ADOPTED – MARLIN is 66 pounds of love bug. It’s pretty awesome when you get a dog big enough that you don’t have to bend over to pet him. He loves that he can be petted while walking alongside his person. MARLIN loves to run, play, walk, chase, be chased…any activity is a good activity when there is a person or another dog (dogs) around. The more the merrier, but humans are his favorite. The shelter put him at about 2 years, but he could be younger. His teeth are bright, bright, white, and his personality is much like a puppy. You will get a loving, gentle teddy bear of a boy if you take Marlin home with you. Not even the cats seem worried about him. He looks, he sniffs, but does not bother them.

ADOPTED – WILLOW is a beautiful white & black girl, with a soft coat–perfect for petting.  And Willow loves to be petted!  Willow loves to follow her foster parents as they work around their property; she is never far away.  She is friendly & affectionate, nuzzling her foster mom & dad’s hands, wrapping around them, & even sometimes jumping up simply to be closer.  She wiggles with joy when she sees her foster parents, & sometimes gives little kisses on their fingers.  This girlie is such a sweetheart!  She is even good with people she first meets.  And she is good at the groomer’s shop & veterinarian’s office.

ADOPTED – MEG is a darling 11 pound, 10-week-old Border collie/McNab mix girlie, with the slick, easy-care McNab coat, & the smarts & keen attention common to both breeds.  She is a confident, enthusiastic, social girl.  She has a “bring it on” attitude & wants to do everything, sometimes all at once, which makes for some hilarious moments.  She wants to make sure that she doesn’t miss a thing.  Meg is rocket fast & already very agile for a pup; she is a capable climber & jumper.  Meg seems to want to have some kind of job. Sometimes she chooses to chase, crawl on, and steal toys from the older dogs in her foster home. They are mostly tolerant of her antics, & eventually she will leave them alone, finding a great time doing something else.  Meg thinks it’s all fun & can’t understand why everyone else isn’t joining in.  She loves tug toys, chew toys, sticks (although we discourage that for her safety), & she loves any & all treats.  So, she will work & learn for toys & treats.

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.