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.
Indiana Sheltie Rescue now has it's own page
on YouTube.com! Here we can upload
videos of available shelties, videos from events...whatever we want! Fosters doing
agility or obedience? I added the
'Shelties Available' and the
'Gavin Update Video' to
it. I also want to periodically do a "Newest additions" video and add
new dogs to it as a few come in. It's a bit time consuming to make, save and upload large
files, so I will do it once we get 3-4 new dogs at a time.
My hopes would be that if any foster moms/dads out there want to take videos of foster
shelties with their digital cameras, we could add them to the YouTube page, and then maybe
embed them on the Available for Adoption page on
the ISR site. Many other rescues are doing videos now
because looking at 500 pictures of dogs on Petfinder can get old...but videos add personality
to the available dog. If you were looking to adopt, which would draw you in more...a plain picture
of a posed dog, or a little video of that dog playing or romping around the house with other dogs
and people? The whole reason for doing events where we can take available dogs is to get those
dogs seen...this gives them one more venue to be seen, and by anybody, anywhere in Indiana. And
YouTube is HUGE right now, very very popular! We also can get donations thru the YouTube site
if anyone feels moved enough to do so by the videos. I believe we got a donation due to Gavin's
video, so when I saw that another rescue took donations on their YouTube site, that's when I
decided to set one up for ISR.
If anyone wants videos of their ISR fosters or adopted dogs on YouTube, email me (Kat4U2Luv@aol.com)and we will
figure the best way to get them up there.
Kathy
Fiona is a sweet little lady who deserves to live out her remaining years
in the best health that we can offer her. If you are a sheltie lover, here is your chance to give
back. We would welcome any donations to help cover Fiona’s medical expenses, which have exceeded $1500.
Click here to learn more about Fiona or to donate.
Gavin, a little blind sheltie, has touched the hearts of many of us. He
was found wandering the cornfields in Porter County and picked up by Animal Control. His fate there would
probably have been to be put to sleep, but thanks to Vicky who offered to foster him, he entered our
program and was adopted only a few months later by a wonderful family. People willing to foster are the
only hope of many shelties...many times it really does become a Life or Death situation. Now Gavin has a
wonderful life!
Kasey did agility demos recently
at Bark in the Ball Park at the Greenville Drive baseball game. She got to jump, tunnel and weave
in front of a sellout crowd. Many people were at the game with their dogs to help support the
Greenville Humane Society. Kasey even made it onto the giant instant replay screen for all the
world to watch. She is very proud of herself.
Summer Dog Days Here is Bailey helping herself to a nice summer refreshment on the deck table and sitting
in a bed of chive in bloom.
How Could You by Jim Willis presents, in a very poignant way, why our involvement in Sheltie Rescue
is so important.
When I was a puppy I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called me your
child and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became
your best friend. Whenever I was "bad," you'd shake your finger at me and ask "How could you?" -
but then you'd relent and roll me over for a bellyrub.
My housetraining took a little longer than expected, because you were terribly busy,
but we worked on that together. I remember those nights of nuzzling you in bed, listening
to your confidences and secret dreams, and I believed that life could not be any more
perfect. We went for long walks and runs in the park, car rides, stops for ice cream
(I only got the cone because "ice cream is bad for dogs," you said), and I took long
naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.
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.
Good news! The new Pedigree commercials tell us that Echo was adopted and shows us his new family!
What a happy ending for Echo! We need some happy endings for our shelties that have been left behind too!
All proceeds go to help support the shelties fostered by SR
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.
- Volunteers - Click here to see opportunities and events to help with
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.
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.
