At 1:43 PM 5/8/97, Linda R wrote:

>I also have Sheepdogs, My Faithful Friends.  Gael, one of Halsell's dogs, was
>a Sheltie.  He did herd with her, doing close-in work (not distance work with
>long casts, though).  I wrote to him several years ago to see if he knew of
>others who were working with Shelties, but he said that he didn't.

 Was Meg, another of his dogs, a sheltie also? She's what I think of when I
think of a "fox collie" - she has a very foxy look about her, very cunning
and alert.

jan