Home of Alexsea Shetland Sheepdogs

Jean and Forrest Garland ~ South Carolina ~ 864-277-8883

Above is our gang, Dancer, Emmy, Sasha and our non-sheltie Snoby the Bichon.

About Us

Our love of shelties began when we met Riley and Jazz. I n 2001 my husband and I traveled to Oregon to visit my daughters. While there, we met my eldest daughter’s Shetland Sheepdogs, Riley and Jazz.

We were instantly captivated by their handsome looks and delightful personalities. Upon returning home, we began a search for our own Sheltie to love. We finally found our first Sheltie, a 6 month old sable male named Rocky. Several months later, my husband found a female with whom he fell immediately in love. She was to be his dog. However, our new Sheltie girl, Alexia, "Lexi" for short, had different ideas – she attached herself to me and followed me everywhere. As you may know, shelties reserve the right to pick their "masters". Lexi endeared herself to both of us though. Lexi’s life would be cut short by a connective tissue disease called Dermatomyositis. We would have 5 wonderful years with her. After we found our two wonderful Shelties, my husband would broach the subject of showing and breeding. At the time, I wasn’t ready to follow his desires. Time passed and on March 20, 2007, we lost Lexi which was devastating for both of us, but especially for my husband. With much encouragement from my Forrest, though tentative, I began my search for another Sheltie. Not only did I discover Goodtime Shelties, but also found a special friend in the breeder, Joy Good. The day that I brought Emmy home a dream of breeding and showing was started by Joy. Currently we have three female Shelties from Joy’s kennel. We are planning to breed our first litter with Emmy in the upcoming future.

We are located in the country outside of Greenville , SC on 2.2 acres. We are a new, small kennel who will strive to better the breed. Our dogs all live in our home with us and our puppies will also be raised in our home. We believe that socialization and training are very important and take all of our dogs to obedience classes, beginning as puppies. We strongly believe in testing and breeding only for the betterment of breed. Any pet pups that we place will have limited registration and a contract to spay or neuter.