Shetland Sheepdog

A Shetland Sheepdog's profile

Official name: Shetland Sheepdog

Place of Origin: Islands, Shetland

Height: 33 ~ 41 cm

Weight: 6 ~ 10 kg

Coat color: brown + white, yellowish brown + white + black (3 colors), white + black, white + black + gray + tan (marble color)

Have appeared: 1700s :12-14-year life expectancy The original purpose: herding sheep The present purposes: to accompany, shepherd Height :22-26 inches (55-66 cm) Weight :75-95 pounds (34-43 kg) Wool quality: double hair, the hair long, thick, short, soft hair under the dense, around the neck, chest and tail hair decoration Jieyou Personality: loyal, passionate, cheerful obedience, with intellectual and understanding of Features: Head for the wedge, the nose straight and long, the eyes showed little almond-shaped brown eyes, ears and base of 1 / 3 is erected, the end of the sag. Size is small, but quick action, very sensitive and ran off to a very elegant and has the ability to easily jump obstacles. [Temperament] Shetland Sheepdog on the master passion, loyalty, love. In any case, he may have reservations about strangers, but never seem afraid or shy. Defects: shy, timid, or nervously. Stubborn, bite, grumpy. The origin of two Shetland Sheepdog Shetland Sheepdog Collie Scottish ancestors, the biggest difference between the two is the Shetland Sheepdog limbs shorter than the Scottish shepherd (also some other differences, please read on - the difference between Shetland and Scotland). In ancient time, Shetland Sheepdog is a very good shepherd, cold, physical good, wide field of vision, faithful, intelligent, reliable and a very wide scope of use. Shetland Sheepdog Department of sets like the life-changing habits, they stick with a place to sleep, is usually reluctant to change place to sleep. There are other aspects of the same. It was also known as Dwarf Scotland Shetland Sheepdog Shepherds (Dwarf Scottch Shepherd), of course, Shetland Sheepdog can not we be like a sausage dog so short. Shetland Sheepdog bones much lighter than the Scottish Collie, fine is much too long if the legs are very likely to fracture. Its vision is very broad, is a very good companion dog. 7 White refers to a character asks which line the face, neck, white, four white feet and white tail tip, called seven white Joy association is not in the race to see seven white and three colors, and you are asked only of those are personal preferences, not appraisal standards. General pedigree can be divided into two kinds of pet-and race-class, family raised, then you can choose according to personal preferences, but the seven white and three colors are not pure absolute standard, many are not landing champions seven white and three colors , if you buy a purebred, I suggest to the professional dog breeding plants to buy, are guaranteed to be absolutely pure, there will be a look you like (seven white and three colors). Historical origins Shetland Sheepdog country of origin in Scotland, due to the reasons origin named Shetland sheepdog, referred to as shelti (Shetland). It was seen as苏格兰柯利Dog (scottish collies Greenland whaling people working dogs) and Spitz dogs (the Nordic Fisherman's partner) mating betrayals. Also expressed that the Shetland Sheepdog originated in the king charles spaniel. Shetland Sheepdog was born over a hundred years of history, is one of Japan's most popular dog, which is mainly distributed in the United Kingdom and North America. For centuries, this dog has been in the Shet-land Islands, to act as the time for the sheep, and guard work, Shet-land Islands, the Scottish coastal reef islands, the island size animals are too small. 1908 Shetland Island, set up the first club in Scotland the following year, the club has also set up Shetland, was introduced late 19th century England. After the introduction of the United States in 1911, was well received, now that the dog have been all over the world. First only in the AKC (American Kennel Club) registered Shetland Sheepdog was registered in 1911, "Scott Lord" (Lord Scott), one from Scotland's Shetland Islands, the deep-marten color Collie. Its owner was New York's John G. Sherman, Jr. 3 Body Description [Head] Head: seems fine, from the top and side observation, the head shape is a long, blunt wedge, from the ear to mirror the direction of tapered nose. Expression: the head of the contours and lines, ear shape, position and posture, eye position, color and shape, jointly forming a face. Usually all looked alert, gentle, intelligent and with a doubt. When faced with a stranger, and his eyes showing alert, retain, but never fear. Eyes: Medium size, color depth, almond-shaped, slightly oblique position. Color must be dark black, in addition to the dog's eyes Yun Shi color is blue, or allow color-yun Shi. Defects: a light-colored eyes, round eyes, too large or too small eyes. Instant film highlights. Ears: relatively small, and flexible, location high, 3 / 4 upright, tip off to the front. At rest, ears folded forward and down in the hair ornaments. Defect: Location is too low, like hounds like Chuier, vertical ears, bat ears, twisted ears. Auricular too thick or too thin. Head and tone of voice: top of the head seems flat, back of the head does not highlight the (post-occipital sites). Cheeks flat, and smooth integration into the tone in the circular. Head and tone of equal length, including the corners at the intersection. Head of the contour line and the tone of the contour lines parallel to each other, because the Department only a slight, but clear, so the contours of the head slightly higher than the tone of the contour lines. Department of clean and powerful jaw. Deep and well-developed lower jaw, chin round, and extended into the nostrils. Nose Mirror: must be black. Lips: close. Lips, constitute a smooth curve of junction. Teeth: neat and uniform, scissors bite. Defect: head angle. Only too obvious or not the Department of the Ministry only. Only the Ministry of higher or lower than the eyes, the location of the eyes. Prominent head, arched overhead. Prominent cheeks. As truncated tone. Short, backward contraction shallow jaw, jaw lack of depth and width. Overshot jaw-style bite and or highlight the style bite and, missing teeth or distorted teeth. Lips closed, they can see the teeth. [Neck, back line, body] Neck: muscular, arched, and of sufficient length, enabling the head proudly raised. Defects: neck too short, too thick. Back: horizontal and muscular. Chest: Deep, in-depth extended to the elbow. Rib expansion of good, but the following half of the flat part of the change, so that shoulders and forelimbs are free to campaign. Abdomen moderately tucked up. Defects: back too long, too short, swing, or arching. Barrel chest, the body side flat, the chest is too narrow and / or shallow. The waist should be slightly arched, while the hips should be gradually tilted backwards. Hip bone (pelvis) and the spinal cord into a 30-degree angle. Defect: hip higher than the withers, hips are too straight or too steep. Tail: long, when the tail drooping along the hind legs, the tail end of the vertebrae can be extended at least to the hock. When he was at rest, the tail drooping posture is straight or slightly curved. When he was alert, the tail is usually raised, but it must not exceed the back. Defect: a short tail, tail end of the distortion. [Pre-footer] Starting from the withers, shoulder blades at 45-degree angle forward, downward-sloping, extending to the junction with the upper arm. Withers only been separated from the spine, but the shoulder blade must be fully tilted outward, giving ample room for expansion to provide adequate rib. Shang Bigu the junction with the scapula, as far as possible at right angles. Distance from the elbow to the ground and to the same distance from the withers. From any angle, the forelegs are straight and muscular forelimbs and clean, strong bones. Joints bones are very strong, powerful and flexible. Wolf claws can be removed. Defect: the angle of shoulder blade and upper arm is not enough. Forelimbs too short. Scapular tilt outward lack of shoulders relax. The elbow bend inward or outward turning. Legs bent. Bone under-utilized. Feet: was oval, compact, toes arched and close. Mat deep and hard, nails hard and strong. Defect: Claw foot bends inward or outward turning. Open the claws. Rabbit foot. Cat foot. [Rear] Thighs broad and muscular. Femur and the pelvis at right angles, as the same as scapula and Shangbi Gu. Knee (thigh Section II femur with a combination of office) a clear point of view, the entire length of the knee at least equal to the length of the femur, even longer is even more ideal. Flying Day clean-cut, there is point of view, sturdy and strong bones and ligaments strong. From any angle, hock (metatarsus) have become short and straight. Wolf claws must be removed. Defects: thigh narrow, cattle limbs, flying festival valgus, flying festival was not clear. Claw foot in front. [Coat] Double coat, outer coat is composed of long, straight, coarse hair composition, at the end of hair soft, thick, dense, so that coat has been "prop to" feeling. The face, ears, hair claw foot shorter. Has huge mane and hair ornaments, and the male becomes more apparent. Forelimb are decorated hair, hind legs also, and very rich, but in a short hair below the hocks. Thick hair on the tail. Note: In the game, ears, feet and other parts of claws and flying festival of excess hair will be trimmed away. Defects: the whole or part of the hair is short, flat, wavy, curly, soft or filamentary. The lack of at the end of hair. Short-haired type. [Color] Black, blue-yun Shi color, or dark brown (from gold to the cherry wood color can be), with varying degrees of white markings (with or without Brown). Defects: black or blue hair was yellow; color fade or fade, such as dark brown discoloration of the white and blue fade. The main color is blue color of the dog-Yun Shi, the lack of color or variegated-Yun Shi, generally appear to seem dim or fade the color tri-color. Body on a clear white markings, white and so on more than 50% of the overall need to be severely punished, and confirmed that their exclusion from outside the game. Disqualification: spot color. [Gait] Shetland Sheepdog of the trot gait is relaxed and smooth. Can not be bumps, stiffness, affectation, moving up and down Britain. Driven mainly from the rear, accurate and straight, mainly from the perspective of the right rear, rear-developed muscles and ligaments, so he will be allowed an extension of hind feet under the body to promote the body move forward. Stride extension is provided by the former footer, depend mainly on the right front angulation, well-developed muscles and ligaments before the footer, together with the correct structure of the chest and ribs. Claw foot, when lifted from the ground very close, as long as the legs can make a normal forward swing on it. Observed from the front, pacing, the forelimbs and hind legs are completely perpendicular to the ground, slow trot, the limbs slightly tilted inward, fast running, full tilt inward very powerful claws, footprints are no longer two parallel lines, Instead the centerline of the body below the footprint of the inside paste together, was a single track. Claw foot shoulder can not be crossed, it will not be repeated weight from one side to another side of the shoulder. Defect: Action stiffness, short stride, gait ups and downs, bumps. Artificial gait, moving up and down Britain, repeatedly make weight from one side to the other side of the shoulder (often wrongly described as "dance-step," but the young pups allowed to happen). Leg lift is too high, as the pace of horses, resulting in a lack of speed and dynamism. Step by step gait.