Penny that’s not very welcoming and doesn’t sound very nice either.
Anyone can reply to the thread and offer thoughts. Just because they weren’t "early" doesn’t mean it’s too late. 
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Back to the topic of herding breeds, my aunt’s friend has 6 blue heelers.
I know 6 sounds like a lot but they each have different jobs.
2 usually stay inside their house. They use them to go hunting with I think too? I’m not for sure.
2 are kind of like guard dogs. But they’re so sweet to people. Bark worse than their bite.
And the other 2 herd their birds. They do an outstanding job, too.
They’re a heeler-loving family if I’ve ever seen one
. It’s important to find a good breeder one that knows pup temperaments and what you want. It’s also important to be very honest with yourself and decide what traits you want and what doesn’t work for you. For example one of Shelties is high energy. His energy outlet is agility and we are suited perfectly! If he didn’t have agility and had gone to a sedentary home were he would be left alone for long hours and no exercise, I’m sure he would have become neurotic. My other Sheltie is just fine being a couch potato. Two very different temperaments.
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. I wish they would lower the speed limit!! We only had him for 4years but it felt like he was always with us. He never grew vary big
