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This is THE place to find notes of interest, as well as explanations of general site-wide updates, additions, deletions, problems and formatting. 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 1 June 2010

SHELTIE  ANGELS  AMONG  US

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!

(2000) A NOTE REGARDING PAGE LENGTH AND DOWNLOAD TIME: 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 on the 28.8 Kbps modem. 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 Sheltie Angels Among Us pleasing, and browsing through much less time-consuming.

(For an updated note about page length and download time, please see below-)

(2001) A NOTE REGARDING THE GUEST BOOK:   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 in Sheltie Angels Among Us, which was simply 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.

(2002) A NOTE REGARDING MUSIC ON THESE PAGES: 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 once more 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.

(2004) A NEW ADDITION:  On December 14, 2004, I added a new feature to Sheltie Angels Among Us. 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.

(Jan, 2007) A NOTE REGARDING THE WORK AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE PAGES:  As these pages have grown over time I have occasionally been asked, "How much does it cost to add my Sheltie?" 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.

(March, 2007) A NOTE ABOUT THE POEM, RAINBOW BRIDGE:  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 I wish to share with the world...  Truly, the effort of visiting is most worthy!

(February, 2008) A NOTE ABOUT "DEAD TIME" BETWEEN MARCH, 2007 AND FEBRUARY, 2008:  For those of you who submitted an entry to Sheltie Angels Among Us between March, 2007 and February, 2008, I offer my most sincere apologies for the overlong delay in your memorial 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 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, Sheltie Angels Among Us 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.

RE-FORMAT NOTE: (Spring 2008 - August 2008) ANOTHER NOTE OF INTEREST REGARDING PAGE LENGTH AND DOWNLOAD TIME:  I have re-formatted all Sheltie Angels Among Us memorials one at a time, going back to original photographic images where I can and editing photos to create larger files than what has existed to this point. This means when you visit your Angel the photo(s) may be larger, but keep in mind some of the images were not received in a size that lends well to enlargement or other editing, so there may or may not be much difference in your Sheltie Angel image(s).

Taking this re-format one step further, I am re-formatting each page to download from the web in 25 seconds or less at the 56Kbps modem speed. With all the advances in the web and computer technology these past 9 years (YES!! NINE YEARS!!!!), including mode of access, I believe it a safe enough bet to assume 99.9% of my Sheltie Angel contributors and visitors have advanced beyond the old, archaic, ancient, impossibly slow 28.8Kbps modem we all started out with. What THIS means is, as I have worked through the pages it became possible to move an Angel from its existing page to one preceding it, keeping the same memorials in the same order, but on fewer pages than existed prior to the re-format. If, after you visit the newly-formatted pages, you wish to make changes to your Angel and/or the page on which your Angel resides, please, just let me know.

In all events, the Table of Contents Pages will work as they always have, and everyone can find their Sheltie Angel by visiting the Contents Pages. No one should have been lost in this process of re-format, but if, for some reason  you cannot find your Sheltie Angel among the pages anywhere, please drop me an e-mail to let me know of your problem. I will correct the matter just as quickly as I can.

UPDATE - RE-FORMAT NOTE: (Late August 2008) - UPDATE - Following my re-format of the pages in Sheltie Angels Among Us I came across some glitches and problems. As a result, I have re-worked all the pages and have hopefully removed all difficult links and issues. If you come across anything as you peruse the pages, please, do let me know. As always, an e-mail link to me appears at the bottom of each page.

NEW FEATURE!!! (Mid-May 2009) - As of the writing of this note, a new feature has been added to Sheltie Angels Among Us. If you bookmark THIS page, rather than the "Home" or Index page, you are missing out! I encourage all to visit, at least once, Sheltie Angels Among Us as it now appears to visitors coming in through the front door. Feedback is welcomed, for if I do anything to these pages that does not please visitors just say the word!

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 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 Sheltie Angels Among Us. 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 Sheltie Angels Among Us. 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 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.

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