Thursday night in Shedd

Every Thursday night in the summer we have a cruise-in here in our big city. Many drive here for burgers and to gander at ol' cars. A week ago more than 60 antique cars gathered. Erin is often in attendance sometimes with another BC tagging along. Stop by some time.

Friendly Female

This BC female is in Eugene. She's dog and people friendly. Her current care is safe, but a home setting would be better. If anyone would like to provide foster care for her I'd be glad to help get her to you and or provide supplies etc.
One great thing about a mostly white BC is you can see them outside in the dark! She is a beauty.

Three pups a travelin'

These three pups were dumped on the highway. If anyone wants to meet them as we travel south to Shedd from Hood River and have been in contact with me previously for a border collie please let me know. The bottom two pups are male around 4 months old, the top is a female about 6 months old. So far they seem well adjusted and healthy just ready to brighten your world with canine lovin'.

More photos will follow after they get here to the farm. Keep in mind if you choose one of these babes they will need vet care for shots etc and I will require a spay/neuter agreement.

Found BC in Salem

Update: Sheba the lost BC has found her way back to her owner. All safe and sound, she'd been missing a week after taking off to chase a cat. A reminder to us all to keep ID tags on our pets. 08-27-09

This lovely little female was found in Salem a week ago. I was contacted after they failed to find an owner. I did a little more searching and may have found her family. I'll update when sure.

I normally wouldn't post about such contacts, but her picture was too sweet not to share. Besides this is part of the job too. In fact a woman called yesterday wanting to know how to keep her BC from digging up her plants. We discussed boredom as a cause. Suggestions were more exercise, interaction, and training some tricks etc to keep her BC busy in mine and body. Our conversation ended with "if the dog doesn't stop I'll be calling you back to surrender him". We shall see.

Dexter at the Beach

Updates from families who have adopted are the reward for a job well done. You can find Dexter's story in older posts. Karen his new dog mom is totally smitten with the boy. Sounds like Dexter is doing wonderfully.

"Yesterday Dex had a great day. We went to Salem Center, and he practiced not barking at strangers. He did great! He's doing so much better when he's out in public. He's still pretty barky here at home where he's protecting his turf, but he's doing great when he's out and about on a leash. After Salem Center we drove to the coast. He ran all over the beach and into the ocean. He threw little rocks in the air and chased them. He dug in the sand. He pretty much frisked and ran around like it was the best day ever. :-) Oh, and he met strangers without barking. Good day! Karen"

Shep, Levi and Jaycee Update

Shep's foster family "flunked" fostering by falling in love with him and will keep him as their own.
Levi and Jaycee will be posted soon on the Washington page of the Pacific NW Border Collie Rescue site having found foster space there.

Levi from LaGrande

This is Levi the pup mentioned in a previous post. Nursed quickly back to health he is ready for foster care. Levi may or may not at this point be on his way to Shedd. We need to work out transport from Baker City to Troutdale to Shedd. Anyone feel like a taking drive?

Thanks to Carmen for photos and info about him written below.

This is Levi, the little Border Collie that was found on the freeway outside of Baker City. He is a short hair and his tail is docked. Levi was taken to the vet, treated, vaccinated, wormed an is now very healthy. He is presently living with a St. Bernard mix pup, several MinPins, cats, cows, chickens and everything else on a small farm. The woman who found him says he is very smart and catches on quickly to things. The vet says he about 3 months old.