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I hope nothing unpleasant happens. We don't get such extremes in UK, (yet!) thank goodness. One thing I've found with Blue is that once a blanket is spread over his cage, he settles down. He used to get anxious in the car until I tried this. See if it helps.

Blue's blog If you like a laugh, you might like to look at the blog that Blue wrote over a couple of years about his adventures and friends. It's http://sheltieslife.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2008-08-07T11:23:00%2B01:00&max-results=7&start=42&by-date=false Hope you enjoy it.

Our first sheltie, Sheila, was very territorial and I never opened the front door without shutting her in first. One Saturday, we seemed to have a procession of people knocking at the door and Sheila became very agitated. My husband was working in the front garden and when he had finished, he...

I was interested to read your original post and the replies. Blue, my 6 year old sheltie has always slept in his cage in the kitchen which is directly below my bedroom. Until the last few months, we have never heard from him, other than welcoming yelps when he heard me getting up. Then for no...

Thank you for all your replies. It looks like this barking at other (especially bigger) dogs is a universal problem. Of course he barks at cats, pheasants, squirrels that cheat by running up trees to escape and big birds. All this is normal doggy behaviour and I don't worry about it. The...

Hello everybody, I am a great fan of shelties. We had our first one nearly 50 years ago, but she unfortunately got skin cancer and vet services were not as good then as they are now, and we had to have her put to sleep. The current sheltie is a blue merle - very pretty. People often assume...