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Often in this world of animal rescue it isn’t just the lonely animal being saved. There are times that the line blurs when one helps a dog…because many times it is actually the dog saving the rescuer. So goes the … Continue reading
Halloween can be a frightening time for family dogs. If you look at Halloween from your pet’s perspective, it’s easy to see how the events could seem very confusing and scary with familiar faces masked and dressed oddly, excited trick-or-treaters … Continue reading
Dear Aunt Aussie, Is there a difference between Aggressive and Dominant. I have heard the words used to describe dogs but don’t they both really describe the same thing? Signed, In a Quandary in Quebec Dear Quandary, Dominance and aggression … Continue reading
A Double Merle Aussie is the result of breeding two Merle Aussies together. Because the Merle gene (M) is dominant, statistically 25% of a Merle-to-Merle litter will be Double Merles. These pups can be born blind, deaf or blind and … Continue reading
Sophie is a very special girl, looking for a very special home. She was born in the home of a “backyard breeder” on the South Dakota-Iowa border. All of her littermates were sold soon after they were whelped, but Sophie was … Continue reading
I have had the pleasure of working closely with our April Volunteer of the Month, Sherry McInerney since I started working with the rescue last August. Sherry devotes much of her time and energy to the rescue daily as a … Continue reading
It was cold rainy night in early December 2010. Rhonda and I were traveling to Gurnee, IL to pick up a dog coming from Kentucky – that’s all we knew but it’s what we do. The scheduled foster home that … Continue reading
Dear Aunt Aussie, I take my dog to the dog park 3 to 4 times a week. The problem is the closer we get to the dog park the more excited she gets. Yesterday she nipped me in the hand … Continue reading
About a year and a half ago we adopted a two-year-old female Australian Shepherd from Midwest Aussie Rescue. Our experience was so positive that we started thinking about becoming foster parents ourselves. Neither one of us thought we could handle … Continue reading
Aussies are natural athletes, and they often excel at any sport they are pointed at. I personally compete with my own two Aussies in K9 disc and the physical and mental demands it puts on all three of us has … Continue reading