MURPHY is a 1 1/2 year old blue merle collie. He was turned into a shelter because "he had too much energy". He is young and rambunctious. He has a history of jumping on people and nipping (like a herding dog does) people to get them to interact with him. He is working with a dog trainer now and is coming along nicely. He needs a home with someone who can work with him and be committed to his training. He is good with confident kids. At this time, he can't go into a home with kids under 8 or 9. This is not a dog for first time dog owners. Experienced collie owners would be best for him. Murphy also has to stay on a small dose of Phenobarbital to control seizures. He has not had any seizures on the medication as we do not expect him to have nay more trouble with this issue. Murphy is being fostered in Tallahassee. If you are interested, fill out an application.
Friends of Collies and Shelties is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) rescue group in the greater Jacksonville, FL area. Our mission is to provide foster homes, medical care, transportation, and other available resources for abandoned and unwanted collies and shelties and to endeavor to find the most suitable home that will meet each dog's individual personality and needs.
We do not have a shelter. The collies and shelties in our program all live as family pets in foster homes. Our ability to help collies and shelties is limited by the number and availability of foster homes.
Please take the time to learn more about the temperament, health problems, and grooming and exercise needs of different breeds as you decide on adding a dog to your family.
For information about collies:
Rough and Smooth Collies: Breed Information
And for shelties:
Shelties --What's Good about 'Em? What's Bad abouth 'Em?
It's not about what I was before, but what I am now.
It's not about where I was, but where I am going.
Please help to make the rest of my years the BEST of my years.
Our rescue dogs all come to us from different situations - some come from shelters, some are found by good samaritans, and others are turned in by their families who can no longer keep them. They all live in foster homes so that we can learn their individual personalities and needs. We do our best to match potential families with the available dogs. The first part of this process is to complete an application. This application is lengthy - but please take the time to complete it. This helps us to better understand you and your family and home to match you with a dog that will best fit in. Please Click Here For Our Online Adoption Application Form
Check our Adoptable Pet List for collies and shelties available for adoption.
All of our rescue dogs are all seen by a veterinarian, spayed or neutered, tested and treated for any parasites including heartworms, given dental care needed, given necessary immunizations. Our requested adoption donation is $300 which helps to defray some of our expenses for caring for the dogs.
If you do not see any collies or shelties here you are interested in here, you can also check with
Tallahassee Collie Rescue
ColliesFlorida Rescue
MidFlorida Sheltie Rescue
Give fostering a try...and save the life of a homeless collie or sheltie!
Families and local shelters contact us to take unwanted or stray colliesand shelties. These dogs, who may otherwise be destroyed at an over-crowded shelter, are temporarily placed with a Foster Family until a Forever Family is found. We only ask that the Foster Family provide the collie or sheltie with food, shelter and love. We pay any needed medical expenses.
Can't adopt or foster right now? Then helping to raise funds to cover medical care for the dogs would be a huge help. Organize a garage sale, ask friends for donations for your next birthday, ask at work if they do matching donations. Rescue groups cannot continue if they run out of funds.
Make a tax deductible donation today!
If you would like to send a donation, please mail your check payable to Friends of Collies and Shelties to PO Box 50226, Jacksonville, FL 32240
Or you can pay electronically with your checking account or credit card by clicking the button below to use PayPal.
100% of all donations benefit the rescue dogs with Friends of Collies and Shelties Inc.
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Saving just one dog won't change the world.
But it surely will change the world for that one dog.
Friends of Collies and Shelties Inc
Jacksonville, FL
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