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Tansy, the newest member of our pack

09/24/2013

We added another canine member to our pack. Tansy came to us as a foster dog nearly two months ago with her “brother” Todd.  Todd was adopted a little over a month ago and we had been debating if we were going to put Tansy up for adoption or adopt her ourselves.  We decided on the […]

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Todd has been adopted!

08/19/2013

Our foster dog, Todd, was adopted yesterday! He had a rough go of it when he was brought into rescue following the passing of his previous owner from cancer, but he has found another loving family. Todd now lives in Grass Valley on a game preserve with his forever family. Good luck, Todd! We miss […]

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Meet our foster dog, Todd!

08/14/2013

We had been taking a little break from fostering when we we were passed on the info about our newest foster dog, Todd and his “sister”, Tansy.  Both dogs came into rescue after their owner passed away from cancer. Their owner lived with her 91 year old mother and had been her mother’s caregiver before […]

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Sophie has been adopted!

06/15/2013

Our foster dog, Sophie, was adopted yesterday! She went to live on a ranch in Nipomo, CA. I think she will be very happy with her new family. 🙂

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Meet our new foster dog, Sophie!

06/9/2013

This is our beautiful new girl, Sophie. 🙂 She is a 1 1/2 year old female Border Collie with a beautiful rough coat.  She is one of the sweetest dogs we’ve ever had and loves to cuddle and give kisses. She also has a very strong herding instinct, so we are being very particular about […]

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Poppy has been adopted!

04/22/2013

Our beautiful foster dog, Poppy, was adopted the other day! She went to live with a wonderful family in Concord, CA where I know she will be very happy. It sure is bittersweet finding our foster dogs their forever homes, even if we only had them with us for a little over a week. The […]

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Our new foster dog, Poppy

04/11/2013

The other day, we picked up our new foster for the Border Collie Rescue of Northern California. We named her Poppy. We rescued her from the Merced Animal Shelter, where she had been abandoned one night when her former owners threw her over the fence into the shelter. She’s such an affectionate and sweet girl. […]

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Belle has been adopted!

04/10/2013

Our foster dog, Belle, was adopted yesterday! She went to live in Klamath Falls, Oregon!  Her new mom is a veterinarian and she now has a family of another Border Collie, a Pomeranian and four cats!  We wish Belle luck on her new adventure and hope she loves her new home. 🙂

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Meet our new foster dog, Belle!

03/26/2013

This is our latest foster dog for the Border Collie Rescue of Northern California. Belle is a 1 1/2 year old smooth coat Border Collie female.  She is spayed and up-to-date on her shots. Belle came to us from Los Banos and was relinquished to our rescue by her former family who were inexperienced with […]

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Trudie has been adopted!

03/11/2013

Our foster dog, Trudie, was adopted yesterday! She went to live with her wonderful forever family in Ashland, Oregon.  Her new family had been looking at hundreds of dogs before they found her. Trudie’s new name is now Gracie and she will spend her days hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with her new family and […]

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Lily has been adopted!

02/19/2013

Beautiful, sweet Lily has found her forever home 🙂 Lily was adopted over the weekend and has gone to live in Modesto, CA.  So sad to see her go as she is such a special girl with a kind heart. <3 Trudie, our other foster dog is still looking for her forever home.  Hopefully, she […]

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Meet Our Foster Dog, Lily!

02/13/2013

This is sweet Lily. 🙂 Lily is a 4 year old spayed female Border Collie with a rough coat.  We have actually had Lily for a little over two weeks, but she had a bad reaction to her spay surgery, so we have been taking care of her and making sure that she was all […]

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Meet Trudie!

02/11/2013

Yesterday, we were asked by a friend who volunteers for local rescue to take on Trudie, a young female Border Collie who had been with them since early December. Trudie was rescued at the Nth hour from the Chowchilla shelter, where she was being loaded on a truck to be euthanized.  Fortunately she was saved. […]

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Zeus has been adopted!

01/21/2013

Yesterday, our foster dog, Zeus, was adopted by a wonderful family from Dixon. We wish tem many happy years together. 🙂

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Meet our new foster dog, Zeus!

01/15/2013

This past weekend we picked up our latest foster dog, Zeus. Zeus has been with our rescue since September, when he was relinquished by his former owner.  He lived on a cattle ranch, but didn’t do well as a working dog.  He was fostered by another volunteer since then and has now come to us. […]

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Flicka has been adopted!

12/10/2012

Our foster dog, Flicka, was adopted on Friday!  She went to live in Davis with a wonderful family of four and is being spoiled.  She was our ninth foster dog for the Border Collie Rescue of Northern California. 🙂

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Meet our new foster dog, Flicka!

11/30/2012

After our last foster dog for the Border Collie Rescue of Northern California, Cody, we took a little break from fostering as we have a kitten who needed to grow up a bit first.  A couple of our foster dogs had a predator instinct, so we were wary of having a dog like that around […]

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