Hi! It's so nice to find a Sheltie group. I belong to a couple of Sheltie groups (Yahoo and MSN), but I was searching for a forum like this one. To introduce myself, I'm Michelle. I share my home with my husband, daughter, a house full of Shelties, and 1 Miniature Schnauzer. 
Our Shelties are: Dreamer- 2yr old Sable Merle that is a 2nd year certified therapy dog and has his CGC, Presley - 2yr old Sable, Rain - 2yr old Tri-Color that completed an obedience class and I hope to introduce to agility, therapy, and herding. To explain the "house full of Shelties", we had a major accident to occur, and have a litter of 9 Sheltie puppies that are almost 7wks old. To make a long story short, Rain went into a silent heat a month early. We had been dealing with our daughter's health for a few months (hospitalization, seizures, etc) and Dreamer got Rain 2 days after Christmas and the day before our daughter had to have tubes put in her ears. It was a rough time, so I hope that I won't get bashed for this before you all get to know me. I have been playing catch-up, though. Dreamer tested OFA- Excellent on his hips, OFA Normal - Knees, OFA Normal -Thyroid. We are holding on to 3 of the puppies. Two for hopeful showing and 1 due to a mismark on his ear, which I just want to be sure that it's only a mismark and not a sign of any other problems. The 3 that we're holding on to are all Sable Merles. Their names are Mazi, Shady, and Zion. I have done 10+yrs of dog rescue, so I am being extremely picky on where these puppies will be going to live. I really look forward to getting to know you all. I love talking Shelties and I've been looking for a friendly forum that was Sheltie oriented. I hope this is it! 
Well, take care and time to start reading through the other sections.
Our Shelties are: Dreamer- 2yr old Sable Merle that is a 2nd year certified therapy dog and has his CGC, Presley - 2yr old Sable, Rain - 2yr old Tri-Color that completed an obedience class and I hope to introduce to agility, therapy, and herding. To explain the "house full of Shelties", we had a major accident to occur, and have a litter of 9 Sheltie puppies that are almost 7wks old. To make a long story short, Rain went into a silent heat a month early. We had been dealing with our daughter's health for a few months (hospitalization, seizures, etc) and Dreamer got Rain 2 days after Christmas and the day before our daughter had to have tubes put in her ears. It was a rough time, so I hope that I won't get bashed for this before you all get to know me. I have been playing catch-up, though. Dreamer tested OFA- Excellent on his hips, OFA Normal - Knees, OFA Normal -Thyroid. We are holding on to 3 of the puppies. Two for hopeful showing and 1 due to a mismark on his ear, which I just want to be sure that it's only a mismark and not a sign of any other problems. The 3 that we're holding on to are all Sable Merles. Their names are Mazi, Shady, and Zion. I have done 10+yrs of dog rescue, so I am being extremely picky on where these puppies will be going to live. I really look forward to getting to know you all. I love talking Shelties and I've been looking for a friendly forum that was Sheltie oriented. I hope this is it! Well, take care and time to start reading through the other sections.
I'm sure you will enjoy this forum. The people are interesting, helpful and fun. We all share our knowledge, and concerns for dogs and Shelties in particular. You are one of those God sent people who do rescue. You will be blessed for this.
Looking forward to seeing you on the forums, Michelle. If you wish to post the pups on the forum you will have to send message to the Forum administrator and she will tell you what you can and can't do.
I only mentioned them, because some are staying with us, and from my experience of forums or groups, most people end up asking how you ended up getting the dogs you have. Sorry, if I shouldn't have done that! Thank you for the kind words on rescue. We just placed our last foster, which was a 7yr old Pomeranian that had been dumped into a shelter by the only family he'd known since he was a puppy, because they were moving and couldn't take him. Common excuse. 