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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I feel terrible that I haven’t blogged in many days. I have some pretty good excuses (e.g., my day job’s overwhelming, I’ve been working on a new version of the SheltieRescueMall web store, the 2008 ASSA National Sheltie Specialty is coming up fast, blah, blah, blah), but so what…
I thought it might be interesting to […]

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Evie is settling in with Mom Judi and family and it sounds as though she’s been working hard at training them all to know their roles vis-a-vis Evie.  As Queen of the Manor Evie, while not having a pack of Shelties to put through their paces anymore, finds herself with a yard full of wildlife […]

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We miss you more than there are words to describe. I needed you to be in your crate at meal time to bark at me to remind me that I hadn’t given you your breakfast or dinner yet.  I need you to be on the ottoman next to the bed each night.  I need […]

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I found this very appropriate note on Sheltie Nation and thought all dog owners could relate. Unfortunately the author is unknown, but for those that have multiple dogs, I’m sure you could have authored this. Jim and Barbara I especially thought of you.
Sarah (aka Bella’s mom).
If I Didn’t Have Dogs…
I could walk […]

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I wasn’t very happy when groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Feb 2nd and declared 6 more weeks of winter. This has been a long, snowy winter. I’m glad that we won’t have another drought this summer, but I’m tired of shoveling and having to scrape my car off every other morning. Watching the […]

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This is little Evie letting Sly know to back off of her Valentine’s Day bandanna. Believe it or not Evie is as sweet as they come, a real little Mama’s girl who I adore. But…don’t mess with her! - Barbara

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I was bored and stumbled across this video on myspace of a Sheltie pup (who is now a Sheltie angel) playing with the puppy in the mirror. It gave me a good laugh so I thought that I would share it!
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7195750

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