I got the following from about three different sources and thought I’d share it with all of you.
SEVEN SIGNS That Your Sheltie Is In Charge
7. You bought a custom-made “Extra Long” bed, so that the DOG could have more leg room!
6. You never forget to kiss your dog before you leave the house, […]

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I don’t have a photo of this event, but everyone tells me to post the story of how Apache’s brother Sarge also from Sheltie Rescue of Utah, herded Bella back to us when she ran away. To start, I had a bad experience when Bella was a puppy getting off leash. I had […]

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When you’ve got 10 or 12 or 20 dogs in the house, smells are unavoidable. And not all of them are as lovely as “wet dog”, either We get dogs who are incompletely (or simply not) house-trained, dogs who are old and have incomplete control of some bodily functions, and dogs who get sick […]

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Greetings from Sydney, Australia! in a previous post, I said that I was in Dublin, Ireland, and was on my way to Australia to scuba dive and then for two weeks of technical meetings. Well, I returned safe and sound from diving – which, by the way, was absolutely incredible! We spent about half of […]

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I must humbly apologize for the lack of contribution to the blog. Spring has sprung and between spring grooming and yard, critter care, I don’t have time to do anything it seems! This is a breather moment for me and really just a big excuse/avoidance in regards to a rather messy house. Like […]

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About a week ago, this woman called Julene (one of SRU’s board members) about a Sheltie that she wanted to relinquish. Turns out that this woman’s mother really owned the Sheltie, whose name is Ginger, but had become unable to care for her. From the information we got, it would seem that the owner had […]

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Here I am, sitting in my hotel room in Dublin. Yes, Ireland. It’s a beautiful day in a wonderful city, but here I sit, writing a post. I must be trying to make up for all those weeks without blogging I just finished giving my paper at the conference (XTech 2008), which is the […]

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It was tough to walk out of the house this morning at 6:30. I’m sitting in San Francisco International Airport’s international terminal, in the United Airlines Red Carpet Club, writing this post. As we almost always do when Barbara takes me to the airport, we brought Star and Sly along for the ride. They’re our […]

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Just over a week ago, I blogged about the current “State of the Pack”, promising I’d blog about some of the newer dogs individually. Well, I don’t have time even today, but a promise is a promise
Today, I want to talk about one of the puppy mill dogs that we received from up […]

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We have the most precious pair of kids here…and among them are Alex and Missy.  Alex is an 11 year old Sheltie-boy who comes with Missy, his companion of 11 years who’s a female Miniature Schnauzer.  Alex was her ticket into SRU.  They are a real team after eleven years of companionship and we want […]

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