"Shelby
is a Sheltie/American Eskimo mix, shown here at
about 2 years of age. She is a very sweet dog
and is almost attached by the hip to me 24/7.
Sometimes it seems she has separation anxiety
as she becomes somewhat neurotic when I leave
her. She is also a bit timid around strangers,
she will shy away sometimes when people reach
down to pet her. She's also very smart! I taught
her to sit, shake, high five, stay and lay down
when she was about 6 months old and it took very
little time for her to catch on. She responds
to both verbal commands and hand gestures. She
loves the snow. She also loves to fetch and almost
play soccer! When she catches things I've
tossed to her she seems to use her front paws
to assist in her catch incase the object misses
her mouth. She usually sleeps in my bed every
night although sometimes she will sleep in her
crate which I folded an old comforter into that
she chewed up as a pup. She obeys commands such
as "go get it" (ball/toy) and will also go find
a toy when I say "where's your toy?". She loves
to play. I live in an apartment and when I cannot
make it home in time for potty walks, she has
been trained to go on some newspaper on my balcony."
