Sheltie Angels Among Us

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Sheltie Angels Among Us

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THE place to find notes of interest, as well as explanation of
general site-wide updates/additions/deletions/problems
Please read through these notes and updates, as new notes and updates may have been added
since your last visit to Sheltie Angels Among Us "Home".

These pages last updated March 14 2008
(Please see notes below, in dated order beginning with the first)

SHELTIE ANGELS AMONG US
NOW NUMBERS OVER TWO HUNDRED MEMORIALS
TO OUR SHELTIE ANGELS!!!
WOW!!!

Dear Friends,

These pages have grown so in number it is difficult to remember when they were in the planning stages, way back in 1999, when we were all shocked and stunned by the horrible tragedy involving a professional handler and an accidental van fire. My goodness, but we have come a long way since then!

A NOTE REGARDING PAGE LENGTH AND DOWNLOAD TIME: (2000) The Sheltie Angels Among Us pages are carefully built, with very close attention paid to the size of each page, and the time it will take to download each page using a dial-up modem operating at 28.8 Kbps. My purpose is to limit download time for any of the pages on the site, to approximately 30 seconds, avoiding those long waits for pages that are image-intensive, which require considerably longer download times. For this reason, the number of pages is growing quite large (at the time of this writing we are up to 37 pages of Sheltie Angels - WOW!), but it is because of my desire to limit the download time for any page accessed by any computer anywhere. Hopefully, you will find this aspect of the Sheltie Angels Among Us web site pleasing, and browsing through much less time-consuming.

A NOTE REGARDING THE GUEST BOOK: (2001) I have removed the Guest Book from these pages. Unfortunately, it has been presumed by many that an entry in the Guest Book was an entry on the Sheltie Angels Among Us pages, which simply is not so. Contributions to these pages must be e-mailed directly to Amy (angels@aileashelties.com). In order to avoid future confusion and heartbreak at an Angel not being entered on these pages, I thought it best to omit the Guest Book entirely. Such is the way of life, and evolution over time.

A NOTE REGARDING MUSIC ON THESE PAGES: (2002)There have been unfortunate and continued problems with the music, which most of us agree is an integral part of the pages, their purpose, and flow. Because of the newer problems the control box has been removed and the music is now embedded into each individual page. If you use Netscape you will likely not hear the music at all. If you use Internet Explorer the music will be there, and you can turn it off by simply hitting the "stop" button in the top control bar of your browser window.

A NEW ADDITION: On December 14, 2004, I added a new feature to the Sheltie Angels Among Us web site. This is a page entitled Links of Interest. The links on the Links page are directly related to pet loss, grief and bereavement, which I hope you will find helpful as you take this difficult journey. If you know of a site not already listed that offers special comfort to you or a loved one, please drop Amy an e-mail (angels@aileashelties.com) and suggest that such link(s) be added to this new links page.

A NOTE REGARDING THE WORK AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE PAGES: (Jan, 2007) As these pages have grown over time I have occasionally been asked, "How much does it cost to add my Sheltie to your web site?" and my response was, and is always, this service is provided to you free of charge. There have been a few over the years who have insisted they pay me a token of their appreciation for adding their Sheltie to these pages, and while I at first objected (that was not my intent!) I have come to understand some people need to do such things, and I do, after all, provide my time, expertise, and the web space (for which I do pay out of my own pocket), free of charge. So I THANK YOU ALL- for your contributions of your Sheltie Angels to this web site, and for any who wish to compensate me, in whatever small way. While by no means mandatory, should you feel it appropriate or wish to make a contribution for my work on these pages, feel free to e-mail me (angels@aileashelties.com) or simply submit any such contribution - securely - to amy@aileashelties.com, via PayPal.

A NOTE ABOUT THE POEM, RAINBOW BRIDGE: (March, 2007) For those of you who bookmark this page rather than the Angel's index page, please follow this link, which takes you back to the Angel's index page, and the information to be found there about Rainbow Bridge that I wish I could share with the world... Truly, the effort of visiting is most worthy!

A NOTE ABOUT "DEAD TIME" BETWEEN MARCH, 2007 AND FEBRUARY, 2008: (February, 2008) For those of you who have submitted an entry to the Sheltie Angels Among Us web site between March, 2007 and the present, I offer my most sincere apologies for the overlong delay in your tribute being uploaded to these pages. I never ever would have thought it would take THIS long to sort through the problems which were embedded in ALL my web site(s) files following the infection of my last computer with some sort of insidious worm, which targeted and ate up my HTML and related files <sigh>. I cannot offer enough apology for this. At least now, the Sheltie Angels Among Us web site is safe, secure and functioning properly once more, and all updates I have received to the present (February 1, 2008) have been uploaded. Anyone wishing to submit their Sheltie Angel please feel free. Updates will now once more be done regularly.

ANOTHER THRESHOLD REACHED! (March, 2008) Some time ago the original Table of Contents of these Sheltie Angels pages reached the point due to the number of entries, it took too long to download the page. At that time the original Table Of Contents page was split into two. Though we are nearing the point the original Table of Contents will need to be expanded into three pages, it is not the new threshold we have reached. The new threshold is on the Table of Contents page which lists all names alphabetically. The Alphabetical page has now grown too large for the desirable quick download time (30 seconds or less at 28.8kbps - dial-up - is what I desire), and so has also now been split into two pages. The manner in which the Alphabetical page works has not changed, and I do not think the time lapse while maneuvering between these two pages will even be noticeable. Happy searching!

ANOTHER NOTE OF INTEREST - I have begun re-formatting each sheltie angel memorial, one page at a time. I am going back to the original photographic images where I can, and am editing photos and uploading them as larger files than what has existed to this point. The only thing this means is, when you visit your Angel page the photo will be larger, and therefore easier to see. With the advances in the web over these past 9 years (YES NINE YEARS!!!) as well as advances in my image-managing programs, it is possible for me to do this while still allowing for the approximately 30-second download via 28.8 dial-up modem.

I anticipate that, as I work through the pages, it will become possible to move an angel from its existing page to the page immediately preceding it (reducing page numbers, not entries), I will make every effort to contact contributors to advise of the new memorial page. At any and all events, the Tables of Contents, as they stand now, will forever work to find any Sheltie Angel that has been uploaded. Most of these memorials are more than five years old and e-mail addresses stand a big chance of not working, but as I said I will make all effort to advise any whose memorials get moved. I hope, if you know someone with a memorial on the pages, who finds theirs has "gone missing", you will let them know the pages have simply shifted somewhat.

And finally, due to the quantity of contributions to these pages, and the love and devotion woven into the very fabric of the making of the memorials and tributes, I suggest and encourage newcomers to start at the beginning, and work your way through to the end, thereby experiencing these beautiful Sheltie Angels in all their glory. I hope you will enjoy the new feature of finding your Sheltie Angel in the alphabetical index. You will find a link to the complete Table of Contents below (NOTE: Should you not find your Sheltie Angel in this alphabetical index, please send me a quick e-mail -angels@aileashelties.com- to let me know, and I will immediately correct my error!).

Many thanks to Marie Crane and Rosemary Hurley specifically, for sharing their beautiful sheltie artwork with the Sheltie Angels Among Us web site. These images have so enriched these pages, and we are all forever in their debt!

Many thanks, too, to the many of you who have offered to share your own special Sheltie Angels with the Sheltie Angels Among Us web site. Without your many contributions, these pages would not be so awesome a tribute to the Shetland Sheepdog and our love for these little "Toonie" creatures, as they are. It is truly my pleasure and privilege to provide such a small service to the world of the Shetland Sheepdog, and I feel abundantly blessed to be able to do so small a thing as build and maintain these pages for us all.

I trust all will have a safe and healing journey.

Sheltie Angels Among Us Table of Contents

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