Kamar yadda ainihin sunansa Shetland Sheepdog ya bayyana, Sheltie ya fito ne daga tsibiran Shetland kusa da Scotland. Aikinsa a can shi ne kula da doki da dodanniya a cikin yanayin sanyi da damina. Wannan kuma yana bayyana ƙananan girmansa. Domin babu abinci da yawa a cikin bakararre.
Sakamakon irin nau'in kare maras buƙata kuma mai ƙarfi ya kasance cikakke don kare garken garke daga ƙananan maharan saboda saurinsa.
A farkon karni na 20, Shelties ya yi Ingila. Har yanzu ana kiran su Collie miniatures a yau, wanda masu shayarwa Collie ba su so ko kaɗan ko da a lokacin. Sunan Shetland Sheepdog ya samo asali ne lokacin da suka ki sanya wa irin sunan, Shetland Collie. Tare da wannan nadi, an san Shelties a matsayin jinsin daban a cikin 1914.
Shin kun san cewa Shelties suna cikin manyan nau'ikan karnuka guda 10 a Amurka a yau kuma ana kiyasin cewa akwai tsattsauran ra'ayin Shetland Sheepdogs a can fiye da na Burtaniya?