Plans for the New Year are to hopefully have two litter of pups. One will be an all sable litter and the other litter will have blue, maybe tri and I hope bi black and maybe a sable. I am hoping for a couple of show quality pups and several pups that will be outstanding family companions. Or sport dogs that are willing to compete in any venue that you both will enjoy together.
Sure has been cold so far this winter, I wonder how January will do?
Thankfully the pups will be born in April and we won't have to worry about losing power and keeping pups super warm.
I will be wrapping up Sheltie Heart this winter. It has been a long time coming but I am ready for editing and for illustrations. I hope my grandson who is very talented will do the illustrations for me. I am shooting for the end of January to work with a self publisher. It is about the early Sheltie and how life was then, there are several short stories that you will enjoy. Some of the stories are about real Shelties and some are fictional. January will be a very busy month, editing and illustrating the book. But I am very hopeful that we can finish it by the end of the month. I know some of you have been waiting for years for this book. It has been a long process but it has been fun to write.
Some of the Sheltie stories are true stories about my Shelties and some of the Shelties are fictional. Shelties have a huge heart and I needed to write about them. They are smart and intuitive. They can amaze you at how they think and they do think things out. They can be therapy dogs, sport dogs, conformation show dogs, obedience and agility dogs and working farm dogs. Many have fantastic herding ability. I am going to do my best for it to be published in February.
Wishing you all a Happy New Year and give your Sheltie a big hug.
