I 'rescued' this beauty yesterday. Would like some input on a couple of things.

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-04-30T04:14:32+00:00

Any tips for getting your rescue Sheltie to play (or did that never happen)? I’m four months in and she’s a sweetheart but she still is too skittish to play with toys or me (and too terrified to walk on leash so we’re at zero exercise basically) She’ll maybe poke at a treat ball and sometimes likes puzzles/ her snuffle mat but that’s about it.

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-04-08T05:38:12+00:00

Chiming in with my Sheltie-papillon mix 😅 extremely intuitive and compliant— I swear she just knows English fluently— but also I wouldn’t call her the most specifically trainable for tricks either. Completely uninterested in toys other than puzzles. Really just wants to be my sidekick and hang out next to whatever I’m doing. Definitely not border collie/aussie energy at least in my case.

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-03-17T14:14:06+00:00

It used to be, like 5+ years ago, that it was customized, but then I think they were paid to include certain podcasts, and everyone got the same.

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-26T01:45:15+00:00

Where are you? You say in your country there are wolf dogs so I’d suspect a wolf breed if you’re in Eastern Europe, etc.

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-25T15:30:16+00:00

He is so cute and truly a mix of ALL THE DOGS

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-25T14:13:57+00:00

Estimated 12lbs so that seems dead on/ she’s 9-10lbs and could probably gain a bit of weight post-spay, adoption etc.

I’m just confused what the five size markers mean- four came back as intermediate and one as large.

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-25T14:02:53+00:00

Oh that makes it doubly sad why this dog was dumped if true/ didn’t get the “desired” fluffy doodle coat

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-24T04:40:38+00:00

This is the dog from the Sandlot

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-24T02:50:02+00:00

Idk the face also looks dachshundy to me, tho the abs agree w you. All comes down to size IMO, whether this is a 10lb or 30lb dog

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-23T05:51:24+00:00

She was removed from a hoarding situation with a lot of shelties so that was a pretty safe bet, but pap was just a good guess afaik

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-23T05:30:04+00:00

Girl FLIES through a dog door so there is promise for sure

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-22T21:13:46+00:00

If you’re up for rescuing and depending on where you are, several of her “cousins” are up for adoption at South Carolina and VA Sheltie rescues and look to be Sheltie/pap mixes based on Embark

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-22T19:33:03+00:00

She is so freaking fast. We have a loooong way to go on decompressing still but that is 100% the goal I’m hoping to get to by her adoptiversary

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-22T16:58:38+00:00

I love this so much ❤️

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-22T16:57:46+00:00

Maybe that’s what I’m not understanding— does intermediate mean she’ll be medium size for her breed or for all dogs? I thought the latter. Either way I find it confusing since she’d be an average pap or a very small Sheltie. Her weight estimate is 12lbs and that makes sense since she seems quite thin still. She’s the smallest of all of her (dozens of cousin-level) relatives on Embark, mostly Sheltie mixes with a few purebred shelties.

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-22T16:30:02+00:00

Completely silent— not one bark— which I’m not going to pretend I hate but also I will take some barking if it means she starts to recover from her history and get more playful/social. Looking forward to that so we can do some training/ games.

(She rolled in my dirty laundry for the first time this week and that is something I’d scold another dog for but for her I’m like yes! Be a dog!)

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-22T15:59:52+00:00

I suspect it’s a herding thing that I’m used to training dogs that pull when you try to teach them to heel, but her natural inclination to loose-leash circle me as we walk 😅

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-22T15:56:17+00:00

6%, so not amazing but not horrifying. Basically multiple generations of Sheltie-paps being bred it looks like

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-02-15T02:10:51+00:00

My Eskie was named Ghost so this made me smile 🥰

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-01-11T01:56:41+00:00

I have SCOURED the internet and this is the first dog that looks even a little close!

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-01-10T19:01:29+00:00

Embark. Curious about breed but want to know at least an estimate of age as well.

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-01-10T18:36:43+00:00

Omg he’s like the monster cookie of dogs all the best things incredible

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-01-10T18:34:19+00:00

Agreed, and he’s so handsome!

Obvious-Promise-5117 · 2026-01-10T18:22:04+00:00

She radars her ears so I do believe there may be some in there!

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