(Let’s try this again!) Sheltie Nation gets a grooming!

Today (again) we launch the new Sheltie Nation design!   Please take a few minutes to check out the new format & let me know what you think.

There will be a few tweaks & adjustments here & there, but all the big changes are complete.  I owe the E. Webscapes team a big round of applause in their help in making this a reality.

I started this project earlier this year & before Trevor passed away.  Afterward,  I wasn’t so sure I would continue with the site let alone finish the redesign.  But one of the best things about Trevor was that he took great pleasure in making people happy.  If you were happy, he was happy.  I hope this site brings you much happiness!

I love you Trevor.  I miss you & wish you were here to celeberate with me.  May your nurturing spirt live on.

Thank you Sheltie Nation

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who left comments or emailed me personally about my beloved Trevor.

The well wishes mean the world to me, as only other Sheltie parents can understand the magnitude of the loss I am feeling.  Your outpouring of support has been a great comfort.

I am also grateful to all of you for your patience as I’ve worked up the courage to go “back to work”.  The depth of my grief has been hard to overcome, but all your email’s asking when I would be coming back reminds me that this site is very much missed!

I think tomorrow is a great way to start back up.  Everyone loves a fuzzy puppy.

So today I hope you don’t mind indulging me in another photo of Trevor.  This is one of my favorite photos of him and one of his squeaky bees.  He LOVED his squeaky bees & I knew if he was having a good day if he carried one outside with him.  The smile on his face here is almost as big as the bee’s.

I miss you sweetie pea.

My Sheltie Angel

It is with a heavy heart that I have to post this entry.

My beloved Sheltie, Trevor went to the rainbow bridge today. 

I am finding it hard to find the words to describe Trevor & what a special dog he was.  I wish you all could have met & known him.  I loved this dog more than the deepest ocean and more than there are stars in the sky.  I know life will never be the same for me. This was my once in a lifetime soul dog.

Trevor was an amazing therapy dog.  Although his greatest therapy work was with me.  Without fail, every time I cried he made it his singular mission to lick away my tears.  He would crawl over anyone or anything to get to me when he sensed my sadness.  He was always there to comfort me when I needed it.  I will miss those breathy, ticklish kisses to the corners of my eyes.  He gave his heart and soul to try and please me.  I know he would have tried to stay with me longer if I asked.

Beautiful, intelligent, dignified, funny, cuddly, sensitive (& a barker), he was everything a Sheltie should be.  It is directly because of him that Sheltie Nation & the Sheltie Forums came into existence.

I am heartsick & beside myself with grief.  I hope you can understand I need some time away & I will pick things back up again when I feel ready.  Sheltie Nation & the forums will go on…because I love him so very much.

Trevor: September 24, 1998 – May 2, 2010.

Trevor, it has been a privilege to have had you in my life.  I can’t wait to see you again my beautiful boy.  My heart will ache for you for the rest of my days.