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...
Jasper is available for adoption!
JASPER here! I am about a year old now and I sure would like to find a Forever Home! I am a very Good Boy and love running in my foster mom’s fenced backyard. I sure would love a playful buddy! They say I am a bigger sheltie but I think I’m perfect just the way I am. I love to play with toys and run in the yard and try to get my foster friends to play and toys are AWESOME!! I hope my adoptive family has lots of TOYS because I love them SOOOOO MUCH! Treats are pretty good too!
Jasper was found as a stray and a good hearted person got him off the street (he was tied to a tree or something) and tried to find his owner. With no success, Jasper was taken to the shelter who were happy to cooperate with rescue once his stray hold was up and he went unclaimed. The shelter estimated Jasper to be about 25 lbs or so.
If you are interested in adopting Jasper please fill out an Adoption Application and return it via email or print and mail to: SSPSNJ, 107 Broad Street, Suite 694, Hainesport, NJ 08036.
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.
Big Rescue Welcome to our little Leprechauns! 1 yr old ERIN, 3 month old PATTY, and 3 month old LUCKY. Our friends at NCSR got 5 puppies into rescue and we were glad to be able to help out with 3 of them. All 3 of these dogs are sable merles. They are all very small. These pups will be heading to their fosters homes and we will get to know them a bit better. We will post more about them then.
We have gotten a lot of interest in these dogs as you can imagine. They are not yet ready for adoption, but if you are interested please fill out an application and also tell us about your puppy experience. We don’t have the resources to answer comments on posts, messages or emails without a completed application unfortunately. We adopt our fosters to homes in NJ or reasonably close, and prefer homes with fenced yards and prior sheltie or herding dog experience.
PLEASE NOTE that our Foster Homes, who take dogs and puppies into their homes and spend time working with them and taking them to all the vet visits, have 1st dibs on adoptions.
ALSO NOTE: Puppies are a lot of work and are a 15 year commitment. When considering a puppy, take your lifestyle into consideration. It takes a lot of time and patience to train a puppy to be a good adult dog. It’s not just the housebreaking, it’s all of it. They don’t know how to be a good dog unless you train them to be that way.
THE MISSOURI MILL DOGS
JOURNEY is one of our Missouri Mill dogs. He is a light sable and is about 5 or 6 years old. Journey lived his life in a backyard puppy mill with minimal human interaction. He is in a foster home where he will learn to be a pet and not livestock in a shed behind the house. Journey is very shut down right and will need a lot of time to decompress and realize he will be okay. He does not yet know how to walk on a leash, and is not yet housebroken. Those things will come with time. Journey is not yet ready for adoption.
TRIP is one of our Missouri Mill dogs. He is a 2 or 3 year old sable merle with beautiful blue eyes. He is less shut down than Journey but is fearful of people. He also lived his life in this puppy mill with minimal care and food. He will need to learn how to live in the house as a pet and not as livestock out in the shed behind the house. He is young and once he feels more comfortable he will probably be higher energy. Trip is not yet ready for adoption.