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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We try very, very hard to ensure that every Sheltie in the area we cover (Utah, Idaho, parts of Nevada, parts of Wyoming, and elsewhere as needed) who is in need of a new home gets one. But it’s not easy. We’ve rescued Shelties from all of the following sources (and probably others that I […]

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A finger in my ear never made me feel like smiling - grunting maybe - but not smiling.  A finger in either one of Evie’s ears will first elicit a little groan and the crack of a smile.  Persist and go deeper and you’ll get a bigger groan with a smile.  Do both ears like […]

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Jackson flew to California to meet his new Mom and Dad, Carolyn and Tim. Here he is just arriving in his crate waiting for Carolyn and Tim to find him. It didn’t take long.

Jackson is in the back seat with Mom Carolyn while Tim takes his photo from the front seat.

It felt like […]

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If you’re reading this blog, there’s a pretty darned good chance that you’re interested in animals as pets, particularly dogs, especially Shelties. Right? And everybody who believes that animals, whether pets or not, should be treated humanely want to be sure that they “support the right causes” – including writing letters to their city officials, […]

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My adorable, sweet, loving Corgi mix or Fluffy, Jackson, is flying from Salt Lake City to San Francisco tomorrow to go to his new home in Palo Alto, CA. He’s very photogenic, at least in my very biased opinion. So here’s 3 photos of him that I think are pretty cute. This […]

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Foster parents Cindie and Jerry were getting out of town for a New Year’s celebration. While they were gone they’re two dogs, Keesha, an adorable Keeshond, and Buddy, a sweetheart of a Sheltie-boy they rescued through Sheltie Rescue, and their foster Sheltie, Kalvin, came to stay with us.

If I remember correctly Keesha was found […]

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I stay up later than Barbara does most nights, because I just don’t like going to sleep at 10:00 or 10:30. Instead, I like to watch another movie or read or something. For the last several weeks, when I’ve not been traveling, I’ve been making a point of keeping Simone downstairs with me when Barbara […]

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