I love this about shelties - always keeping an eye out. They are definitely not your bumps on a log kind of doggy!
My fur baby even helps me keep track of dinner cooking on the stove. I live in an old house and the kitchen doesn't open up to the living room so sometimes I watch a little Tv while I'm waiting for dinner to cook. And while I know she's just in there to soak up the smells and any tasty droppings, I swear she can tell when something's really getting done (by the sizzle, boiling, whatever) and I get that panic look from her 'cum on Mom, time to look'!!