BREAKING NEWS

PORTLAND, Tenn. - The Humane Society of the United States worked in conjunction with the Sumner County Sheriff's Department to remove 108 border collies last week from squalid conditions at an alleged puppy mill in Portland, Tenn.

The property owner breeds dogs for sale and runs Border Collie Rescue of Middle Tennessee. According to his Web site, the property owner takes in rescued border collies. But many of the dogs on the property were those the owner had bred and made available for sale on the Internet.

The dogs were housed in a dark, vermin-infested barn and filthy outdoor pens. Border collies are natural herding dogs, and require extensive exercise to maintain a healthy temperament and physique. Lack of exercise and socialization is especially devastating to this breed. It is possible that many of these neglected animals had never known life outside their cramped enclosures.

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• video of the news story
• photos from the seizure

NEBCR has taken in 7 dogs from this initial seizure and more may be on the way. Dubbed "The Lucky 7" these dogs arrived 9/28 covered in mats, filth, lice eggs and feces. More info to come...

Marsh, Agility Dog!

I was told by my agility instructor that I have 'definite potential'....not sure what that means, but I do know that this agility stuff is fun, fun, fun!

I am so focused on my foster mom! She loves that :-)

Still searching for my forever home....but in the mean time, I'm having fun learning agility!

Love, Marsh

I updated my bio!

Marsh here...I'm the handsome boy on the right.....

I have become much more so-fist-i-cay-tid lately....so I updated the world to let them know!

Check it out here: http://www.nebcr.org/closeups/Marsh01.html

Please 'click' to help us win some $$$ for our foster dogs

Thank you for helping us win $1,000 during the first Animal Rescue Site Shelter Challenge. We are an all volunteer organization and all of the money went to cover vet and other expenses for the rescue dogs in our care.

Now you can help us again! And it's so simple! Just one 'click' a day from you and your friends will get us closer to winning another round of the Animal Rescue Site Shelter challenge!

Simply go to Animal Rescue Site Shelter Challenge
Enter: New England Border Collie Rescue
and remember that we are incorporated in the state of CT!

Thank you!

It's no easy job...

... to be looking for a new home. One has to take naps in between all the looking!

Yawn, Rupert

Marsh's Buggy

Yesterday I met a big buzzy bug with wings...

I had never seen a friend like that so I barked at him for awhile...

Nothing happened.

Then I thought that bug might be fun to play with! I was veeerrryyy gentle....

But then suddenly he got up and flew away fast. I chased him all the way to the fence, but he kept on going. He was gone....

I hope he comes back to play again.

Love, Marsh (still looking for my perfect family...who will let me play with a bug once in awhile)

It has come to my attention...

... that my pictures make me look like a giant fluffy bernese mountain dog. No way! I am no bigger than many of my border collie friends! Well, I may be little chubbier than they are (for now) but that just makes me extra huggable, don't you think?

Here I am with my two favoritist things in the whole world; my foster mom and my kong toy!





Ok, gotta go, it's time to lick someone's face!

Love, Rupert