Our Mission Statement at Kloud-Nine Shetland Sheepdogs:
As you will see by our motto, "babies first, show dogs second" we truly love these "Shelties" or Shetland Sheepdogs. We believe that our responsibility as breeders is multifaceted and hope in a few lines to illustrate our goals as proud breeders of the Shetland Sheepdog.
1. Our utmost & primary goal is to maintain & hopefully even improve this wonderful breed. This includes soundness of structure/conformation, excellent & "typical" Sheltie temperament, as well as their inborn intelligence and natural herding abilities.
2. We maintain extremely high breeding standards and are not "breeders for profit". We feel that these "Shelties" are our personal responsibility from the time we produce them until they go to their new homes. For this reason, our sales contract includes a clause that "if at any time the sheltie purchased cannot be kept by the new owner, that owner is to return the sheltie to us, so that we can either place it in another home or we will keep it until it crosses the Rainbow Bridge.
3. As I said, "we love these shelties"…we pledge to do anything in our power to ensure that our shelties maintain the quality and high standard of excellence set forth by the American Shetland Sheepdog Association and the American Kennel Club.Standard
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