Shetland Sheepdog
- Group 1: Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs ( without Swiss Cattle Dogs)
- Section 1: Sheepdogs
- Without working trial
Great Britain
Sheltie
Ideal: male 37 cm Female 35.5 cm Deviations > ± 2.5 cm highly undesirable
The Shetland Sheepdog Sheltie or is recognized by the FCI British breed (FCI Group 1, Section 1, Standard No. 88).
Origin and History
The Sheltie came from the Shetland Islands in the North East of Scotland and is a cross product of Border Collie and brought by whalers Greenland dogs, the one refined later by Collies. According to ancient history, the breed King Charles Spaniel should be involved in the breeding process.
End of the 19th century, the Sheltie in the UK was introduced. 1909 established breeders in Lerwick in the Shetland Collie Club, whose members wanted the Collie in miniature breed. This met with determined resistance from the Collie breeders, especially as the Sheltie at that time by no means embodied a uniform type. So it was that official recognition was carried out by the Kennel Club in 1914. Even today, its breeding base, even though he is a popular house dog, significantly lower than that of Collies.
Description
According to Standard Males should be 37 inches tall and females 35.5 cm tall, with deviations of 2.5 cm can be tolerated up and down. In terms of size, however, Shelties are very variable, so that there are dogs that are significantly larger or smaller. The Shetland Sheepdog is a long-haired dog without any awkwardness and rudeness and well proportioned. Lush coat, mane and frill in the colors Zobel-weiß/Sable (formerly yellow-white ), dark sable and white ( mahogany ) / Darksable or shaded sable, tricolor ( three colors: black, white, brown), Schwarz-weiß/bi - black, blue merle ( silvery gray with black spots or schwarzmarmorierter drawing, white, tan ) and blue merle without tan / bi -blue, formerly black and tan (black- brown without white markings - now extinct). He is visually in a way the small version of the Collie.
Thanks to the slim and sleek hair that is not matted and hardly absorb dirt, the Sheltie is not particularly expensive care - a daily brushing or combing is not required.
Nature
The Shetland Sheepdog is intelligent, good-natured, eager to learn and willing. Towards strangers he is reserved, not afraid.
Use
The Sheltie is a herding dog and companion dog. It is encountered in dog sports ( agility, obedience, Dogdancing, flyball, Discdogging seldom protection dog sport ) as well as a rescue dog or therapy dog.
Breed Specific diseases
Shetland Sheepdogs show an increased incidence of dermatomyositis, a genetic skin - muscle disease in young dogs, but usually milder in character than the collies.
The MDR1 defect occurs As with Collies when Shetland Sheepdog heaped upon which induces a hypersensitivity to several drugs. Another hereditary disease Collie Eye Anomaly is the call to. When mating merle colored dogs with each other can cause malformations of the eyes.