How You Can Help

Whether you’re ready to adopt, interested in fostering, need help surrendering a Sheltie, or want to support dogs in our care, choose an option below to get started.

Foster a Sheltie

Open your home temporarily and give a rescued Sheltie the care and stability they need.

Learn About Fostering

Support the Rescue

Help cover veterinary care, medicine, food, and other needs for Shelties in foster homes.

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  • Recent Donations - Thank You!

    • Mike F.
    • The Bryan Family
    • The Cobb Family
    • Jim F. (in memory of Marsha Ferris)
    • Francisco F. (in memory of Marsha Ferris)
    • The Normand Family
    • Betty J.
    • The Lucas Family
    • The Bowen Family
    • The Fejes Family
    • Judy J.
    • The Pedigree Foundation
    • The Miller Family
    • Jackie A. (in memory of Betty Thompson)
    • The Shuman Family
    • Jane F.
    • David & Mandy S. (in memory of Betty Thompson)
    • The Mullane Family
    • Ross M. (in memory of Ken Cannon)
    • Janet W. & Lisa T. (in memory of Harvey Townsend)
    • Mickey T. (in memory of M.B. Jenkins)

About Us

SC Sheltie Rescue is a non-profit group comprised of volunteers who donate their time, abilities, and homes to help displaced, abandoned, and abused Shelties find a forever home. Our main goals are the protection and care of the Shelties already here, the prevention of over-breeding and poor breeding practices, and the education of any Sheltie owner who requests it.

Our volunteer foster homes work with our SCSR foster Shelties by caring for them, evaluating their temperaments, housetraining them if necessary, and getting them to and from the vet for any necessary medical care.

Adopting a Rescue Sheltie

The first step to adopting from SC Sheltie Rescue is to fill out the Adoption Application external link in full. Leaving answers blank may result in a delay in processing your application. We do not operate on a first-come, first-served basis. Instead, we aim to place our rescues in the best homes for them based on personality and any behavioral or medical issues that need to be considered. We reserve the right to refuse any applicant.

Breed rescues exist because the people involved know the breed best -- they often consist of past and current breeders, owners of the breed, and trainers. Shelties, like other purebreds, have certain behavioral and genetic traits that can present challenges to those unfamiliar with the breed. That's why we're here and why we feel we're qualified to match our rescued Shelties with the best homes FOR THEM.