If you’ve been involved in rescue for any length of time at all, you’ve encountered the problem of finding lost dogs. Barbara and I have dealt with this problem a bunch of times, so far with 100% success (knock wood). We’ve developed a number of strategies and tactics that have served us very well, learning […]

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Just about everybody I know has a digital camera by now, and even a casual search on the Web reveals literally millions of pictures people have taken of their dogs and posted. I love to look at them, even though I tend not to post pictures of my own dogs (or anything from my personal […]

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I don’t think anybody will notice, but I upgraded the software that runs this blog from WordPress 2.2.2 to WordPress 2.3.2. There aren’t any functionality changes that are known to me that would affect SheltieTales, so that wasn’t why I upgraded. The new version is primarily a security release.
Unfortunately, for reasons that completely escape me, […]

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OK, OK, I know…”another commercial posting” – but it’s all for a good cause!
This posting is intended to let you know that a web site called CouponChef.com actually has coupons that we might use to save money for Sheltie Rescue and that our readers might use when buying products for their pets. The home […]

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I hope that our readers are not too disillusioned with me for interjecting a little bit of commercialism into this blog, but it’s one way that we can raise money to help us continue operating Sheltie Rescue of Utah.
One of the avenues we’ve found is something called Pay Per Post, a company that permits us […]

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Today is my day off.  “Oh, how nice!  You get a day off” you say?  Yes, it is!  My day off was prepared for ahead of time.  I carefully planned ahead due to the impending doom and gloom forecast by the weather man.  The Pineapple express was well on it’s way to colliding with sub […]

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Yup, it’s holiday shopping season again, and we’re proud to announce several new products just put up on the Sheltie Rescue Mall. Our very own Fientje Allis is instrumental in our being able to offer these products, so I want to publicly thank her for this major contribution.
A product that we expect to be very […]

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I guess I’m exposing my inner (and outer!) geek, but I just have to brag a little. This blog has finally received a Google Page Rank, which is a number from 1 to 10 that indicates how “popular” a web site is. The rankings depend on many things, like the number of “hits” a site […]

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I want to share with you my website about a recently rescued Sheltie named Sugar. She is our second Sheltie but our first rescue. The website is called Sugar’s Blog.
You’ll find lots of pictures as well as Sugar’s rescue story and also an ongoing blog from Sugar’s perspective. I hope you’ll enjoy it.

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What is a blog for? For some people, I guess, it’s an artifact of their egos: I’m so important that everybody will want to know what I’m thinking. For others, it’s a genuine effort to belong to and participate in a community, or maybe a sincere desire to offer expertise, support, or just joie de […]

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