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Healthy, Family-Raised AKC Sheltie Puppies in North Idaho.

Raised in our home with a focus on temperament, health, and lifelong support.

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We are a small, family-run Sheltie breeder in North Idaho, raising healthy, well-socialized puppies in a loving home environment. Our focus is on temperament, health, and a lifetime of love for every puppy we raise.

We are active in showing and breed responsibly, focusing on excellent health, structure, and temperament. Our breeding stock is fully tested for quality and adherence to the Shetland Sheepdog standard.

The Sheltie is an intelligent, loyal, and sensitive breed. Known for their devotion and lively spirit, Shelties make loving companions for families of all ages.

Bellissimo puppies are gentle, confident, and well-socialized with people and other animals. They are raised with care to ensure a smooth transition into their forever homes.

Our puppies are lovingly raised in our home with health-tested parents, early socialization, and a written health guarantee.

Blessings,
John and Chrissy Green

✔ AKC Registered

🧬 Health-Tested Parents

🏡 Family-Raised

📝 Health Guarantee

About the Breed

The Sheltie is an extremely intelligent, quick dog from Scotland that resembles its bigger cousin the Collie. It excels in obedience, agility, herding trials and therapy work. It has a double coat; active and athletic but adaptable to any lifestyle

Find Your Puppy

We believe in responsible breeding. We go above and beyond screening for health issues, temperament, and genetic screening, as well as to the individual care and placement of puppies in responsible homes.

Prepare For Your Puppy

How to prepare for your new puppy

What Bellissimo Families Say

Hear from families who have welcomed a Bellissimo Sheltie into their homes.

From Tom

We have owned a Sheltie since the early 1970’s. Bandit, a Bi Blue male is the sixth Sheltie to be a member of our family. We purchased him from Bellissimo Shelties when he was about 3 months old and he is now about 2 1/2 years old. Bandit has had zero health issues. He is

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From Rose

It has been an incredible pleasure working with Chrissy finding my forever puppy Rainier. She immediately responded to my questions and gave me a wealth of information when it came to Rainier’s habits, personality and parents. Making arrangements to pick him up went smoothly and his nanny was exceptional. I highly recommend contacting Chrissy for

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From Julie

Working with Chrissy and her amazing family was fantastic. We love our sweet Sheltie and would recommend Bellissimo Shelties to anyone looking for a family pup. 5-stars all around! Julie