Adopt a Sheltie: 93 Sheltie Rescues in The US
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Sheltie Rescues in Alabama
| Sheltie Rescue: | NWAL Herding Dog Rescue |
| Contact: | Karen Bordonaro |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescue-nwal.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Alaska
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Alaska |
| Contact: | Terri Morefield / Nancy Atkinson |
| Website / Email: | thyla[at]gci.net |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Anchorage & Mat-Su |
| Contact: | Donna Lindsay |
| Website / Email: | dlindsay[at]gci.net |
Sheltie Rescues in Arizona
| Sheltie Rescue: | Mid-Arizona Shetland Sheepdog Club Rescue |
| Contact: | Phyllis Watson |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescueaz.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Southwest Collie and Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Bill Ferrell |
| Website / Email: | www.swcsrescue.com |
Sheltie Rescues in Arkansas
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Zen |
| Contact: | Jeanie Baxter |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltiezen.com |
Sheltie Rescues in California
| Sheltie Rescue: | Southland Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Kathy Parsons (Los Angeles) / Sarai Johnson (San Diego) |
| Website / Email: | www.southlandsheltierescueinc.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Northern California Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Gale Ann Morris |
| Website / Email: | www.norcalsheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue Alternative |
| Contact: | Eva Saks |
| Website / Email: | www.alternativepet.net/Rescue.html |
Sheltie Rescues in Colorado
| Sheltie Rescue: | Mountain High Collie and Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Judith Hughes |
| Website / Email: | Mountain High Facebook Page |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Rocky Mountain Collie and Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Hope Hemperly |
| Website / Email: | www.colliesheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Northern Colorado Sheltie Rescue Association |
| Contact: | Peggy Fulton |
| Website / Email: | yadah[at]prodigy.net |
Sheltie Rescues in Connecticut
| Sheltie Rescue: | New England Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Donna Vera |
| Website / Email: | www.pond-house.com/nesheltierescue |
Sheltie Rescues in Delaware
| Sheltie Rescue: | Northern Chesapeake Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Linda Isbell / Lisa Flowers |
| Website / Email: | www.ncsr-md.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Florida
| Sheltie Rescue: | Jacksonville Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Darla Duffey / Samantha DiMaio-Leach |
| Website / Email: | www.jacksonvillesheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Mid Florida Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Barbara Davis |
| Website / Email: | www.midflsheltierescue.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Summerlove Shelties |
| Contact: | Barb Davis |
| Website / Email: | www.summerloveshelties.com/rescues.html |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Friends of Collies and Shelties |
| Contact: | Faith Martin |
| Website / Email: | www.collierescuejacksonville.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Gulf Coast Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Jan Nickerson |
| Website / Email: | boobearjan[at]gmail.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Panama City Shetland Sheepdog Rescue |
| Contact: | Jodi Nickerson |
| Website / Email: | shadowcreek2[at]comcast.net |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Central Florida |
| Contact: | Barb Davis |
| Website / Email: | loveforshelties[at]yahoo.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Tallahassee Area Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Carla Maynor |
| Website / Email: | cclips[at]embarqmail.com |
Sheltie Rescues in Georgia
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Georgia |
| Contact: | Jeanel Wehner |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescueofga.rescuegroups.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Peach State Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Joan Flowers |
| Website / Email: | jflowers42000[at]yahoo.com |
Sheltie Rescues in Idaho
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Utah |
| Contact: | Barbara Edelberg / Jim Melton |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescueut.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Illinois
| Sheltie Rescue: | National Sheltie Rescue Network |
| Contact: | Dorothy Christiansen |
| Website / Email: | www.nationalsheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Illinois Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Natalie Whalen |
| Website / Email: | www.illinoissheltierescue.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Secondhand Shelties |
| Contact: | Linda Carbon |
| Website / Email: | www.secondhandshelties.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Indiana
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Central Indiana |
| Contact: | Jeanne Wilson |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltie-rescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Heartland Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Jenny Smith |
| Website / Email: | www.heartlandsheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Indiana Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Teresa Cotton |
| Website / Email: | www.indianasheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Iowa
| Sheltie Rescue: | Minnesota Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Karen Marquardt |
| Website / Email: | www.mnsheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Illinois Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Natalie Whalen |
| Website / Email: | www.illinoissheltierescue.com |
Sheltie Rescues in Kansas
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Shack Rescue of Kansas |
| Contact: | Linda Schwartz |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltieshack.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Kansas City Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Glenn Jones |
| Website / Email: | www.kcsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Kentucky
| Sheltie Rescue: | East Kentucky Rescue |
| Contact: | Jeany |
| Website / Email: | www.angelfire.com/indie/rottie/eastkyrescue.html |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Heartland Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Jenny Smith |
| Website / Email: | www.heartlandsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Maine
| Sheltie Rescue: | Maine Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Holly Fent |
| Website / Email: | www.mainesheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Maryland
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Haven Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Carol Guth |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltiehaveninc.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Northern Chesapeake Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Linda Isbell / Lisa Flowers |
| Website / Email: | www.ncsr-md.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Shetland Sheepdog Club of Baltimore Rescue |
| Contact: | Donna Mills |
| Website / Email: | www.sscgb.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Massachusetts
| Sheltie Rescue: | New England Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Donna Vera / Alana Kelly |
| Website / Email: | www.pond-house.com/nesheltierescue |
Sheltie Rescues in Michigan
| Sheltie Rescue: | Michigan Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Pam Moore / Carol Stotheide |
| Website / Email: | www.michigansheltierescue.net |
Sheltie Rescues in Minnesota
| Sheltie Rescue: | Minnesota Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Karen Marquardt |
| Website / Email: | www.mnsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Mississippi
| Sheltie Rescue: | Fresh Start Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Kim Fike |
| Website / Email: | www.mysheltie.com |
Sheltie Rescues in Missouri
| Sheltie Rescue: | Kansas City Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Barbara Johnson |
| Website / Email: | www.kcsheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Shack Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Linda Schwartz |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltieshack.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Second Chance Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Cheryl Braucksick |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltie4me.com |
Sheltie Rescues in Montana
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Utah |
| Contact: | Barbara Edelberg |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescueut.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Nevada
| Sheltie Rescue: | Northern Nevada Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Pat Mahoney |
| Website / Email: | walkdusty[at]aol.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Southern Nevada Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Dixie Eigenrauch |
| Website / Email: | SN Sheltie Rescue Facebook Page |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Las Vegas |
| Contact: | Brenda Paul |
| Website / Email: | bshannara[at]aol.com |
Sheltie Rescues in New Hampshire
| Sheltie Rescue: | Maine Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Holly Fent |
| Website / Email: | www.mainesheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in New Jersey
| Sheltie Rescue: | Shetland Sheepdog Placement Services of New Jersey |
| Contact: | Katy White |
| Website / Email: | www.njsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in New York
| Sheltie Rescue: | Long Island Shetland Sheepdog Rescue |
| Contact: | Barbara Bellini |
| Website / Email: | www.lissr.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | New England Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Donna Vera / Alana Kelly |
| Website / Email: | www.pond-house.com/nesheltierescue |
Sheltie Rescues in North Carolina
| Sheltie Rescue: | Triangle Sheltie Rescue of North Carolina |
| Contact: | Sherri Mains |
| Website / Email: | www.triangleshelties.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Coastal Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Dara Riley |
| Website / Email: | www.coastalsheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Western Area Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Lane Shelton |
| Website / Email: | marleysmom3[at]hotmail.com |
Sheltie Rescues in North Dakota
| Sheltie Rescue: | Minnesota Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Karen Marquardt |
| Website / Email: | www.mnsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Ohio
| Sheltie Rescue: | Northeast Ohio Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Cindy Hazelett |
| Website / Email: | www.neossr.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Central Ohio Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Penny G Sanderbeck |
| Website / Email: | www.centralohiosheltierescue.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Precious Secrets Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Cathy Tucker |
| Website / Email: | www.pssr.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Oklahoma
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Zen |
| Contact: | Jeanie Baxter |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltiezen.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | ZsaZsa Sheltie Rescue of OK |
| Contact: | Blair Crandell |
| Website / Email: | www.zsazsasheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Oregon
| Sheltie Rescue: | Pacific Northwest Shetland Sheepdog Rescue |
| Contact: | Barb Aulbach |
| Website / Email: | www.pnwssc.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Southern Oregon Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Kathy Ettinger |
| Website / Email: | kjettinger[at]charter.net |
Sheltie Rescues in Pennsylvania
| Sheltie Rescue: | Hearts Promise Sheltie Rescue of Pennsylvania |
| Contact: | Mike LaMont |
| Website / Email: | www.pasheltierescue.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Western Pennsylvania Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Darlene Clark / Margaret Whyel |
| Website / Email: | www.wpasr.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Northern Chesapeake Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Lisa Flowers |
| Website / Email: | www.ncsr-md.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Harrisburg Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Barbara Burton |
| Website / Email: | www.harrisburgssc.org/rescue.html |
Sheltie Rescues in Rhode Island
| Sheltie Rescue: | New England Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Donna Vera |
| Website / Email: | www.pond-house.com/nesheltierescue |
Sheltie Rescues in South Carolina
| Sheltie Rescue: | South Carolina Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Laney Grubbs |
| Website / Email: | www.scsheltierescue.com |
Sheltie Rescues in South Dakota
| Sheltie Rescue: | Minnesota Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Karen Marquardt |
| Website / Email: | www.mnsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Tennessee
| Sheltie Rescue: | Fresh Start Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Kim Fike |
| Website / Email: | www.mysheltie.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of East Tennessee |
| Contact: | Larry Jenkins |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescueetn.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Heartland Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Jenny Smith |
| Website / Email: | www.heartlandsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Texas
| Sheltie Rescue: | Austin Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Sunne Wiginton |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescuetx.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | DFW Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Becky Ramsey |
| Website / Email: | rramsey810[at]aol.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Shalaine Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Sherry E. Lindsey |
| Website / Email: | shalainetx[at]aol.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Houston Sheltie Sanctuary |
| Contact: | Connie Goedecke |
| Website / Email: | www.houstonsheltiesanctuary.com |
Sheltie Rescues in Utah
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Utah |
| Contact: | Barbara Edelberg |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescueut.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Vermont
| Sheltie Rescue: | Maine Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Holly Fent |
| Website / Email: | www.mainesheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Virginia
| Sheltie Rescue: | Love of Collies and Shelties Rescue |
| Contact: | Karen Joos |
| Website / Email: | www.loveofcolliesandsheltiesrescue.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Northern Virginia Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Martha Heisel / Nancy Tisdale |
| Website / Email: | www.nvsr.org |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Coastal Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Dara Riley |
| Website / Email: | www.coastalsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Washington
| Sheltie Rescue: | Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue |
| Contact: | Lynn Erckmann |
| Website / Email: | www.esssc.org/rescue.html |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Greater Spokane Shetland Sheepdog Club |
| Contact: | Pat Johnson |
| Website / Email: | www.gsssc.net/rescue.html |
Sheltie Rescues in West Virginia
| Sheltie Rescue: | NWAL Herding Dog Rescue |
| Contact: | Karen Bordonaro |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescue-nwal.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Wisconsin
| Sheltie Rescue: | Wisconsin Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | n/a |
| Website / Email: | www.wisheltierescue.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Illinois Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Natalie Whalen |
| Website / Email: | www.illinoissheltierescue.com |
| Sheltie Rescue: | Minnesota Sheltie Rescue |
| Contact: | Karen Marquardt |
| Website / Email: | www.mnsheltierescue.org |
Sheltie Rescues in Wyoming
| Sheltie Rescue: | Sheltie Rescue of Utah |
| Contact: | Barbara Edelberg |
| Website / Email: | www.sheltierescueut.org |
Becky Casale is the creator of Sheltie Planet and Science Me. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her part-human, part-Sheltie family.
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