Each year, many shelties are adopted out by shelters to inexperienced sheltie homes. In many cases, the homes then surrender the sheltie to a rescue instead of returning it to the shelter. The dog is bounced around yet again.

This is why I always contact shelters in order to pay their full adoption fee and get the dog out of the shelter and into a PERMANENT home quickly and effectively.

The following are just some of the shelters who have partnered with WSR recently in order to find homes for shelties:

Sheboygan County Humane Society in Sheboygan, WI
Fond Du Lac Humane Society, Fond Du Lac, WI
Monroe County Animal Control, Tomah, WI
Dane County Humane Society, Madison, WI
Wolf River Vet Clinic, New London, WI (this clinic serves as the area pound)
Southwoods Humane Society, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Oshkosh Humane Society, Oshkosh, WI
Coulee Region, Onalaska, WI
Adams County Humane Society, WI

However, not all shelters work with breed rescue organizations. The following shelters are not rescue friendly and do not use Wisconsin Sheltie Rescue as a direct resource:

Green Lake Area Animal Shelter in Green Lake, WI
Fox Valley Humane Association in Appleton, WI
Humane Society of Waupaca County
Clark County Humane Society in Nellsville, WI
Humane Society of Jefferson County, Jefferson, WI
Dunn County Humane Society, Menomonie, WI
Sauk County Humane Society, Baraboo, WI
Marathon County Humane Society - recently allowed us to take an 8 year old sheltie who was not doing well at the shelter. They did not call us. We called them. They had another sheltie since then and did NOT allow us to rescue her.
Lakeshore Humane Society in Manitowoc, WI - This is a shelter that I gave a $100 donation to the last time I went through Manitowoc and found a stray on the way. I felt bad taking it to the shelter so I left them a check for $!00. Lately, they had a sheltie mix there that they adopted out to a home that didn't understand herding breeds and of course he was returned the next day. I have offered to pay his adoption fee to get him and they refuse..
The Twig Project, Madison area, WI - an allbreed rescue that refused our request to pay a sheltie's expenses and get him into an experienced rescue program.

A word about MADAC (Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control):
MADAC gets all of the area strays and each day, a different Milwaukee area shelter comes in and 'cherry picks' the dogs that they want, leaving the ones that they don't. At that time, MADACC is allowed to call rescues to take the leftovers.