Our good friend Cynthia Heyman (a/k/a Cynthia Blue) is taking a break from Collie Rescue, as I just learned in this post from her blog, Tip-Tail. For those of you who don’t know, Cynthia is Collie Rescue of Utah. Barbara is on her board of directors and helped Cynthia formalize her Collie rescue work (e.g., […]

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About a week ago, this woman called Julene (one of SRU’s board members) about a Sheltie that she wanted to relinquish. Turns out that this woman’s mother really owned the Sheltie, whose name is Ginger, but had become unable to care for her. From the information we got, it would seem that the owner had […]

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OMG! We have seventeen – that’s 17 – you know, a one followed by a seven — dogs in the house right now. Five new ones are puppy mill dogs, three with serious emotional issues and others with health issues (including one with a paw that looks like it was savaged by another dog). And […]

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Well, we’re officially overwhelmed again. Last night, two older puppy-mill girls joined our program. These girls were rescued (along with something like 115 other dogs?) from a puppy mill in Missouri a couple of weeks ago. A number of groups around the country volunteered to take in some of the dogs. One of the wonderful […]

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Here are some new kids that we haven’t had up on Petfinder yet.

KayLee is estimated to be between 8 and 10 years of age. We were told she was a Sheltie before we saw her. The day we saw her I think we just stood there like dummies with our mouths hanging open […]

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Chauncey URGENTLY needs a foster home or permanent home. Please call Barbara at 801-942-4762 if you or someone you know can help. Thanks!
Chauncey was a stray in a rural community in Idaho and landed in a very small shelter. That shelter needed help and turned to a large shelter in Boise. […]

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