CHAPTER XLVII 

 THE SHETLAND SHEEPDOG 



ACCORDING to one's point of view, this little dog 

 is either an interloper, or a genuine miniature edition 

 of the ordinary Collie. The attempt to have him 

 registered at the Kennel Club under the name of 

 Shetland Collie met with so much opposition at the 

 hands of some of the Collie clubs, that a compromise 

 was arrived at, and the governing body decreed that 

 he should be known as the Shetland Sheepdog. 

 .Whatever his name may be, the dog remains the same. 

 The club formed to promote its interests seek to breed 

 an animal on true Collie lines, weighing not over 

 14 lb. nor measuring more than 12 inches. So far, 

 the examples that I have seen are still a long way 

 from the real type, but, with careful breeding, there 

 seems to be no reason why they should not reach 

 the proper standard . Weight of evidence is certainly 

 in favour of the assertion that the variety has existed 

 for a considerable period in its island home. Mr. 

 W. E. Milne, President of the Scottish Shetland 

 Collie Club, told the Kennel Club Committee in June, 

 '1909, that shows had been held at Lerwick for the 

 past twelve years for this breed alone. This was 

 the Collie used by farmers in Shetland, their duty 



