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New Sheltie is Clearly Used to Being Loved

On Friday I got several emails from friends notifying me that West Jordan Animal Control had a Sheltie. I called and Marie Lister, angel that she is, ended up bringing this Sheltie to us — she was on her way to our house anyway and what’s a little detour (including getting lost) to get [...]

Did You Say Spay or Spa?

Wednesday, little Violet went to Salt Lake Spay and Neuter to get spayed. I had a little difficulty taking her because it seemed like I was playing a trick on her…spending the days since she came to us getting her to trust me and then taking her for a big procedure like this.

On the [...]

Being a Corporation

OK, we knew that it wasn’t going to be easy when Sheltie Rescue of Utah incorporated. After all, there are corporate-type responsibilities about which we really know rather little, but we figured we’re pretty smart people (hmmm…shouldn’t running a rescue have been the first sign that we’re not so smart after all?) and could figure [...]

Hampton Has a New Home But No Green Eggs and Ham AND 2 Microchips

Hampton is an older Sheltie boy who was acquired by his owners as a puppy, before they had any children. They spent a lot of time with Hampton teaching him lots of tricks including counting from 1 to 10. They demonstrated some of these tricks last night when we went to their home [...]

Am I Sheltie or Collie Enough for Sheltie Rescue?

This past weekend we had a visit when Christy brought the possible Collie or over-sized Sheltie named Tip, in from Vernal.

Christy was visiting her sister in Midvale. Once I heard that she was coming to Midvale, I told her that if she wanted us to take a closer look at Tip, we [...]

We Are In Shock! Seriously!!

Long-time readers of this blog will perhaps recall reading about a special little Sheltie girl, Evie, and her wonderful forever family. A few posts about Evie can be found here, here, here, here, and especially here. Evie’s mom has been incredibly generous with and supportive of Sheltie Rescue of Utah. Not only is she very, [...]

Maizy is Back and May Already Have a Daddy!

Maizy is a three year old girl who was owned by a couple that was getting ready to embark on retirement travel and could no longer keep their Sheltie-girl. Maizy came to us in September of 2009. She was quickly taken in as a foster with a high probability of adoption by a [...]

Renewing the Practice of Blogging for Money

No, it’s not as bad as the title of this post sounds. At least we don’t believe it’s that bad.

A long time ago, we signed up with a couple of services that would pay us to write blog posts about particular advertisers. In return we made a few bucks (ranging from a dollar or so [...]

Adorable Photos of Two Sisters Who’ll Arrive on February 18th!

Coming in from Idaho on February 18th are two 5 year old sisters who are snapping at a 20 month old and 4 month old two-legged babies. We rarely get such cute photos of the Shelties coming here in advance of their arrival, but here they are. These two are so happy in [...]

Adoption Day for Nash and Missy!

Oh, happy day! We recently got a phone call from a senior-ish couple down in St. George, UT, who had adopted another Sheltie, Lizzie, from us several years ago. We knew that these people were special, because Lizzie was very fearful, was a bit of a biter, and had known health problems. In spite of [...]