What we do: We evaluate Australian Shepherds and Australian Shepherd mixes from selected shelters and private owners no longer able to keep their Aussies. If we judge a dog suitable for placement with an average adopter, we foster it in private homes and get to know the dog. We then post the dog to our website and place it in an adoptive home where the energy levels, expectations and personalities are a good fit.
Think of us as a "doggie dating service"!
New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue, Inc.
New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) organization serving Australian Shepherds and Aussie
mixes in the United States and Canada.
Don't want to adopt
but do want to help?
We depend on donations to supplement our adoption fees.
Sometimes, the cost to rescue a dog far exceeds our adoption fee.
We accept checks or Paypal.
You'll receive a letter acknowledging your gift for your tax records.
You can also help by visiting our Paws To Shop section.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Donate with PayPal
(You don't need to have a PayPal account yourself.)
You can do a little or a lot:
no experience necessary!
Make reference check phone calls, do home visits, help with transporting dogs, fundraise, maintain webpages, help at rescue booths, or become a foster home.
Your fellow New Spirit volunteers will be there to help every step of the way!
Donate in Honor or in Memory
of A Loved One
The New Spirit Aussie Ambassadors:
left to right, Kye, 15, Shasta, 4, and Ranger 2, appeared at many fundraising events in 2009 and thank you for your generous support of New Spirit.
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 18
Syracuse Obedience Training Club
"Doggone Good Day"
Syracuse, NY
Sometimes there's no easy way to get dogs from Point A (where they have little chance of being adopted) to Point B (where we have lots of great approved adopters waiting).
On Sept 30, we rented a van and set out on a 1,300 mile round trip from PA to SC to pick up 12 dogs. Now, insanity runs in most rescue people so this plan didn't provoke as much eye-rolling from our friends and family as you might imagine.
Road Trip for Rescue:
6 states and 1,300 miles in under 48 hours
Our first hurdle was spatial: how the heck to fit 12 large crates in the van and secure them.
Then we added the cedar chip bedding we'd been advised to use-- it absorbs liquid and spills, and adds a nice scent to the proceedings.
If you ever had hamsters as a kid, you'll readily appreciate why the driver at one point asked, "Why do I feel like I ought to be running inside a wheel?"
Simple: because the whole van smelled like a freshly cleaned Habitrail. But there are worse smells (and would be, before the trip was over).
Above: your only slightly insane road trippers: Pam Caldwell, logistics, left, and Karen Eck, driver, right.
Below: Yes, you can fit 12 crates and all needed supplies in--it just takes a lot longer than you planned on.
Above: Nolan, NS 1168 and since adopted, offered numerous times to help with the driving.
Along the route, folks came out to meet us as we wended our way back north. Jeremi Clark of NC, left, was invaluable in collecting and overnighting NC dogs. Pam Caldwell, New Spirit president, right, was glad to finally meet Jeremi in person after years of long-distance collaboration.
Overall, the trip was a huge success and a great lesson in how to move dogs when there's no other alternative. It cost us $570 which worked out to $47.50 per dog, but if we'd tried to put a price on exhaustion, it would have been a lot more!
But dogs that are out of time where they are come first, and we were happy to do it. Half the dogs from this trip have been placed in great forever homes already.
