and they just look ackward. Their fur is funky looking.....not long and not short, just kinda staggered and their gate is staggered too.

But more importantly, why would you consider breeding "mutts"? What are you trying to achieve? I'm sorry if I'm asking you hard questions, but you really need to ask them of yourself.

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Oh NO!!! Never in a million years!:eek2: Sorry if I was a little unclear Barb. I'd never consider breeding Dix to a corgi (or ANY dog for that matter!). Don't worry, I'm TOTALY against hybrid dogs. I was saying that a corgi was one breed I thought she may have in her mothers background (like what Jess said), I've also thought thrie may be some type of tarrier in her. But Dixie and her mother seem to be to big of boned and wide chested for that (much more like a corgi). I'll always look at her as a sweet little sheltie though, no matter what her real breed is.:sadsmile:
 
I agree, Dixie is Sheltie. She's just not "show quality." The breeder probably made up the smooth hair thing to explain a dog with very little coat. The old Toonie dogs of Scotland had much finer coats, as you'll see if you look at some of the old photos. Shelties aren't as "stable" as, say, some Pointers or Retrievers, who breed true. You can take two champion Shelties and wind up with oversize, undersize, hound ears, poor gait -- the list is endless! That's why we get so anal about BYBs -- they don't improve the breed in terms of type or stability.
 
Dixie's litter brother also had short hair and, according to the BYB, many of her brothers and sisters from previous litters also had short fur. But again, I don't know WHAT to believe that comes out of HER mouth. But like I said, she'll always be a sheltie to me.
 
Chris said:
I agree, Dixie is Sheltie. She's just not "show quality." The breeder probably made up the smooth hair thing to explain a dog with very little coat. The old Toonie dogs of Scotland had much finer coats, as you'll see if you look at some of the old photos. Shelties aren't as "stable" as, say, some Pointers or Retrievers, who breed true. You can take two champion Shelties and wind up with oversize, undersize, hound ears, poor gait -- the list is endless! That's why we get so anal about BYBs -- they don't improve the breed in terms of type or stability.
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I agree. She looks 100% sheltie to me, just not to the standard. She looks like a very sweet girl.
 
Almost everyone is saying that Dixie looks full blood or almost full blood sheltie. So how was her mother and some of her brothers and sisters born with short fur?:confused2:
 
Tabitha said:
Almost everyone is saying that Dixie looks full blood or almost full blood sheltie. So how was her mother and some of her brothers and sisters born with short fur?:confused2:
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It's just from breeding dogs that don't fit the breed standard. Think about it, if you keep breeding dogs that don't have the correct coat type, the resulting offspring could have coats that aren't the correct coat type. If you don't breed to the breed standard, eventually the dogs start looking less and less like shelties..
 
I agree with everyone here....particularly the last comment. That's why breeders spend so much time researching. Breeding choices can amplify certain characteristics and downplay others. Breed two short haired dogs together and voila....! That does not mean that the entire litter will be the same. Some will inherit different traits.
 
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