Recent content by Bramblerose

I've seen a sheltie with no tail, my mentor had a puppy born without one. I saw the dog as an adult, and yes it did look kinda odd, but part of it was because the dog was somewhat short coupled, a tail would have made him appear longer. He didn't seem to miss it, and he looked very sheltie...

Its 'ethoxyquin', and its not supposed to be in TOTW or in Chicken Soup, both of which are made by Diamond. I personally will not feed over 30% protein, and I feed Chicken Soup, not TOTW. I do use TOTW as a treat while training, they love it.

With the merled eye and paler coat color your dog looks like a sable merle to me, do the tips of its ears appear to be silvered? CEA is a disease that has to do with improper forming of the eye, mostly the rear wall of the eye, outside evidence of it could be a coloboma. A coloboma is a...

Both liver and maltese blues are genes present in the Sheltie breed, here is a picture of a red/liver sheltie- http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/Liver.html There are many recessive colors in numerous breeds that are not accepted, or that there have been strong attempts to breed out, but...

The reason why in AKC blue eyes are limited to blue merles is because of this dog- http://www.portmazathe.nl/ped/html/clblinx.html Blinx was a tricolour with a blue eye, he was not a merle. He was the grandsire of this dog- http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Imports/Bodachan.html CH...