LAKETRAIL SHELTIES
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Welcome to LakeTrail Shelties. We are located in Westminster, South Carolina on Lake Hartwell just east of Atlanta, GA. We are raising Shetland Sheepdogs as a hobby and totally enjoying the experience. We began this adventure in 1998 when we purchased a pet puppy from Kirene Shelties and fell in love with Shetland Sheepdogs. Her call name was Corgan and she was the pack leader. She is the one sheltie that has trained us. We started in 2007 trying to get into showing shelties by purchasing a male tri puppy, Hanlon. He was not very good and never made it to show or any of the performance events. His soft temperament among the many faults eliminated him from any show or performance events. A few months after purchasing Hanlon we purchased another sheltie, a female called Kelsie. She was a sable and white and didn't make the show standard but she was a gamble to start with. I include all of this history so you may see how difficult it is to get started into conformation events. The following sheltie people helped me: Amy Massey of Kell Shelties, and especially Lloyd and Lisa Graser of Blue Heaven Shelties. My advice for anyone who wants to get into conformation is to get a mentor, attend a lot of conformation shows, purchase an adult female for breeding and pray a lot. My goal is to breed the best possible shelties and to concentrate on AOAC (tri's and blues). They are all beautiful and fun loving whether pets or show quality. Please check our Available page for available Sheltie puppies or adults. These pages are being updated as much as possible so be sure to visit us often!
A Sheltie's Prayer......
Please watch over our humans, they are so weak. They have no claws or
teeth, they can't run fast or fly away, neither can they burrow or build a
nest in which to be safe.
They smell bad, do strange things that aren't altogether intelligent, and
have no real ability to communicate with us, although we are able to
figure out what they want.
Lord, grant US the ability to watch over our humans, care for them, cheer
them when they are down, make them laugh, smile, and shower them with our love.
We pray that we can bring a little joy into their otherwise mundane existence.
Lord...please let them know that when we insist on getting attention, it is
so we can check their emotional well being and boost their morale.
When we pester them for different foods, toys, etc, it's so they will learn
to see us in ways they hadn't considered, bringing them closer and back into
the fold...which they are part of but keep forgetting about.
They expect us to know what they want even though sometimes they don't
know what we want.
Some of them really try and we know they love us but some of them are so
dumb yet our love for them remains intensely unfaltering.
Lord, when we die, please make sure to send us ahead to wherever our humans
are going to be, so we can pave the way for them, vouch for them and be
there for them when they too die.....please allow us to continue proving
the humans are worth the effort.
You placed these humans in dominion over us, but you charged us with the
task of caring for them and SHOWING them your love every one of them.
God bless these mere mortal humans, they know not that we are their guardian angels sent in love to task them so that they may grow to be part of your plan. You and Us God... we'll bring them back into the fold...you and us.
( author unknown )
Thank You For Visiting Us!
Members of the Spartanburg Shetland Sheepdog Club
Sheltie clip art provided by Clan Duncan and The Dog Patch.
Web Site Designed By Larry Kimbell.
All photography unless otherwise specified by Larry Kimbell.