Meet Mildura, a 2 year old Australian Shepherd female. Mildura is a red trio and weighs around 45 pounds. Mildura is completely up to date on her shots and is house broken. When her foster family comes home from school or work, Mildura is always there to great them with squeals of delight and assume tail wags.

NS 0987 Mildura

Mildura loves a special stuffed toy, a stuffed cow and loves to play chase the flashlight. Mildura is tolerant of other dogs but would probably be best as an only dog, though with the right training and attention should do fine in a multi-dog home.

NS 0987 Mildura

Mildura loves car rides and to go for walks, she is learning not to pull on her leash and is crate trained. Mildura is like many Aussies that seem to develop a thunderphobia, she doesn’t bark, she just looks for her family to be near.

NS 0987 Mildura

To adopt Mildura, who calls Northern Illinois her home, complete an application at New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue. Reference NS 0987

Remy on Christmas Day

With the economy just starting to go south with many losing jobs, and homes, I think Remy was the start of the avalanche that was Aussies without homes. He was tossed from home to home, never being a bother, just an Aussie without a true spot.

Step in the Standards and their offer to foster him until his owner could find a job and a home, which never happened, then the process of allowing a wonderful family to adopt this little Aussie, who was stone deaf. Remy wiggled his way into the foster family, and it was know for sure the day I had an application that wanted to adopt him, and the foster family decided he had found his spot.

Remy on Christmas Day

Remy was always part of the Standards pack, and he was always there, always happy and always a great ambassador to the Aussie breed.

Remy on Christmas Day

Sadly on New Year morning, after having been on a walk, Remy suffered a series of seizures, one after another, and after an emergency rush to the animal hospital, it was decided Remy was done with his duties and his teachings to the human race, and it was time he was headed back, to a world were he would never have a seizure and he will always hear his name called.

Rest In Peace Remy 2011

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Shayla is around 1 year old, she has the heart of a real trooper, she is always affectionate and loves everyone in her foster home, she gets along great with her 2 foster sisters, sometimes even sharing a bed.

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Shayla also has 2 human foster brothers an she treats them like a real sister would, hanging out, and playing, but they refuse to do tea-time with her, but we will work on that, come on guys, she’s just a girl

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We have put Shayla through numerous surgeries to try to save her leg, she has been in a cast for almost 12 weeks, but the latest X-rays didn’t look promising, infect there seemed to be no bone growth at all, this whole time she has been great and runs and plays with her sisters as if she was 100%.

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So now we come to a crossroads with Shayla, our next option is to remove her leg, but we also know once it’s gone, it’s gone for good, so being the optimist we are, and her doctor feeling she has a chance, performed a new procedure this week. They are trying to revitalize the bone ends, they have put a ceramic brace around her leg to restrict any and all movement.

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Keep our little girl in your prayers, and if you can find it to help defray all her medical costs, please donate today to Shayla’s medical fund.

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Meet Tyson, named because when he got into a fight with Cookie, I guess he went for an ear. The good tasting Cookie is fine and Tyson was asked to sit in his corner.

Tyson No, the other Tyson!

Cookie is a super cute little female who is named as such because of just how sweet and warm she is to people and other dogs.

Meet our real smart Cookie!

Merlot is the shyer of the 3 and told Colleen she wanted to sleep in the bed of their pickup truck for the night.

Merlot, She is the Girl that likes a good Pickup Truck

These Aussies will be placed in foster homes for evaluation and their shots and spayed and neutered, so they will be a few weeks before they are ready for adoption, keep an eye out for them.

We have 3 Australian Shepherds at the Effingham Animal Control in Effingham Illinois that need rescued. Colleen, one of our Central Illinois volunteers is traveling there today to see what the status is and knowing how we are will be traveling back home with 3 Aussies all in need of rescue.

Blue Merle Effingham IL

Red Tri Effingham IL

Another Blue Merle Effingham IL

We have 1 beautiful red merle female pup that is in Franklin County Indiana that is on the PTS list and is shy or afraid of people, she was a stray and we are hoping it entails shelter shock, which so many Aussies seem to acquire in shelters.

Red Merle Australian Shepherd in Franklin IN

Then down in Joplin Missouri we have these 2 mini Aussies that are in dire straits and we are hoping are headed to New Spirit this weekend. They were surrendered to the shelter and are said to be good boys and girls.

Red Tri Mini Aussie Joplin MO

Red Merle Mini Australian Shepherd Joplin Mo

We are finally getting Beere up from Texas this week as well. So anyone that has thought about fostering or adopting, now is the time to contact us for an application at New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue.

NS 0754 Beere (Baby)

Bark in the Park, CUPCAKES!

Well we had our booth at the Ottawa Bark in the Park, and it was a huge success. Stephanie Z must have baked over 200 cupcakes as she was able to generate $180.00 in just cupcake sales. She also made some homemade doggie treats. I want all our Aussies to give Steph the honoray Aussie butt Wiggle! Also a big thanks to Stephanies husband for bringing tables and a tent to shade us from the sun. Also for having Stryder show his great Aussie friendliness.

Also Sherry Mc brought homemade doggie treats (I tried one, it was a little bland, but good) and her family to help out as well manning the booth. Sherry brought Toby and Holland as well to show how great of kissers they were!

Bark in the Park, Ottawa IL

Bark in the Park, Ottawa IL

Bark in the Park, Ottawa IL

Paul and Peggy M from my area also lent a hand as well. They brought their 2 Aussies, Samantha and Sydney. Both were excellent Aussies.

Bark in the Park, Ottawa IL

Hal and his wife Michelle came with their Aussie as well, they couldn’t bring Shadow or Shayla as both are recovering from surgery.

Bark in the Park, Ottawa IL

I had Diamond there, she stole the show with her all white coat, blue eyes and great spirit. Diamond is a lethal white.

Diamond Showing Off at Bark in the Park, Ottawa IL

We made over $300.00 Saturday wish will go to a great cause, covering the medical bills for all our recent Aussies. If you would like to still drop a little in our Aussie Donation Bucket, please feel free

Sundown (Sage NS 0627) is a 2 year old black tri female who will probably be best as the only dog in the home, so far that seems to be her desire.

Sundown -(Sage NS 0627)

Symbian (Boomer NS 0629) is a red tri male around 2 years old, he is a very happy and lively boy who is looking for a home. He is currently still with his Mom and Dad, who need to re-home him as soon as possible. Stay tuned for more on Symbian.

Symbian (Boomer NS 0629)

TACS (Lola) is a 2 year old blue merle female who’s owners couldn’t take her with them as they lost their home. She is said to be an all around good girl. All these Aussies are available, but not officially listed. Please send an email to AussieRescueIL@Gmail.com for more information.

TACS (Lola NS 0628)

A Puppy Waiting For Help

If you think you have time and space to help foster and Aussie, PLEASE contact us, or better yet do an application and get on board to foster this great breed today. If you are thinking of adopting, what better way then to kick the tires and see if instead the reward is to save a life and help another family find that best friend.

Boomer Needs A Home

New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue Volunteer Application

Happy Birthday Hagar

Hagar was running wild in Woodford County Illinois for a while when one day he ran across a busy highway and was hit by a car, a county officer saw him get hit, and saw him keep running across an open field. Animal control tried to find him for a week and finally caught him and brought him in. He was supposed to be treated with pain medicine for his injury. Sadly this didn’t happen and he spent 10 days in a dark, cold, concrete cell, with no human contact, no sunlight, and no other dogs to keep him company.

Hagar Doped Up

I went to evaluate him and was horrified by his conditions and the fact that he wasn’t treated for his injury. Hagar was paralyzed from his mid-back on, he couldn’t stand on his hind-end, only balance on his front paws. He also was not able to hold his bowels and was loaded with worms. It was a very scary 20 minute ride to my vet’s office, who wasn’t open for another hour, and I was frantically calling over and over, with Hagar crying the whole way.

Hagar was in rough shape

When we arrived, he was still un-able to hold his bodily functions, and the concern was he was going to have major nerve damage. Once on the table we sedated him, and began the process to see what would be the end result, only to have him have a major seizure, something I had never seen before. I was scared with him, and worried I would be requesting he be put to sleep to ease his pain. My rep at the time said that they made little wheelchairs for dogs, and my vet felt he deserved a chance to recover. So it was decided to dope him up, keep him immobile for 2 weeks to allow the swelling to recede, he had a broken back, and was in a spot that was probably the worst place for a dog to suffer a broken back.

I took him home, stopping at Petsmart to buy a special crate that allowed access to him from every angle. The next 2 weeks I came home at lunch and checked up on him, changed his bedding and gave him medicine and sat with him. I set goals for this little black tri:

• He had to eat, and drink
• He had to hold his bowels and bladder
• He had to sit up, he had to stand
• He had to crawl
• He had to walk
• He had to run
• He had to bark
• …And he had to wiggle his butt like any good and happy Aussie would do

Hagar Healed

Then I would consider him healed, and ready for a foster home in Chicago, only he never made it that far, I failed, and I failed big time, he wasn’t going to go anywhere, he had met and exceeded every goal, and became part of my pack, and now a year later, Hagar’s having a birthday, he is not only getting pizza, along with him brother’s Cruise and Mocha, he is now officially my Aussie, I adopted Hagar today, 1 year after that fateful day in February of 2009.

Welcome home Hagar!