Our Featured Pet.....Kriket!

Dog Template MEET Kriket!

12 month old
Female
Australian Shepherd
abt 50 lbs

This adorable little girl is Kriket. She is a 1 year old purebred australian shepherd. She is a mostly black and white blue merle with just a few patches of brown on her. She was pulled from a shelter in Kentucky where she was scheduled to be euthanized. Unfortunately we do not know why she was in the shelter.
12/22/09

Kriket is such a happy girl and has such a zest for life! She has not met a person or a dog she does not like. She wants to be everybody's friend and play all the time. She is getting very good at respecting other dogs signals. When she met Misty on Saturday-Misty was not fond of Kriket's play style. Kriket plays very typical aussie style and is physical-roughhousing. Misty is typical BC and just wants to herd. By the end of their short time together-Kriket was so cute play bowing and barking at Misty from a distance trying to entice her to play. Misty wanted no part of it.

Kriket is making very good progress here. She is now responding very well to her name when called. She crates on cue and is quiet all night in it. She has been 100% on the housebreaking-only 1 accident in the very beginning. She is much better at not jumping up on people. She knows to sit in front of me to get attention from me. I was very proud the other day when my teenage daughter and her friend were here and Kriket only leaned up against them for attention and never even thought about jumping. She does forget when she is excited-so will need continued work and patience on this. She is also still mouthy when really excited. Her leash walking is better, but she is in such a hurry-I just don't go fast enough for her! She will start to "prance" with her feet trying to control herself. This girl just did not get the foundation she needed as a puppy. She is very busy and is so funny. She wants to come out of the crate all zoomie! When she picks up a toy she automatically goes to the door and wants outside. She thinks all toys belong outide. I would not be surprised if she was an outside dog before as she has a hard time settling in the house. This girl would definitely benefit from a job! She trys SOOO hard!

She loves to run and play with Jax and has a blast in the snow. She is now able to keep up with Jax running. She would definitely love to have a playful canine sibling in her forever home. I took some pictures of her in the fresh snow the other day. Enjoy!

Kriket is available for adoption to an approved adopter. While she waits for her forever family she will be continuing her training with me. Kriket is being fostered in NE Illinois. If you have any questions about Kriket please email her foster mom at Becky@TheBorderCollieShop.com

You can see more updates on Kriket by CLICKING HERE

To apply to adopt Kriket, please go to application.

Email: NSBCR

Who We Are

North Star Border Collie Rescue is a 501c3 nonprofit established to rescue, rehabilitate and seek suitable homes for unwanted or abandoned Border Collies and Australian Shepherds. Our focus is in the State of MI and surrounding states.

Adopting a friend

Our adoption fee is $250 for adult dogs and for puppies, $150 for seniors, and is required at the time of signing the adoption agreement contract. All of our pets are spayed or neutered, heartworm checked and up to date on shots before adoption. We require personal and vet references along with a home check. There is no regular office and all our dogs are in foster homes. Our volunteers have other jobs so please be have patience on return calls.

Come Visit Us!

Dogs can be seen by appointment by approved adopters.

News

Help Wanted:

Fostering! The biggest need!

North Star is an all volunteer foster home based rescue. Since we do not have a shelter without our wonderful foster families who open up their heart and homes to a dog in need we would not be able to go on in our mission.

As a foster home, you provide a safe place, love, and training for the dog to succeed in its new home. You take pictures and post a write-up on the dog with follow-ups on their progress. Any inquiries on your foster dog are directed to you and you would respond to them.

North Star provides for all the vetting for the dog. We are here to support and guide you as a foster home.

You can be a foster home even if you don't live in Traverse City, MI! We currently have foster homes in Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin.

The need for foster homes has never been bigger. With the current economic situation the shelters are overflowing, all the rescues are full and the dogs just keep coming. We have a waiting list of dogs that need to come in and no open foster homes for them.

If you have ever thought of fostering, there is really no time like the present to give it a try! If interested, please fill out our volunteer application. If you are an already approved adopter of NSBCR, you are already approved to be a foster home! All you would need to do is email us. If you have any questions, just email!

Volunteer! It's not just about fostering!
If you always thought that the only way to help a rescue was by fostering a dog and therefore are not able to help you have come to the right place! There are many areas and ways to help the dogs in need. It is really a team effort to find these dogs their forever home.

There are many things done behind the scenes which are vital to a rescues operations. All of them are equally important to the group. There is something for everyone. Won't you consider taking a look at the list below and see if there is something you would be interested in helping with? With more people helping it lightens the load and we are able to Guide More Dogs Home.

If you would like to volunteer, just fill out our volunteer application. If you are an already approved adopter of North Star, you are automatically approved to volunteer-all you would need to do is contact us about what you are interested in helping with. Any questions-just email me!

Processing Applications
Fundraising
Transportation
Home Visits
Evaluate dogs
Help at Events
Newsletter
Updates

Just to name a few! Whether you have a lot of time to help or just a little bit of time-it is all appreciated. Thanks!

Donate!

No time to volunteer or foster, but still want to help? You can always make a donation!

North Star Border Collie Rescue is a non-profit corporation run solely by volunteers who give generously of their time. We depend completely on donations to keep helping the dogs in need. The adoption fee is usually enough to cover the average vetting needed for a dog. However if we get one in that is very sick it can quickly drain our finances. If you would like to make a monetary donation it can be done via paypal by clicking on the donate button on our home page or you can mail a check to:

NSBCR
PO BOX 116
Old Mission, MI 49673

There are also non-monetary supplies that can also be donated and are very much needed!
Assorted Toys
Assorted Collars & Leashes (no chain collars)
30 Gallon Trash bags
Liquid Hand Soap
Latex & Rubber Gloves
Bleach
Laundry Detergent
Paper Towels
Towels & Blankets
Copy Paper
Postage Stamps
Purell Hand Sanitizer
Crates
x-pens
etc.

If you would like to donate supplies, please email us for an address to send them to. Any questions, please email!

North Star Border Collie Rescue
Traverse City

Traverse City, MI 49686
Email: NSBCR
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter

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