AnnaMNR

Thank you. She is very loved here. I treated her with Advantage as soon as I brought her home though. Could it be that she is still itchy from them? Thanks for the quick response!

Is there any way to tell if she might be a sheltie? Like, is there something distinctive to look for? When I was a child my step sister had a border collie and we lived out in the country. He was such a fun loving goofy dog. He was much bigger than Lady and his muzzle wasn't as...shall we say 'pointy', it was more square. Thank you all for the help! Lady is visiting the vet on Monday to get a check up and I'm going to talk to him about a skin condition she seems to have developed. She's very itchy in her rump area and has lost a very small amount of fur, the skin looks red. We'll get that cleared up! I'm also contractually obligated to get her spayed, but I would even if I wasn't, so I need to talk to the vet about that too. I'm hoping she was never used for breeding. The other dog at the house she came from was an elderly Pomeranian who had also never been spayed. She loves being outside. I don't think she got to be outside very much in her old home because she treats every tree and pole like the most amazing thing ever. She just runs and runs and frolics to her hearts content. My heart-dog Carlin passed away not long ago and bringing Lady home has really helped me heal while doing something good. I think Carlin would be proud that I adopted another dog to give a good home to like I did him. He was very sadly a bait dog and had a lot of scars but I've never met a dog with a bigger capacity to love. I hate what humans can do to man's best friend.

I got her from the animal shelter in Ithaca Michigan. I was wondering if she was mixed with sheltie. Thank you! I think the children of the owners told the shelter that she was a miniature border collie but there is no such thing that I'm aware of.

Thank you for the quick responses! She's a wonderful dog. We're working on her potty habits but she's smart so I think she'll pick it up pretty quickly. She's very polite with my other dog, an 8 year old English cocker. She's only 2, by the way. I'm looking forward to a nice long life with her.

Hello! My name is Anna and I am new to this forum. I just adopted Lady from the shelter. Her story is rather sad. Her elderly owners couldn't take care of themselves let alone their dogs. They couldn't get up to let the dogs outside to go to the bathroom and the house was not kept well. Eventually their children put them in a nursing home and took their dogs to the shelter. The shelter said she was a border collie but she's so small that I'm wondering if she's mixed with something. I don't really care if she is, I'm just curious. She is around 20 pounds and very small boned. She is just slightly smaller than my English cocker spaniel if that helps.