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Shetland Sheepdog Singapore: Puppies for Sale
Shetland Sheepdog Singapore, the short answer: $4,988–$6,500 from Puppy Singapore, an AVS-licensed seller, vet-checked, vaccinated and microchipped under licence BR25052. The Sheltie is HDB-approved at 6–12 kg, and the thing to plan for in a flat is the voice rather than the size.
The rest answers what buyers actually search, including the two DNA tests worth asking a breeder for by name, and the barking question that decides whether this breed works in a block with shared corridors.
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Shetland Sheepdog Singapore puppies available now
No Sheltie is listed here this week. Litters of this breed are infrequent in Singapore, so a gap is normal rather than a sign that something is wrong.
- Tell us the colour and sex you are after and we will send photos when the next litter arrives.
- Meanwhile, who is with us today sits on one page.
With us this week, for an HDB flat
These are not Shetland Sheepdogs and they are not a substitute for one. They are the breeds we have puppies of today that suit the same kind of home, counted from the same roster the availability page renders.
- Why a Cavapoo might suit11 puppies with usSmall, HDB-approved
- Poochon: size, coat and HDB6 puppies with usSmall, HDB-approved
- What a Dachshund is like5 puppies with usSmall, HDB-approved
The puppies that come closest
Real puppies at the farm today, photographed and priced, from the breeds above. Message us about one and we will send video the same day.
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AvailableMerle Poochon puppy
Male5 monthsHDB approved
$5,988
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AvailableBlack Poochon puppy
Male5 monthsHDB approved
$5,988
Ask about Black Poochon puppySee Black Poochon puppy's listing
AvailableYue Yue
Golden Dachshund puppy
Male3 monthsHDB approved
$4,688
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Recently placed
These Shelties have already gone home. They are here so you can see the coats our litters arrive in, not as available stock.
What a Shetland Sheepdog looks like
Nine illustrations of the breed: the coat colours a Shetland Sheepdog comes in, the size it grows to, and the coat between grooming appointments. These are drawings of the breed, not photographs of puppies for sale. Every puppy we really have is photographed and listed on the availability page.
Sable & White coat Ask about similar
Tri-colour coat Ask about similar
Blue Merle coat Ask about similar
Mahogany Sable coat Ask about similar
Sable coat Ask about similar
Black & White coat Ask about similar
Grown, about 6–12 kg Ask about similar
The coat between grooms Ask about similar
Head, ears and muzzle up close Ask about similar
The three facts that decide this breed for a Singapore buyer
Price: $4,988–$6,500
Published per breed before you enquire. Sable, tricolour and blue merle all sit in the same band here.
Housing: HDB-approved
On whether HDB approves a Shetland Sheepdog at 6–12 kg, one dog per flat, with a valid AVS dog licence.
The voice
A herding breed that alerts by voice, in a block with shared corridors. It is the honest deciding factor and the next sections deal with it directly.
Are Shelties allowed in HDB?
Yes. On the Shetland Sheepdog HDB question the answer is short: the breed sits on the approved list, so at 6–12 kg it can live in a flat with a valid AVS dog licence and the usual one-dog rule.
How expensive is a Shetland Sheepdog?
A Sheltie puppy costs $4,988–$6,500 from an AVS-licensed seller. Every Shetland Sheepdog Singapore price on this site is published before you enquire, and that is the price you pay.
What a Sheltie puppy price includes
Every Shetland Sheepdog for sale in Singapore on this site is a dog at the farm, and all our Shetland Sheepdog puppies carry the same six items.
Six things travel with every puppy, and each is a document or a procedure rather than a promise.
- Vaccinations to date, in the booklet that goes home with the puppy.
- Deworming, at every vet visit through the schedule.
- A vet health check before the puppy is cleared to travel.
- A microchip, implanted and registered.
- Health certification and ancestry records, signed and dated.
- Kennel club registration where the litter qualifies.
Pricing, published
$4,988–$6,500
Published price for this breed (SGD).
- Vet health check & vaccinations to date
- Deworming (done with every vaccination visit)
- Health certification & ancestry records
- Microchipped before homecoming
- Door-to-door delivery available
Where a Sheltie’s yearly cost actually goes
What a Sheltie costs to keep, every month
| Line | Typical cost | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Grooming | $50 to $120 a session, plus brushing at home | How often you brush, and whether the coat is dropping |
| Food | $50 to $90 a month | A 6–12 kg dog with moderate energy needs |
| Training and enrichment | A real line in a herding breed | Classes and puzzles are what keep a bright dog quiet |
| AVS dog licence | $15 a year sterilised, $90 if not | Duration and sterilisation status, less a 10% online rebate |
Our price hub publishes what a Shetland Sheepdog costs here to buy and to keep, breed by breed.
Do Shelties bark a lot?
Yes. If you are buying this breed for a flat, that is the sentence to reread before the price. A Sheltie is a herding breed that alerts by voice, and in a block it will announce the lift, the corridor and the delivery.
What actually moves a Sheltie’s barking, and what does not
A settled Sheltie with something to do is a reasonable neighbour. A bored one at a window with a view of the lift lobby is not, and the difference between those two dogs is mostly how the flat is arranged.
This is the most common reason Shelties are rehomed in Singapore. It is also the most preventable, and it is preventable before the puppy arrives rather than after a complaint.
The two DNA tests to ask a Sheltie breeder for
The Shetland Sheepdog breed sits in the collie family, which means two specific DNA tests apply and both produce a document rather than a reassurance. Neither is mentioned on any local page for this breed.
- MDR1: a gene whose mutation is recognised across herding breeds and changes what a vet needs to know about your dog for life.
- Collie Eye Anomaly: an inherited eye condition recognised in collie breeds, testable in the parents.
- The ask: have the parents been tested for MDR1 and for Collie Eye Anomaly, and may I see both results?
- What a result is not: a promise. A tested parent shifts the odds and tells you what the breeder is selecting for.
We explain what the MDR1 result actually changes at the vet, and what to do with it, on our Border Collie page rather than repeating it here. Read what the MDR1 test actually changes if you are about to buy any herding breed.
Are Sheltie dogs aggressive?
No. This is not a guarding dog and it is not a snappy one. Sensitive and sound-reactive is the accurate description, and the two get confused constantly. A Sheltie is typically reserved with strangers rather than confident, and it startles at sudden noise.
It also herds movement, which in a household with running children can look like nipping at heels. That is instinct doing its job in the wrong context rather than a temperament problem, and it responds well to being redirected early.
- Socialise calmly: a few good introductions beat a crowded park for a sensitive breed.
- Give the herding instinct a legitimate outlet: a flirt pole, a training game, or anything with rules.
- Do not punish reactivity: in a thin-skinned dog it usually makes the reaction worse.
- Manage the doorbell: the sound is the trigger far more often than the visitor is.
Are Shelties high maintenance?
On the coat and the brain, yes. On exercise, less than people expect: a Sheltie is happy with a couple of decent walks and does not need a farm.
The coat is a long double coat with a dense undercoat, it sheds all year, and it drops heavily a couple of times a year. It is brushed rather than cut, and it is never shaved, because it insulates against heat as well as cold.
- Brushing: two or three times a week, more when the coat is dropping, and right down to the skin.
- Where it mats: behind the ears, under the front legs and in the trousers.
- The vacuum: a real consideration in a flat, and the part nobody prices.
- Never shaved: the coat is insulation, and in this breed removing it helps nothing.
How long can Shelties be left alone?
Not a full working day as a routine. This is a working breed rather than a waiting breed, and the failure mode in a flat is noise rather than destruction.
An adult that has been walked and given something to think about can manage part of a day. Eight hours alone, every day, in a block with shared walls is how a Sheltie becomes a complaint and then a rehoming.
What are the disadvantages of a Sheltie?
Written by a seller, so read the right-hand column with that in mind: it is the one that costs us sales when it is honest.
| Pros | Cons | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | HDB-approved, and small enough for any flat | One dog per flat still applies |
| Trainability | Bright, willing, one of the best training dogs you can keep in a flat | Needs the training, rather than merely enjoying it |
| Noise | Alerts you to everything | Alerts the whole corridor to everything |
| Coat | Striking, and brushed rather than cut | Sheds heavily all year, and never shaved |
| Temperament | Devoted, gentle, deeply bonded | Sensitive to noise and to household tension |
| Exercise | Moderate needs, no farm required | Mental work is daily and not optional |
Should I get a Collie or a Sheltie?
In Singapore this is usually settled by size and housing rather than by temperament. The Rough Collie is a much larger dog; the Sheltie is the one that fits a flat and sits on the approved list.
We sell the Sheltie and we do not sell the Rough Collie, so treat this as a seller's answer and check the approved list yourself before committing either way.
Is a Shetland Sheepdog a good pet?
For an owner who enjoys training, it is one of the best small dogs available here. For someone who wants a dog that exists quietly in the background, it is the wrong breed.
| Household | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Flat owner who enjoys training, home in the evenings | Suits it very well | Approved, small, brilliant to train and deeply attached |
| Family with older children | Good | Gentle and devoted, with the herding instinct redirected early |
| Household out ten hours a day | Not recommended | A bored herding breed in a flat becomes a vocal one |
| Anyone needing a quiet dog | No | The voice is the working tool and it does not switch off |
| Household that cannot live with shedding | Think again | A long double coat in a flat is a daily vacuum question |
Health: what to ask about before you pay
Shelties are long-lived at 12–14 years. Four things are worth asking about, and two of them are the DNA tests above.
Eyes
Collie Eye Anomaly is recognised in collie breeds and is DNA-testable in the parents. Ask for the result rather than a reassurance.
MDR1
A single test with a lifelong answer that changes what your vet needs to know. Ask for the parents' results, and test your own dog if they were not done.
Hips
Hip dysplasia is screened for in this breed. Ask what the parents were assessed for and keep a growing puppy off repetitive high-impact games.
Skin
Skin sensitivity is worth asking about, and in this humidity a dense coat dried properly after every bath is the practical prevention.
What a good seller answers without hesitating
- What is your AVS licence number, and may I look it up?
- Have the parents been tested for MDR1 and for Collie Eye Anomaly?
- May I meet the puppy in person, and where is it now?
- How do the parents handle noise and strangers?
- May I see the vaccination booklet and the ancestry records?
What comes with every Sheltie puppy
Vaccinations to date
Core doses at weeks 6 and 8 before homecoming, recorded in the booklet.
Deworming
Done at every vet visit through the schedule.
Vet health check
A licensed vet clears the puppy before it travels.
Microchip
Implanted and registered, and tied to your AVS dog licence.
Health certification
Written, signed and dated.
Ancestry records
Plus kennel club registration where the litter qualifies.
When your puppy comes home
The timeline is set by the vaccination schedule, not by us. Core vaccinations run at weeks 6, 8 and 12, with an optional dose at week 16, and deworming happens at every visit.
- Weeks 6 and 8: the first two core doses, at the farm.
- Around week 9: homecoming, a week after the second dose.
- Week 12, and optionally week 16: with you and your own vet.
- Year one onward: an annual booster.
The first month with a Sheltie
- Teach the quiet cue in week one: before barking at the corridor becomes the default answer to boredom.
- Brush from the first week: even when there is nothing to brush out, so the adult coat is never a fight.
- Calm exposure to lifts and noise: short, positive and repeated, because this is a sensitive breed.
- Start training immediately: the brain is already running, so give it something correct to do.
How to buy a Shetland Sheepdog ethically in Singapore
- 1Check the licence. Shetland Sheepdog Singapore breeders are licensed individually, so search the AVS public registry for the seller's number. Ours is BR25052, held by William Goh Pet Farm LLP.
- 2Ask for both DNA results. MDR1 and Collie Eye Anomaly, seen rather than described.
- 3See the puppy in person. Viewing is by appointment. Watch how the litter reacts to a new sound, because sensitivity shows early.
- 4Read the paperwork before you pay. Vaccination booklet, health certification and ancestry records.
Adoption, honestly
A Shetland Sheepdog adoption listing turns up regularly here, and the reason is usually the barking. Dogs of this breed come through rehoming as adults from flats that did not plan for the voice.
An adult whose noise level you can already assess is a lower-risk dog than a puppy for exactly that reason, and it is the honest thing for a seller to point out.
Who a Sheltie is not right for
- 1 Anyone needing a quiet dog. Trainable down, never off, and shared corridors amplify it.
- 2 Anyone who cannot live with shedding. A long double coat in a flat is a daily vacuum.
- 3 Households out all day. A bored herding breed makes noise, and the neighbours hear it first.
- 4 Anyone wanting a low-effort dog. The training is the price of the intelligence.
About the breed
Bred on Scotland’s Shetland Isles to herd sheep and ponies, the Sheltie is a small, sharp herder resembling a miniature Rough Collie.
Shetland Sheepdog care in Singapore comes straight out of that history. The voice was how a shepherd on a hillside knew where the dog was, the coat was weather protection, and the sensitivity is what makes a dog read a handler at a distance.
Sheltie compared with the breeds buyers weigh against it
Three of these four are HDB-approved, and the Sheltie is the only long-coated herder among them.
| Breed | HDB flat | Noise | Coat | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shetland Sheepdog | Yes, approved | Vocal | Long double coat, heavy shed | $4,988–$6,500 |
| Border Collie | No | Moderate | Medium double coat | $5,880–$6,988 |
| Corgi | Yes, approved | Vocal | Double coat, heavy shed | $3,688–$5,500 |
| Japanese Spitz | Yes, approved | Moderate | White double coat, heavy shed | $4,888–$5,088 |
If the herding brain is what appeals and a flat is not your housing, the Border Collie is the larger version of the same idea, with the same two DNA tests attached.
Where the figures on this page come from
- AVS licence BR25052 and how to verify it: the NParks public registry of AVS-licensed pet breeders, checked 25 August 2026.
- The HDB answer, which is the top question on this search: HDB's own pet rules, confirmed in a browser on 25 August 2026 (the host blocks automated requests).
- Puppy price range, adult weight and lifespan: this site's own breed data, reviewed 25 August 2026.
- MDR1, Collie Eye Anomaly, hips and skin: the breed health notes maintained on this site. No carrier frequency or incidence figure appears for any of them, because we do not hold numbers we can stand behind, and nothing here is treatment advice.
- Dog licence fees: the AVS licence fee page, read 2026-08-26. The published table these figures come from was headed "before 1 September 2026" and that date has now passed. AVS has scheduled a new fee table from 1 September 2026. Re-checked on the AVS fee page on 26 August 2026: the replacement had still not been published, and the live page still showed only the "before 1 September 2026" table, last updated 31 October 2025. Treat the figures as the last published schedule and check the AVS page before relying on them.
- Training and buyer-check guidance: Southend Dog Training, quoted above with links to the source videos and used for the reasoning rather than as an authority on this breed.
Figures last checked 25 August 2026.
Shetland Sheepdog questions, answered
Are Shelties allowed in HDB?
Yes. The Shetland Sheepdog is on HDB’s approved breed list, so it can be kept in a flat with a valid AVS dog licence and the usual one-dog-per-flat rule. That is worth noticing for a working herding breed, and it is a reminder that the approved list is a list of named breeds rather than a size rule.
How expensive is a Shetland Sheepdog?
A Sheltie puppy from an AVS-licensed seller in Singapore costs $4,988–$6,500. The price includes vaccinations to date, deworming at every visit, a vet health check, a microchip, health certification and ancestry records. Colour does not change it.
Do Shelties bark a lot?
Yes, and if you are buying for a flat this is the sentence to reread. A Sheltie is a herding breed that alerts by voice, and it will announce the lift, the corridor, the delivery and the neighbour’s door. Training, enrichment and managing what the dog can see and hear from the window move it a long way. Silence is not available, and this is the single most common reason Shelties are rehomed here.
What are the disadvantages of a Sheltie?
The barking, the shedding and the sensitivity. It is vocal in a way that matters in shared housing, it drops a long double coat all year, and it is a thin-skinned breed that finds a loud, chaotic household genuinely stressful. Against that it is one of the brightest and most rewarding dogs to train that you can keep in a flat.
Is a Shetland Sheepdog a good pet?
For an owner who enjoys training, it is superb: quick, willing, deeply attached and small enough for a flat. For someone who wants a dog that simply exists quietly in the background, it is the wrong breed. This is a working dog in a small package, and the work has to come from somewhere.
Are Shelties high maintenance?
On the coat and the brain, yes. The long double coat sheds heavily and needs brushing two or three times a week, more when it is dropping, and it is never shaved. On top of that the dog needs daily thinking work. Exercise needs are moderate, which surprises people who expect a herding breed to need a farm.
How long can Shelties be left alone?
Not a full working day as a routine. This is a working breed rather than a waiting breed, and a bright bored dog in a flat becomes a vocal one, which becomes a neighbour problem. An adult that has been exercised and given something to think about can manage part of a day. A midday walker or a daycare day changes the picture entirely.
Are Sheltie dogs aggressive?
No. Sensitive and sound-reactive is the accurate description. A Sheltie is typically reserved with strangers rather than confident, startles at sudden noise, and herds movement, which can look like nipping at running children. Early, calm socialisation is what turns a reserved puppy into a settled adult, and none of it is aggression.
Should I get a Collie or a Sheltie?
In Singapore the answer is usually decided by size and housing. The Rough Collie is a much larger dog, and the Sheltie is the one that fits a flat and sits on HDB’s approved list. We sell the Sheltie and not the Rough Collie, so treat that as a seller’s answer, and check the approved list yourself before you commit either way.
What DNA tests should a Sheltie breeder have done?
Two, both collie-family. MDR1, because the result changes what a vet needs to know about your dog for life. And Collie Eye Anomaly, an inherited eye condition that is DNA-testable in the parents. Ask to see both results rather than hear that the parents are healthy.
Do Shelties shed a lot?
Yes, considerably, and in a flat that is a vacuum question. The coat is a long double coat with a dense undercoat that comes out in quantity a couple of times a year. Brushing two or three times a week keeps it manageable, and the coat is never shaved because it insulates against heat as well as cold.
What comes with a Sheltie puppy?
Vaccinations to date with the booklet, deworming at every vet visit, a vet health check, a microchip, health certification and ancestry records, plus kennel club registration where the litter qualifies.