If I were to....

*cough*

Cho, Kipper, LilBoy are in Texas and young. Kipper is my favorite. It says he was shaved (probably due to his condition), but those Pap ears would come in soon!
 
Definitely not a lab/retriever puppy. They are too boisterious for Shelties and would squash them in a nano-second.

I would stick another herding breed, or even a standard poodle or a mix. Standard poodles have not been bred into little mini-me's - yet. I find them highly intelligent, trainable and willing to please.
 
I think there is several things to consider- most shelties prefer chase game, so other breeds that like chasing are good choice. Second- shelties are body touch sensitive- generally dogs like labs that like body slamming games are not going to work with shelties. Third- breeds that will like to chase small game and put them in their mouth will be bad choice if you have small shelties. If you are looking into rescues- you will have to do trial and error as among any breed will be someone laid back and someone hyper. If you are talking a puppy, lots will depend on what energy your present dog has and what energy level your new puppy has.
 
Both my girls a are rescues. We have found that our collie is laid back and almost motherly to our sheltie. She knows she is bigger and is increadibly gentle with her. If you saw them together you would say they were meant to be. They are inseparable and the perfect playmates for each other.

Megan's personality will help you. Just make sure you take her to meet her future sibling before you make the final decision.

Angel came for a week visit and we ended up being her forever family. :biggrin2:
 
I would look at the list of breeds that you'd be interested in...
arrange a meeting/trial period and see how your pup reacts to that particular dog.

Individual personality means a whole lot more, imo, than just "breed characteristics."
 
Thanks everyone for all the wonderful suggestions :yes:. We had a Golden Retriever for 12 1/2 years before Megan and I would LOVE, LOVE nothing more than to have another one BUT they can be boisterous and may accidently hurt little Megan. However you know what's funny....growing up we had a beautiful sable male Sheltie AND 2 Rottweilers.

For the most part they got along famously, but once in awhile Sara would accidentally get too excited over playing fetch that she would run little Laddie Boy over. :o
 
Ooookkkaaay, but what breeds are you interested in? I don't want to do a bunch of research and waste time considering what you've said of Megan for a breed you're like, "Yeah, whatever" about.

If you gave us some guidelines, I'm sure we could come up with a great pros and cons list!
 
as long as Megan isn't afraid of larger dogs, I think you'll be fine with an older golden retriever. If you go to a rescue, the foster parents should be able to tell you his/her play style, how he/she is with other dogs, temperament, personality, etc.

With a puppy, they have so much energy and a lot of the times you don't know how they're going to be as they grow up.
 
I agree with most of the others, if you really want another dog to get along with Megan your best bet is another sheltie. I'd definitely look into a sheltie rescue.
 
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