Shelties Available For Adoption
The adoption process begins when you submit the ADOPTION APPLICATION form to us. We cannot stress enough how It is important that you answer all the questions. There are no right or wrong answers and no trick questions. Your answers will help us match you up with the right rescue.
It is important, however, for you to understand that each of these dogs comes with its own life experiences. Some come from loving homes, whose owners may have passed away, or perhaps moved and couldn’t take their dog with them. Some dogs are given up for health or other personal reasons. Other dogs were abandoned and are looking for loving homes.
Once SSPSNJ gets a dog, the dog is examined by a veterinarian, spayed/neutered, and brought up to date on all its shots. With all this complete, we do our best to find the right home for the right sheltie.
One of these dogs might be your ‘furever’ friend.
Thank you for considering adopting one of our shelties.
With any dog we have in rescue, we have a process we follow when considering an adoptive home, and the dog’s needs ALWAYS come first. FOSTER HOMES, VOLUNTEERS and PRIOR ADOPTERS get special consideration. We keep applications on file and try to match the Sheltie with the best possible adoptive home. Thank you for understanding!
For Adoption...
Big Rescue welcome to SAMSON!
Samson is an 8 year old shetland sheepdog / collie mix. He is large for a sheltie / small for a collie, as would be expected for this mix. He is a very sweet boy who is a little shy when he first meets new people but he does warm up. He is well mannered in the home, housebroken, and not destructive. He is very affectionate and loves his family. Sadly his family has moved to a home with no fenced yard and they felt it was in his best interest to find a new family to love that has a fenced yard for him to run and play in. He is a barker and likes to let his family know he is keeping an eye on things !
Samson does pull on a leash when he sees another dog as he was attacked several times by a neighbor’s dog while on leash. This is a fear based behavior. If there are no other dogs present he has good leash walking skills. He is coming along with this training in his foster home and we would like his adoptive home to continue this work with a trainer’s help if necessary.
We are absolutely requiring a good sized, securely fenced yard in his adoptive home as it will probably require some time to get him over his leash issues. We also think Samson would be happiest in a home with no other dogs although he *may* be okay with a calmer, non confrontational dog.
If you are interested in adopting Samson, please submit a completed adoption application.
Note that we are REQUIRING a securely fenced yard for his adoption. We also do in-person home checks for every adoption, so we like to keep our dogs reasonably close to NJ where we are based, so we can monitor progress and help out adopters as needed.
Foster Care...
Dogs in Foster Care are not available for adoption at this time. They are lovingly
cared for as their medical, behavioral and social needs are evaluated.