tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post7930230558223729802..comments2023-08-28T03:16:12.352-07:00Comments on Just dogs with Sherri: Don't even get me started #3 GeneticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-61231809626337875122009-11-09T14:15:33.851-08:002009-11-09T14:15:33.851-08:00Thanks again
SherriThanks again<br /><br />SherriSherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589104200839188087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-23055687705196258662009-11-09T13:52:54.542-08:002009-11-09T13:52:54.542-08:00I have had shelties for decades but didn't rea...I have had shelties for decades but didn't really start "studying" them till 2004. there is a tremendous amount of information out there on shelties. I've been avidly reading everything i could get my hands on for about 5 years and it seems as though I haven't gotten through it all by a long shot. on both Sue Bowling's site and on Sheltie Pedigree Lines you can find pictures of the "old dogs" as well as the "new" ones. You can click those pedigrees all the way back to the original imports and the collie crosses. Sue Bowling's site gives info and available photos for all the Register of Merit sires and the female families and you can trace these dogs back for literally decades. Jean Carmylie of Carmylie Shelties has been breeding for probably 40 years and is another one who has focused as much on structure as a pretty face... although she also got a whole bunch of pretty faces along the way. her site has photos of some of her "old greats" and she has recently used at least one english import bitch as an outcross for her line. this is FUN reading! even for a non-sheltie poodle person! :)<br />suzanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-76621654817627929512009-11-09T12:15:24.054-08:002009-11-09T12:15:24.054-08:00Thanks so much Suzanne; I will definitely check ou...Thanks so much Suzanne; I will definitely check out those sites.<br /><br />SherriSherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589104200839188087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517697125324333905.post-29196549145658127922009-11-09T10:00:11.030-08:002009-11-09T10:00:11.030-08:00You might enjoy going to Cherden Shelties, clickin...You might enjoy going to Cherden Shelties, clicking on "Articles" and then reading "how to use your Pedigree". Cheryl Anderson is a VERY knowledgeable breeder out in Scappoose, OR who has been breeding shelties for HEALTH and STRUCTURE for decades. Prior to that, her college major was evolution so she knows what she's talking about. She does line breed, but at least she knows how to do it. More and more sheltie breeders are bringing in english and european dogs for their outcrosses. if you study the history of the sheltie in this country and compare the photos of the original imports with photos of the winning shelties of today they look like entirely separate breeds. todays english dogs look more like the original imports... higher and much lighter built. there were/are some sheltie breeders for whom structure is still very important... these are the breeders whose kennels produce large numbers of highly successful agility dogs. but through the years alot of them bred for "the look", specifically a particular shape and structure for their HEADS. and, indeed, by linebreeding they have produced some truly spectacular looking dogs. but the trend today seems to be drifting back toward structure and movement and I'm sure that will ultimately be beneficial to the breed as a whole. they are, in fact, "working dogs".<br />keep up the wonderful articles and please try to visit Cheryl's site.<br />Clan Duncan shelties is the site of another scientist turned breeder. good information there as well.<br />SuzanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com