ADOPTED – TOOTSIE is a 25#, 6-month-old spayed border collie mix, who has a lovely, gentle temperament.  She has a beautiful sleek coat.  Like her brother Sarge, she is active & playful. She particularly likes to play with her brother.  She might like a home with another playful dog.  She is friendly & social with people, but will offer an alert bark when someone she doesn’t know comes to call.  She is easy-going, & is a little bit on the soft side.  Tootsie likes to please & doesn’t like to think she’s made her human unhappy.  

ADOPTED – DOVE saw to it that all four of her Bird Pups found great homes, and now it’s her turn. DOVE sports a short white coat with red ticking behind her ears and an ever so subtle red strip along the middle of her back. She is slight of build. At 45 lbs. she looks like she should put on a few pounds, but even three squares a day has not resulted in added weight. We don’t know what her DNA says, but we know she has a border collie heart and mindset. She is very active, loves to run and play with her buddy Perkins and whatever puppy we have added to the mix. She loves to pick up random sticks, branches or tennis balls and let them try to catch her to take it away. They don’t succeed but they have fun trying.

ADOPTED – Little 17 pound SALLY is an adorable Borgi, a border collie/corgi mix.  Sally has the size & short legs of a corgi with the zip & smarts of a border collie.  She loves learning new things & is lightning fast.  Flyball height dog anyone?  When Sally first came into rescue, she was easily overwhelmed & was reluctant to engage in anything with her foster mom.  But Sally is quick to warm up when she gets to know someone.  Within a couple of days in her foster home, she was running wild zoomies in the backyard, retrieving toys & bringing them back every time (she obviously learned this in her previous home), & seeking pets & lap time with her foster mom.  Sally crate-trained in a fingersnap & has never had an accident in her foster home.

ADOPTED – Meet BENJI! He’s about 4-5 years old according to our vets. A beautiful mix of border collie and probably heeler, this sweet boy is looking for his perfect home. BENJI weighs in at just over 40 pounds. He is friendly with everyone he meets. He gets along well with his foster brothers, but tends to get a little jealous when someone else is getting any pets. BENJI would happily settle on being an only dog, but does fine with others too, just don’t be surprised if he tries to wiggle himself in between you and another dog to hog all the love! So, if you have a dog or two that are more sensitive and require more attention, BENJI might not be the dog for you.

ADOPTED – At just under 4-months-old (born 1/27/2022), WREN is a fun, energetic, and unflappable girl of about 20 pounds. WREN loves to explore on her own, and mostly stays close by her humans when outside. While she likes spending time with her people, she also enjoys her foster siblings, chasing and romping around the yard together.

WREN is quite the jumper and climber; she can climb any wire crate or pen. It’s normal to find her sitting atop our double-stacked crates in her pen area.  She is not above using her siblings as a springboard to accomplish her “lofty” goals. She is both agile and athletic but still displays the clumsiness of the puppy she is, especially when she’s tired. Activities like agility or nosework may be something to look into for the mental and physical activities she will need to be the best she can be.

ADOPTED – Born January 27th, 2022, the Bird Pups (1 boy, 3 girls, all adorable herding dog mixes) will be ready to go to their new homes starting March 25th.  The Bird Pups were born in a rural shelter where they spent their first three weeks. One of our volunteers, who works at the shelter, rang us up to see if we could help. Sometimes we make the decision to intake dogs just because it’s the right thing to do, even when we aren’t sure exactly how much border collie DNA the dogs have.  The pups’ mama Dove appears to be a herding dog mix, white with light reddish / tan coloring on her ears and along her back. Dove needs to put on some weight but will probably be in the 55 – 60 lb range, and the puppies are currently the size of typical border collie pups this age.

Adopted – Named BETTY White because she came to us on Betty White’s birthday, our BETTY WHITE is a 4-year-old, 45 pound beauty.  And like Betty White of stage & screen & animal welfare fame, our BETTY WHITE is young at heart, playful & silly like a puppy, always entertaining with her antics.  Betty is simply delightful!  She always has a smile on her face, even when she first came into rescue & had little reason to smile.  Betty had been hit by a car & a good samaritan followed her into a field after her accident &  got her to help.  Shelter staff took her immediately to an emergency vet, where it was discovered that Betty suffered some broken ribs.  And anyone who has ever had one broken rib knows how painful that can be!  Betty needed a place to rest & relax for weeks while her ribs healed, & that’s where we came in.  Betty has been a stellar patient; we included some photos of her from her first vet visit to illustrate her good nature.  She was happy to greet everyone & be examined without one bit of ill will, even when she was painful.  And we’ve included video of her romping with one of her foster sisters to illustrate how beautifully she has healed.

Meet JOSH, our three year old, 42 lb male Border Collie / Australian Cattle Dog mix sporting a soft, smooth coat with freckling on his paws, muzzle and chest.  He learned his name quickly and this smart, handsome lad has shown himself as quick to learn whatever we show him.  JOSH is a bundle of fun and joy bouncing out of his crate every morning ready for a day filled with exploring, playing with his 4 Border collie packmates at his foster home and waiting patiently…well, more or less patiently for a treat!  JOSH is a good guest here at his foster home. He learned to crate quickly and runs to his crate every time treats or dinner time is here. JOSH is quiet in his crate overnight. He has not had an accident while he’s been here so he is housebroken. He loads up easily in the car and rides nicely on road trips (even to the vet!).  JOSH plays nicely with his foster pack but this brash little chap had to be shown by his packmates where he was in the pack order. He took the lesson well.

ADOPTED – Benny is a 7m old BC mix, weighing in at around 45lbs. He has a soft, fluffy, wavy coat that makes him very nice to cuddle with.

BENNY loves all dogs, cats, people, birds, lizards and pretty much anyone he meets. He greets everyone and everything with a wag and a smile. His favorite thing is his person who he will follow around the house or yard all day. His second favorite thing is food, one of his nicknames is Hambone. He is a stocky little dude who will likely top out around 50-60lbs.

ADOPTED – CUBBY is a 7-month-old, 33# energizer bunny.  He has an infectious enthusiasm for everything he encounters: dogs, toys, birds flying overhead, etc.  Running & leaping & dashing & pouncing (yes, like a rabbit) & chasing are his favorite activities.  He will throw toys in the air for himself, catch them, & run wild zoomies around the yard, trying to get his foster mom to chase him.  He does love to be chased, but with other dogs he likes to take turns.  His play with his foster sister–an adult border collie–involves chewing on her, especially her tail (live tug toy?), running alongside her, pouncing on her, & repeating the above until both of them have tongues dangling & bodies flopping on the ground without an ounce left.  The older female dog in his foster home is very capable of telling him when she’s had enough, but the other dogs are not & sometimes don’t appreciate his attentions.  He will keep up this kind of play with another dog until his foster mom takes him back in the house & puts him in his pen or crate for a nap.  He is not mean or aggressive in his play, but he is relentless, his play mocking “herding,” so a home with another steady & strong older border collie would be best for him.  He would also do well as a single dog in a border collie experienced home.  He would not be a good candidate for dog park play & exercise.  We don’t know how he would be around cats or other animals.