Kailey running an agility course at a dog park in Indianapolis, IN in 2010
Below are pictures and descriptions of our current and past shelties. We work hard to make them into amazing family dogs that also show their intelligence and personality through the activities and dog sports that they choose to participate in. Let's start with...
Kailey
Titles: NTD, ITD, ATD, TKN, TKI, TKA, TKP, ETD
Kailey is the first sheltie that I could call my own. She was born on April 23, 2008, and is still here with us today.
Kailey's skill-set involves tricks and agility. Due to her early onset of arthritis, she was never officially shown in agility. However, she loved completing the courses and would do so with ease.
Up until she was 10 years old, she still performed all of her tricks! Kailey knows a ridiculous amount of tricks including roll over, paw / other paw, speak, back up, high five, high ten, pretty (a high jump in the air -- see picture), bow, up (stand up on her hind feet), jump, dance (puts her paws in your arms while you're standing up), spin / other way, play dead, head down (when laying down), and more!
Of course, she also knows basic obedience as well, such as sit, down, come, wait, leave it, drop it, and stay.
She even understands many things that we never taught her! She is just an awesome dog all around, and she will do anything for a "cookie."
Kailey has won and placed highly in numerous trick competitions and other competitions throughout the time we have entered her:
--2012 Lake County Pet Expo -- Crown Point, IN -- Best Tricks Contest -- 1st Place
--2012 Alsip Home & Nursery -- St. John, IN -- Most Amazing Canine -- 2nd Place
--2012 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Tricks Contest -- 1st Place
--2013 Alsip Home & Nursery -- St. John, IN -- Best Tricks Contest -- 1st Place
--2014 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Tricks Contest -- 1st Place
--2015 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Tricks Contest -- 1st Place
--2016 Bark in the Park -- Chesterton, IN -- Best Trick Contest -- 1st Place
--2016 Windy City Pet Expo -- Schaumburg, IL -- Pet / Guardian Musical Chairs Contest -- 1st Place
--2016 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Tricks Contest -- 1st Place
--2016 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Trained Contest (obedience) -- 1st Place
--2016 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Costume Contest (Hawaiian tourist) -- 1st Place
--2017 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Dressed Contest (Morning Doggie) -- 1st Place
--2017 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Trained Contest (obedience) -- 2nd Place
--2017 Pooch a Palooza -- Munster, IN -- Best Tricks Contest -- 3rd Place
--2017 Bow Wow Bash -- Brownsburg, IN -- Top Talent Contest -- 2nd Place
--2017 Bow Wow Bash -- Brownsburg, IN -- Best Team Theme Costumes Contest (sheep & farmer) -- 3rd Place
--2017 Pet-A-Palooza "Pawrates of the Caribbean" -- Burbank, IL -- Best Time for Senior Dog Dash -- 6.4 Seconds
--2017 Pet-A-Palooza "Pawrates of the Caribbean" -- Burbank, IL -- Best Pet & Owner Costume (pirates) -- 1st Place
--2017 Pet-A-Palooza "Pawrates of the Caribbean" -- Burbank, IL -- Uniquest Pet Trick -- 1st Place
--2019 TOP DOG of NWI -- Merrillville, IN -- photo contest -- 3rd place
...and there's probably some additional ones that I don't have either trophies, award baskets, winning dog tags, or other memorabilia from, so I just don't remember them. When I originally started entering her in these competitions, and she started winning them, I wasn't really keeping track. She was just enjoying competing, so we would enter her in any tricks competition we found.
Photo above is of Kailey performing her "pretty" trick in 2012. Photos below are from other trick competitions and her agility days when she was you
In addition, Kailey has trick dog titles!
--Novice Trick Dog (NTD) -- Do More With Your Dog (organization) -- June 1, 2017
--Intermediate Trick Dog (ITD) -- Do More With Your Dog (organization) -- June 7, 2017
--Advanced Trick Dog (ATD) -- Do More With Your Dog (organization) -- June 14, 2017
--AKC Novice Trick Dog (TKN) -- American Kennel Club -- December 11, 2017
--AKC Intermediate Trick Dog (TKI) -- American Kennel Club -- December 12, 2017
--AKC Advanced Trick Dog (TKA) -- American Kennel Club -- December 13, 2017
--AKC Trick Dog Performer (TKP) -- American Kennel Club -- January 26, 2018
--Expert Trick Dog (ETD) -- Do More With Your Dog (organization) -- December 20, 2018
Despite her success as a performance / trick dog, Kailey was spayed at an early age, so non
Misty
Titles: NTD, ITD, ATD, PKD-T
This is Misty! She came into our lives after Taffy (our second sheltie, see "Shelties No Longer With Us" section, at the bottom of the page) unexpectedly passed, leaving Kailey without a companion.
Misty came from a sheltie breeder in southwest Michigan. She was born July 12, 2015. She is a sassy girl with a goofy side that always makes us laugh.
Due to questionable behavior on the part of Misty's breeder, we decided to get her DNA-tested, and it turns out, she is a sheltie-mix (and has been spayed). We also had her color-tested. Despite those blue eyes, she is actually not a sable merle or a cryptic merle, she actually doesn't have the merle gene at all! Results of her color testing are available here -- Misty's Color Testing Report.pdf
Misty now has several trick dog titles!
--Novice Trick Dog (NTD) -- Do More With Your Dog (organization) -- June 15, 2017
--Intermediate Trick Dog (ITD) -- Do More With Your Dog (organization) -- July 16, 2017
--Advanced Trick Dog (ATD) -- Do More With Your Dog (organization) -- July 16, 2017
So far, she also has one dog parkour title!
--Parkour Dog in Training (PKD-T) -- International Dog Parkour Association -- January 28, 2018
Sky (AKC Out of the Blue III)
Sky is a spunky girl who loves to play and loves to bark! She's a great girl who gets along with everyone. Her goal in life is to be your best friend.
Sky was born February 7, 2014. She was the first dog we have owned that we haven't had since puppy-hood. She came to us, all the way from central Kentucky!
Sky has health tested clear for CEA, DM, MDR1, and VWD-3 by PawPrint Genetics.
Roxy (AKC Foxy Roxy of Southside)
Roxy is an opinionated little thing! She's a whopping 10 pounds full of sheltie personality! She loves belly rubs, and will flop on her back to make this easier for you to accomplish!
Roxy was born August 31, 2016.
Roxy has health tested clear for CEA, DM, MDR1, PRA, and VWD-3, by PawPrint Genetics. She is OFA Excellent for Hips.
Dutch (AKC Ch. Wildwind Paint It Black)
Dutch is a sweet boy that loves everyone! He was born May 5, 2008, so he's up there in age, but still doing great! You'd never guess that this spunky boy is as old as he is!
Dutch has health tested clear. He is OFA Good for Hips.
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Hatch (AKC Lock It In)
Hatch is a super sweet boy that just wants to be loved on. He has the goofiest expressions and is a happy, playful boy.
Hatch was born April 9, 2018. He is a color headed white sable merle.
Hatch has health tested clear for CEA, DM, MDR1, PRA, and VWD-3 by PawPrint Genetics.
Hatch is available for stud.
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Shelties No Longer With Us
Taffy
Kailey always loved to play with other dogs, so the summer after she turned 6 years old, we decided to get another dog so she'd have a buddy to play with. We brought Taffy home in the summer of 2014. She was born March 25, 2014, and was purchased mainly as a companion for our other sheltie, Kailey.
Taffy was an awesome dog and a great companion, and we constantly had people tell us that she was such a happy dog. She was always so happy to be around her people and she lived for belly rubs. You would go to pet her, and she would drop down to the ground and get on her back, so you'd have immediate access to her belly! It was adorable. We always used to say that she was lucky she was cute, because she wasn't all that bright, but in reality, she was just always so happy to see her family, that her focus needed some work. She was a very sweet dog and we were all inspired by her love for life and she always made us laugh with her goofy expressions and her one ear that couldn't decide if it wanted to stay up or down.
Unfortunately, Taffy passed in October 2015, when she was only 1.5 years old. Her memory lives on... we have a memory box for her, which says "Live Life in Full Bloom" -- as she did. And we try our best to do so, in her memory.
Taffy was an awesome dog and a great companion, and we constantly had people tell us that she was such a happy dog. She was always so happy to be around her people and she lived for belly rubs. You would go to pet her, and she would drop down to the ground and get on her back, so you'd have immediate access to her belly! It was adorable. We always used to say that she was lucky she was cute, because she wasn't all that bright, but in reality, she was just always so happy to see her family, that her focus needed some work. She was a very sweet dog and we were all inspired by her love for life and she always made us laugh with her goofy expressions and her one ear that couldn't decide if it wanted to stay up or down.
Unfortunately, Taffy passed in October 2015, when she was only 1.5 years old. Her memory lives on... we have a memory box for her, which says "Live Life in Full Bloom" -- as she did. And we try our best to do so, in her memory.
