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ABOUT BORDER COLLIE RESCUE
In 1997, Border Collie Rescue (BCR) grew out of the need to find adoptive homes for the ever-increasing number of unwanted Border Collies (BC). Since then BCR had to re-home approximately 2200 BC’s in Gauteng alone. (Roughly 200 per year and increasing) Volunteers strive to ensure that all Border Collies needing homes find permanent placement and that owners are capable of dealing with the challenges and demands of living with these immensely active and intelligent dogs.
While a good, trained working dog is worth his weight in gold; many that come into our care have not been trained. The saying, "you cannot teach an old dog new tricks…"has been proven wrong in our re-homing; some of our dogs have moved on to work livestock on small farms, others are competing successfully in obedience and agility
Some of our main objectives are to:
BCR registered as a nonprofit organization in 1999. BCR is currently busy with a number of projects, like our sponsor-a-kennel program, which we hope would raise funds to help BCR to continue successfully.
BCR is also an invaluable service for many Border Collie owners who, through no fault of their own, can no longer care for their trusted friend.
While a good, trained working dog is worth his weight in gold; many that come into our care have not been trained. The saying, "you cannot teach an old dog new tricks…"has been proven wrong in our re-homing; some of our dogs have moved on to work livestock on small farms, others are competing successfully in obedience and agility
Some of our main objectives are to:
- Educate the public about the Border Collie
- Find adoptive homes for unwanted BC’s.
- Provide rehabilitation for abused BC’s.
- Provide foster homes for abandoned BC’s.
- Raise funds to cover the operating costs of BCR i.e. sterilization, advertising, kenneling fees, transport, telephone and other veterinary expenses.
BCR registered as a nonprofit organization in 1999. BCR is currently busy with a number of projects, like our sponsor-a-kennel program, which we hope would raise funds to help BCR to continue successfully.
BCR is also an invaluable service for many Border Collie owners who, through no fault of their own, can no longer care for their trusted friend.
FACT FILE
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Contact person
Contact Number Email address NPO number Bank details |
Julie Morris
011-395-2259/082-887-9668 [email protected] 006-620 NPO PBO 930-043-976 Standard Bank, Northgate, Account number 226 387 399 Branch code 001106 |
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What are the criteria looked at when evaluating for a prospective adopter?
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We need to see the dogs will be safe in their new homes, ie fencing must be adequate, we prefer our dogs to be part of the family and sleep inside. We don’t expect people to be agility/obedience champions but the dog must be very much part of the family, Collies are “people” dogs, just love to be with their people!
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Describe the ideal owner and environment for your breed.
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Each home is assessed on its merits, we know collies that live in townhouses that are very happy dogs, ideally it should be an active family who walk their animals and include them as part of the family.
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Does the adoption fee include Sterilisation?
What is the adoption fee? Are the dogs dewormed at the time of adoption? Does the adoption fee include a physical check up by a vet prior to adoption? Do you give the client as much history as you have ? Do you sort out any behaviour problems before adopting? How do you make assessments as to a dog's compatibility to children and non canine pets? If the adopter has existing dogs do you arrange for an introductions to assess compatibility? Do you do subsequent home checks once a dog has been adopted? What other support is provided to the adopter after a dog has been adopted? Do you make use of foster homes for dogs? If yes to the above; does the adoption process differ in any way? If the adoption is not successful that you would take the dog back? |
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R600 for adult dogs, R650 for puppies Yes Yes Yes, have to! Don’t want to set the dog up to fail! Yes, we have a small army of registered accredited behaviourists The kennels we use have horses, birds and cats who live there so we can assess how they will get on with other small feathered/furries. Children are asked to come along to meet any potential new pets so we can assess how the dog reacts in a safe environment Yes, owners are welcome to bring their dogs to the kennels we use where we can all go for a walk in the paddocks and see how they get on. Yes, follow up a few days later to make sure everything is settling well and keep in touch with them down the line too. If they encounter any problems we will send our behaviourist around to assist, if the worst happens we will always take one of our dogs back no questions asked! We tend to only foster the older dogs out, young dogs don’t get seen otherwise,we prefer to have them all in one central location so people can come and see all the dogs we currently have available. No YES! Doesn’t matter if its the next day or 10years later, we will always take our dogs back |