Scotland’s Purebred Dogs : Shetland Sheepdog
May 5th, 2008 | 
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Shetland Sheepdog (Shetland), or Sheltie is a dog from Scotland game species. Body size can be used as pasture just Shetland Islands, Scotland Collie employment.
General Characteristics
Shetland Sheepdog dog looks like a small shepherd, but not from genetic Collie dog handling.Sheltie and the Collie are outstanding physical characteristics of the different. Sheltie dog known as the smart, easy to adapt to other family members. This type of dog is suitable to invite an apartment or a house to live in rural areas.
Fur consists of two layers, the upper thick long, but the bottom is short and smooth. Long-term patterns in a variety of colors and thick fur. Sheltie dog like to call him to see a stranger. Health problems are often encountered are not many, including hip dysplasia (HD), and thyroid disease.
Shetland Sheepdog
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Size: | Medium and thin |
| Weight: | 4.5 kg to 18 kg |
| Height: | Approximately 13-16 inches (33-40,6 cm) could be more or less |
| Feather: | Two layers of long, layers of coarse, thick bottom layer, smooth, and the meeting |
| Color: | Sable (brown) and white, three colors (black, dark brown, and white), Blue Merle, Merle sable, bi-blue Merle (blue Merle and white), bi-black (black and white), color - headed white (white gene factor with other colors), and double-Merle |
| Head: | length, shape of the letter "V", meeting of the nose and forehead clear |
| Teeth : | cutting teeth, the number of 42 pieces |
| Eyes: | almond shape (brown, except for Merle Sheltie color with blue eyes or silver), the color of dark eyes |
| Ear: | Small, flexible, straight, 1 / 3 from the earlobe tip bent toward the front |
| Tails: | Bone must reach the elbow back |
| Legs: | oval shape and small |
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