Belmark Shelties is a show kennel located in North West Ohio near Bellefontaine, 45 minutes North of Dayton and about an hour from Columbus. I hope you have time to stay and visit and see pictures of our home and kennel. We were established in 1986, striving for AKC standard correct shelties for all rings. We exhibit in AKC (American Kennel Club) and CKC (Canadian Kennel Club). We have been very successful through the years and have the honor of having All breed, Best In Show Winners, Reserve Best in Shows, Specialty Best In Show Winners and ASSA National winners with a couple Everything from Award of Merits, to Winners, Reserve and Best In Futurity and Runner up to Best in Futurity. We strive to produce dogs that adhere to our breed Standard, and are a joy to live with and train. Our lines are based on Banchory through Tall Timber and Macdega with a splash of Heritage Spirit. This blend stamps our shelties with solid, well moving bodies and stable temperaments as well as a classy, elegant presence, loads of coat and a sweet, loving expression. To see some of our informal sheltie photos check out our Gallery pages, Fun Photos, and Fan Letters to name a few.

 

 

We would like to invite you to surf our pages, and look around. We have lots going on as always, and have been honored with our breed's parent club award ASSA's Breeder Of Most Champions for 2012, tied in 2014, won 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2023 Please click link below We have bred 152 American Champions, bred and or owned 177 Champions, 73 Canadian Champions and have many others pointed and nearing their Championships. We have owned 8 Register Of Merit Producers with a few more nearing that title. Additionally we are the second highest AKC Champion producing kennel IN BREED HISTORY! (with the gap getting smaller all the time) Our dogs have excelled in many venues and gone on to break many records. Not only in conformation in the All Breed venue and Specialty alike but also in Obedience, rally, agility, and so forth. We pride ourselves in highly intelligent dogs for any venue, specially for loving.   “Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”

We attend shows around the year, our dogs are well socialized, of the utmost quality, health tested and much loved. Please take the time to get to know us better; don't forget to check all the links at the bottom of each page. Thanks for visiting with us.

Bode and his descendants, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th generation. Above from left to right: Am/Can Ch Belmark Lo And Behold ROM ROMC, BISS GCH Am/Can Ch Belmak Give Me Chills, GCH Am/Can Ch Attridge Pearls Of Wisdom, Ch Belmark Atari, Ch Belmark Drum Roll Please ASSA RWD, Belmark Casana Am/Can pts

SHOW NEWS 2024

We finished the year with 15 bred by Champions.
4 Grand Champions
and two Canadian Champions
Along with quite a few Best in Specialty Show winners and some lovely National wins. Please check link below for all details.

Since I am judging breed at the ASSA National specialty in Greely Colorado April 2025, I am not allowed to show at all from mid December to after my assignment, so I will be home for a few months. We will be placing some lovely show dogs during this time for others to show. And hope to come back strong late spring with some lovely dogs in 2025!
 

For more show updates from previous years please click here!!