http://www.pawsruskennel.com/breedinfo3.htm 这里有,在此页最下边,农场离ottawa开车40分钟左右。
另外,前几天,st.laurent shopping mall里的宠物店好像有卖的。
The shetland sheepdog, also nicknamed the Sheltie or minature colllie, originated in Great Britain from the Shetland Islands. During the 1700's fishing boats bringing king charles spaniels, "Yakki" dogs from Greenland and spitz-type herding dogs from Scandinavian countries were allowed to go onshore and often left little remembrances. The Sheltie is related to other collies directly or by ancestors. These dogs proved to be alert, eager working dogs, for the toon or town (or from tun, norwegian for farm) and were called Tonnie dogs. The Shetland Islands are bare and rugged with inhospital territory for raising stock, and it's natives were rugged too and developed animals, like minature cattle, dwarf sheep, tiny shetland ponies which were herded by small sheep dogs. The small farms known as crofts and the crofters thought highly of there gentle herding dogs. There easy going manner made them gentle with stock. Early literature refers to the dogs as "nondescript" Shetlander named Loggie, standardized type for the show ring and the breed was entered in Crufts in 1906, were shown with the collies as minature. During WWI a fancier introduced a collie into the surviving lines and, created the type know at this time. The Sheltie standard in height and marking requirements, due to having the Rough Collie cross recently in the lines some specimens may be larger then desired but still make wonderful companions. He is 13-16 inches in height from foot to shoulder, comes in several colours, like sable and white, tri, etc. These "apartment size" collies (Shelties) are highly intelligent, willing to please, healthy, docile and great with children, as with the other collies, regualr grooming schedule keeps their plush coats looking attractive.