09/16/2025
We have decided to offer up Roxy--
Roxy is a (just-turned) 9 year old female Shetland sheepdog (sheltie).
Roxy loves everybody. Every. Body. Her goal in life is to snuggle with you (and everyone you know) and, for you to give her belly rubs. And pets. And MORE pets. If you could just give her pets 24/7, she would love you forever. She is the ultimate lap-dog. Roxy loves being with people and will follow you around like a little Velcro-dog. She’s a bit hard to get pics of because she likes being righttherenexttoyou (all the pics are from the last day or two). She LOVES rolling on her back in the grass when let outside. She also rides well in the car.
Remember those belly rubs? She will FLOP over next to you so you can pet her belly. It's adorable and pretty much means everyone you ever have over at your house will want to take her home.
She weighs 16.5 pounds as of 9/15. She could probably use to lose a pound or two if I’m honest.
Roxy is AKC registered. She’s clear on all genetic health tests and has even had her hips x-rayed, OFA excellent. She’s up to date on shots and rabies (rabies good through March 2027). She’s very healthy.
She does have allergies and is on half a pill of Apoquel daily (she will scratch and scratch and scratch endlessly without it). She’ll take this easily when mixed with wet food, mixed with raw egg on top of her dry food… or you can toss it down her throat. She’s pretty easy going about it. We recently got a refill of the Apoquel and will send what’s left home with her (I’ll even throw in some farm fresh eggs if that’s how you’d like to give it). The Apoquel isn’t super cheap ($180 for a 4 month supply). Unfortunately, we tried the less expensive allergy options first… they didn’t help. The Apoquel completely eliminates her itching and she’s a happy girl, so she stays on what works. Apoquel is a *prescription,* so whoever is interested in her will need to get with their vet and get her seen there, in order to be able to continue providing this for her. If you read the price and cringed… move on. This dog can’t function without her meds.
Roxy is pretty well house-trained, though she could use some refreshers on the “letting you know that she needs to go out” part. If you take her out with any regularity, she will potty outside. If you have a doggy door, she’ll gladly use it. She will NOT potty in a crate (unless she’s in there an excessive amount of hours). She IS crate trained and will go into her crate on her own to sleep, and when you tell her to.
Roxy is intact. She has never had puppies (not for lack of trying, before the allergies popped up only a year or two ago). She will be sold on a spay-contract ONLY.
She is microchipped and we will transfer her microchip to her new owner.
All of our dogs, Roxy included, are fed separately, in their own crates. Roxy thinks she’s a much bigger dog than she is, and will try to take food away from other dogs eating near her (regardless of their size), so we separate all our dogs at feeding time, to make sure everyone eats their food and only their food.
Roxy would love nothing more than to find a human that wants a furry sheltie shadow at all times. She would love to be cuddled and loved on, and to be someone’s furry couch buddy who gets lazy pets while a movie is on and she gets to spend time with her human. We have too many dogs for her to get the one-on-one attention that I feel like she really craves, and she deserves a human that can just pet her endlessly.
There is an application + fee + our usual guarantee / sales contract which states we have first right of buyback, in the event she was to be sold at a later date.
