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She was able to ship Emmitt, her 10-year-old sheltie, a “fearless, four-legged family member,” to relatives in the states.

She began training with Zoya, the family’s rescued pug/sheltie.

There is Tucker, a miniature sheltie with a luxurious coat that invites stroking.

Lady, a deeply human Sheltie, changed our family equation from three to four.

Now, more than ten years since she came to live with us, when I’m asked how many people are in our family, I say that my husband and I have a son and a Sheltie.