El Shetland Sheepdog, wanda aka fi sani da Sheepdog ko Sheltie, wani nau'in asali ne wanda ya haifar da ƙetare tsakanin matsakaiciyar Spitz, da Border Collie da kuma Makiyayin Scottish. Mai matukar ban mamaki saboda yawan gashinsa, kare ne mai hankali, tare da halaye mai daɗi da kariya. Muna gaya muku duk abin da kuke buƙatar sani game da wannan nau'in.
Asalinsa ya faro ne, kamar yadda sunansa ya nuna, zuwa ga Tsibirin Shetland, tsibirin dake arewacin Scotland. Akwai kakanninsu, waɗanda suka fara haɗuwa tare da kofe-kanancen Border Collies da sauran nau'ikan daga Norway da Iceland, waɗanda suka isa yankin a farkon karni na XNUMX. An yi imanin cewa ƙarni ɗaya daga baya an gudanar da ƙarin gicciye, a wannan lokacin tare da karnukan Spitz, don haka saita ƙa'idodin yanzu na nau'in.
Zai kasance a ƙarshen karni na XNUMX lokacin da sheltie samu a babban shahara a Ingila a matsayin abokin kare. Koyaya, Kenungiyar Kennel ta Amurka (AKC) ba ta karɓe shi a hukumance ba har zuwa shekara ta 1914, saboda rashin daidaituwa ta fuskoki da yawa.
Game da halayensa, kare ne mai kauna da haƙuri, manufa don rayuwa tare da yara. Yana da hankali sosai, saboda haka yawanci horonsa sauki ne. Koyaya, zai iya zama mai taurin kai da rashin biyayya a wasu lokuta, saboda yana son ɗaukar himma. Yana da aiki sosai, wanda zai iya haifar da halaye masu halakarwa idan bai daidaita ƙarfinsa da kyawawan motsa jiki ba.
Kuma wannan kasancewar karen kiwo ne a asalinsa, Sheltie na da ilhami mai ƙarfi. Wannan shine dalilin da yasa yake son gudu, yawo a waje da kuma yin abubuwa kamar su Agility, wanda ya fita waje don babban natsuwarsa da ƙwarewar jiki.
Wannan nau'in yana buƙatar wasu takamaiman kulawa kamar yawan gogewa (a kalla sau biyu ko uku a sati). A gefe guda, yawanci yana fuskantar matsalar ido, don haka yawan duba wannan yanki ya zama dole. Zuwa ƙaramin abu, kuna yawan fama da cutar dysplasia na hip da cututtukan kunne.