The dog at my office is a Sheltie. He is very very "talkative" - this means he barks. A lot. At just about anything. For long periods of time. After he's told "no bark" he will still bark a few times if I break eye contact. He does, however, bark less than their previous Sheltie, who was very neurotic. He is not easy to train. He is shy, and dislikes some people, even dog lovers, even after they have been introduced. He will, of course, herd anything that moves if given a chance.

Every dog is different, just wanted to let you know the "other' side of Shelties!

And yes, I love his barky, neurotic self anyway, of course, and I am his #2 human, second out of all humanity only to the woman who owns him.