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TO SYMPA SHELTIES

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ABOUT US

Shelties for conformation, agility, obedience, rally, therapy, and more!

"Sympatheque" (or "Sympa" for short) means sweet or pleasant in French.

Our dogs are considered companions and family members first and foremost, competitors second.  They are house dogs and have free roam when we are home.

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We believe a sheltie should be of sound temperament, beautiful conformation, and have the ability to do what it was originally bred to do. We enjoy participating in therapy visits, obedience, agility and conformation with the dogs from our lines. The theory of "Total Dog" in the United Kennel Club is very important to us.  We are also proud members of the Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Detroit and the United Shetland Sheepdog Association.

                                                                  

Our dogs are very active and loving shelties, which we believe a sheltie should be. According to TerrificPets.com, the Sheltie is 6th highest in intelligence out of over 130 breeds.

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We do not breed often, but when we do, we breed for brains and temperament in mind first, then conformation.   We feel that even the best looking sheltie according to the standard should not be flighty or aggressive, so that is why we put conformation second to temperament.

 

We believe the Shetland Sheepdog is a wonderful breed and should continue to prosper, therefore, we are completely against puppy mills and inexperienced ("backyard") breeders.

 

We also test our breeding dogs for CHIC certification, based on ASSA/OFA Recommendations, including: eyes, hips, thyroid, MDR-1, DMS, vWD, BBS2, and more!

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