Why adopt a rescued Sheltie?
Each year SSRI places from 150 to 250 shelties. There is a tremendous need for foster homes and adoptive families for beautiful purebred shelties that have become displaced by no fault of their own. Shelties lose their homes due to owner relocation, illness, and a variety of other reasons. There are always Shelties available to a good home. You can find a list of available Shelties on the Shelties for adoption page. The shelties that are available for adoption have been spayed/neutered, have current shots and all medical attention has been taken care of. The dogs are all kept in our homes and evaluated for temperment so that they can be matched with the ideal new family. It is very rewarding to know that there are great homes waiting for shelties which might otherwise be put down or run loose in the streets to be crippled or killed in traffic.
