"You must be the 

change you wish to see 

in the world."

         -Gandhi

 

  544  shelties rescued since
April 1999

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Indiana Sheltie Rescue

  Indiana Sheltie Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation consisting of a small group of volunteers who have come together to help homeless shelties. We are always looking for additional volunteers, and capable and loving foster homes to offer a temporary safe haven to Shetland Sheepdogs. Our shelties make their way into our program as owner surrenders, shelter dogs, or are found as strays by caring individuals. For more information about our organization, please look here.

We do not have a shelter facility. The dogs are all in private foster homes. Primarily adoptions are arranged by the applicant completing an adoption application which can be found on this website. After we receive and review the application the applicant will be contacted to arrange a home visit. Please be aware that due to geographical location we may not be able to process all applications. For the most part we only are able to work within Indiana and there are parts of Indiana we do not have a volunteer near enough to in order to arrange a home visit. Following the home visit and approval of the application arrangements will be made for the applicant to meet the sheltie(s) that may be appropriate for them to adopt. Some of the shelties may be located closer to the applicant than others. Sometimes we have some of the shelties at public events for an interested person to meet prior to making an application but otherwise we do not ask foster homes to host people in their homes that have not completed the adoption application process. No applicant is obligated to adopt by placing an application but it is the primary way we and most rescue groups arrange adoptions.
Pedigree Foundation Grant   

In 2010 ISR applied for and received a grant from the Pedigree Foundation. We are very grateful for this support. Please visit the Pedigree Foundation site and to learn more about this program.



Two Missing Shelties

Sunday evening, Elvina Beals was walking her two shelties, Bandit and Maggie, at Potters Bridge in Noblesville. They got scared and ran off. If anyone sees them or hears a report of loose shelties in Noblesville, please call Elvina at 317-502-3503

Here is a poster if you've could put it up. Two Lost Dogs.pdf

Thanks!

Missing dog - Augie

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ISR UPCOMING EVENTS   
   

Thanks to volunteer Sara Falkenberg who staffed our Pet supplies plus booth and sent this beautiful photo of available shelties Bo and Rennie. Bo is the tri color sheltie and he is three. He has lost some of the too many pounds he had acquired and now has much more energy. Bo is the sable Merle sheltie and he is age six. Both are nice shelties and came to us after living together in the same home. Their elderly owner had become unable to care for them. Please let us know if you might be interested in giving a home to these shelties.

Maddie

 Maddie was adopted in July 2009 from ISR. She received her first two titles from AKC in standard agility and jumpers. Go Maddie!!!

Wish List

The Indiana Sheltie Rescue foster homes are wishing for the following to help them care for their foster shelties:

  • old towels
  • shampoo / conditioner
  • quality chew sticks
  • quality toys
  • dog beds
  • grooming supplies
  • Petsmart , Petco or Pet Supplies Plus gift cards for items or for grooming
  • Donations of grooming from area groomers
  • collars - usually 10'' - 16'' size
  • leashes
 
 

HELPING HEARTS CLUB!

Club members are sheltie lovers, just like you, who can't foster or adopt at this time, but want to help provide loving care for our homeless dogs. Click on this link to find out how easy it is to become a member of our new Helping Hearts Club.

Check out our Shelties' listings on 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com. They are a non-profit pet adoption charity that helps shelters, humane societies, SPCA's, and pet rescue groups advertise their homeless pets to adopters for free.


Indiana Sheltie Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Donations are gratefully accepted and are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Donations are gratefully accepted.

Indiana Sheltie Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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Video overview of dogs available for adoption

OUR WISH LIST

Please consider donating any of the items on our Wish List page to help our shelties.

 
 



 


 
 

FOSTER HOMES NEEDED

HELP!! We have such wonderful shelties in our program that many have been adopted by our own foster homes! Indeed this is great news but because of this, most homes cannot foster any more. As a result we are in dire need of new foster homes. If you can help, click here for additional information on how to get started.

 


If you witness or suspect that dog fighting or animal abuse of any nature is going on near you, PLEASE call the Central Indiana Canine Crime Stoppers hotline at 317-262-TIPS. You can make the call anonymously and, if there is a felony arrest, you may receive up to a $1,000 reward. 

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