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Shelties are wonderful with children. They often display very protective tendencies around them. They are patient to the point of taking abuse but that doesn’t mean they should have to. Parents should have a watchful eye particularly when children have not been used to playing with a puppy or a new or unreliable child is introduced to the group.
