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Serving the greater Sacramento valley and Sierra Nevada foothills

Featured Dogs

ELLIE AVAILABLE

February 3, 2026

Here is Ellie's posting, photos, & a little video that shows her retrieving, just so applicants can see her move. Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks, Jeanne Meet Ellie, a 34#, 3-year-old spayed border collie mix. Ellie is friendly, affectionate, and loves people. She is the kind of dog who doesn’t just wag her tail when you come home—she greets you with a full-body wiggle that makes it impossible not to smile. This affectionate, gentle girl lives for closeness and will happily scoot herself closer and closer until she’s curled right into your lap for cuddles.

BIRDIE AVAILABLE

February 3, 2026

Say “hello” to Birdie, a 15#, 13-week-old border collie girlie, who is ready for her next big adventure. This little girl is up for anything. Go to the vet? Sure, she’ll chase her lotus ball around the vet’s chair until she finds the treats inside. Visit her foster mom’s workplace with elevators, stairs, a bunch of new people, and on a day when it’s pouring rain outside? Sure, no problem: by the end of the day, she was assistant to the college publicist and had a bunch of new friends. Visit big dogs? Sure: let them try to catch her! Birdie is confident, social, curious, independent, and absolutely and hilariously lovable. It goes without saying that she’s a smarty pants, too!

PERKINS AVAILABLE

September 18, 2024

Hi, my name is Perkins – just call me Perk - and I am about 7 1/2 years young. My Mom thinks I am a Border collie mixed with some type of guardian dog because I watch over my family and pack mates. I have notified them TWICE of rattlesnakes in our yard, barking loudly while keeping my pack mates at a safe distance away. Mom says I am a hero dog, as we have little kids and lots of dogs in our yard that need protection from dangers like that.

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Available Dogs

These dogs are being fostered with our rescue organization. To see photos and read the bio for an available dog, click on the the dog’s photo. We provide a brief description of their personality, training and behavior to help match them with the best possible forever family.

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Volunteer

We are always looking to expand our foster network and sometimes need help transporting dogs. The common goal among our volunteers is the desire to help border collies find their forever homes and to match them with a home that fits their personality.

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Donate

Please consider becoming a Friend of Rescue by donating to help in the care of border collies in need. 100% of your donation is used for the veterinary care and feeding of our dogs. We are a 100% volunteer organization for which no one receives a salary.

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Adoption Application

Having an application on file is your first step to finding your forever friend.

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Success Stories

This is where we revel in the knowledge that one of our charges has made their way from the plight of rescue, through the trials of fostering and adoption, and are now happily situated in their forever home. Please share the joy with us so we may share with our community by emailing us at info@norcalbcrescue.org.

CINDY

October 5, 2021

Here is Cindy enjoying their cabin and taking a trip to the Presidio for walks with Joseph. She is living the good life!

Roisin’s Success Story

May 29, 2021

From Mom Tara: We adopted Roisin (formally Kimber) January 2020 and she has been a wonderful addition to our family. She loves hiking, taking a dip in a stream or lake, rolling in the snow, and running along on bike rides (on no traffic roads/trails). She is so affectionate!!

Rascal Success Story

May 19, 2021

Rascal, adopted September 13, 2020, is still gaining confidence out in the big world. In the beginning, he was so nervous to even leave my front porch. We just kept "practicing" slowly and he is doing so well. We now go on long walks by the river and he loves meeting new people. But his favorite pastime is "PLAY BALL!

Jasper adopted 3-1-20

September 6, 2020

It has been 6 months now since we adopted Jasper, just wanted to give you a quick update. He loves quarantine, gained weight pretty quickly and had 3 teeth extracted in June (Including a canine!) Jasper completed his first training class last month and goes to a barn hunt every week, even finds the rats faster than our mutt Bold who has been doing it for a year now. I am hoping to thru-hike the Tahoe Rim Trail next year with him, so we did some trial backpacking trips this summer. He is great company on the trail and loves al the time outdoors

Successful Adoption Story – Ellie

June 21, 2020

We started right way with Obedience training and he was a star so we continued to AKC Good Citizen Certification and then AKC Novice Tricks. Practicing was his favorite part of the day! He began training for therapy dog, going into Rehabilitation facilities and Hospice and then Covid-19 came. We were not able to complete the training but Ellie eagerly continued the training at home.