This is Odie, he is a Border Collie-Tennesee Treeing Hound cross. He has been training as a Service Dog, learned the ups and downs of Escalators,Elevators and Automatic Opening doors!  Odie started his trip with a flight (in the cabin of course!) to Colorado Springs to began his new life with Debbie. He has been assisting (and protecting) in her everyday chores and non-stop challenges. Odie continues to amaze both Debby and her husband, Dave, keeping them on their toes while learning many new ways to assist Debbie in her daily routines.

One a very happy connection!

Buddy, (formerly known as Boots) is a handsome two years old McNab. He is very fit healthy boy tipping the scale at around 50-lbs, He gets along with female dogs and submissive males. Boots can vault a 5-foot fence with no problem, get him focused on any dog sport and he would excell! Loves giving hugs and being petted. Boots is neutered, microchipped and up to date on all his shots. He seems to be housebroken, knows how to use the doggie door and usually goes outside on command. Here he is with his new best friend!

Living the dream in Las Vegas!Enter

Meet Bear, a very handsome 2-year old Black Tri Australian Shepherd, Bear is housebroken, loves attention (giving and recieving) has had some obedience training. Doug (At the Pasture) has had him out testing his herding instinct and he has shown a natual ability in sheep herding and with a little training would probably do very well as a ranchdog! Bear has been adopted by James and his two Aussies (both girls) who are happy to have this big ole guy with them. Bear now lives in Las Vegas,Nevada! 

ANNABELLE: ANOTHER SWEETHEART

FROM OUR FRIENDS IN KANSAS

Meet Annabella, a beautiful 18-month old Border Collie-ACD cross, she is very dog-friendly, loves people, has had some training. Annabelle, now known as Bella has found her new home up in the San Francisco Bay area!

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Professor Dule former known as Boomer

Meet, Boomer, now known as Professor Dule, an Australian Cattle Dog, which have been bred for their drive and their intellengence. The Professor is "THE" smartest ACD I've ever met. He is housebroken, knows a dozen different hand commands, watches you to see what you're doing. Boomer doesn't answer to his name, in fact he doesn't answer to "any" name, you see, Boomer is deaf, don't feel sorry for him, he more than makes up for it in every other way! Professor Dule has been adopted by Cory, his wife Kym and their Golden Retriever Tazz and is now living in San Diego.  

Keeper, Soccer Collie

Keeper was a professional Soccer Collie, she had been Adopted by Michelle, Alex and their Border Collie Fred and is now living in Glendale! Keeper has learned the art of catching a frisbee and how to herd sheep with Doug (At the Pasture).

Butch, a future Frisbee Competitior!

Butch Cassidy is 7/8-McNab with 1/8-Border Collie in him. Super smart, high drive, loves to play, attacts balls and Frisbees (rollers) with vigor. Not too bad for a 15-week old puppy. He also knows how to use a dog-door to go outside when he needs to! Butch is now in his forever home complete with frisbee throwing kids!

He's a high flying Urban "Cowboy"

A call for help from Border Collie Resue up north had us scrambling for a way to transfer this handsome black and white McNab to Southern California. Fortunately, Steve and Jill Teer from the Golden Gate Disc Dogs were coming down for a Dog Frisbee Competition and had the room (he was also bringing down his pack!) to fit him in. Once with our gang of Disc Dogs, Cowboy picked up the art of catching a Frisbee before finding his forever home with Sharon and his new four-legged Aussie sister, Kiya. Sharon and Cowboy have been competing in Disc Dog events this year.  The pair have finished in forth at the last competition! Be sure to watch for them, Cowboy loves to soar when catching the Frisbee!

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, no plane! No it's Chilli Pepper (aka Fly Girl) Able to leap chain link fences in a single bound, faster than a locomotive (ok a slow one, but still faster!) Capable of cleaning a plate of food off in the wink of an eye, this energetic, playfull happy beautiful Cattledog mix is available to an active family! Chili has been adopted by the people who put on the Disc Dog Show at Marine World, San Diego!

  Freckles, one cute little Border Collie!
A call from the Riverside Shelter, brought me face-to-face with this cute freckled little girl. Well, the right home for the right dog was once again Found! Freckles was adopted by Julia, her husband and two other "furkids" disguised as Aussies. 

Meet Bart, a beautiful pitch black Border Collie-Kelpie cross.  He will be two in April. Bart is high energy when playing outside and could really excel in the right dog sport, With his athletic ability and thought he'd do well in agility or fly-ball. Bart has been adopted and now has his own flock of two-legged people to keep him busy!

                                              Jammer

12-18-month old Border Collie has found his new best friend, an Aussie of course, and a new family to go along with her. 

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This is Shandi, a five year old Sheltie, she came in and was adopted out almost faster than any other dog we've recieved, She now has a wonderful home with Lisa in Upland, Ca.

 

Foxy is a very cute Border Collie who was adopted (and she adopted) Lisa and her two teen-agers and is teaching them all kinds of new things!

 

This is KoKo, she is a Cattledog-McNab mix, a very happy, playfull fun-loving young girl. KoKo was adopted along with Cassie by Lisa who has totally fallen in love with her. They live happily in Fontana, updates to follow soon!   

 

Domino

 1-yr old Aussie-Border Collie, stole Connie's heart and now lives with her in Santee 

          A little bit of Hope
Hope Hope is a black tri-colored Border Collie-McNab mix who has come all the way out from Kansas to find her forever home! The kennel staff had problems finding the right home for her,thought the world of her, enough to make sure she found her way to us.  Hope is a really sweet little girl and has begun her new life with a family of her own.

 

Isabelle aka "Issie", a six-month old "Bossie"

from the Lake Isabella Animal Shelter

 

Issie is a 6-month old "Bossie" (Australian Shepherd-Border Collie), A beautiful brown merle coat with a splash of white. She's up to date on all her shots spayed and very people and dog friendly! Issie has arrived at the ranch and is playing wonderfully with the pack! UPDATE: Issie has been adopted by Chris and is now living in San Diego!

Rodeo; one handsome Cattledog!

Rodeo has been adopted by Chris, a Geologist in Riverside. Rodeo will be his partner on the hiking trails, co-pilot during off-roading desert trips and best friend at home. Rodeo has his people all to himself, I'm sure a welcome change after living with the gang at the ranch! Rodeo got to try his hand at Frisbee and has shown he really likes it!  Dakota On his way to an active new home!

Dakota is a two-year old very striking red-speckled Australian Cattledog. He is Housebroke, gets along with the dogs, cats and just about everyone he meets. Would be happy as a second dog, Dakota has only been with us a short while, will keep the updates coming as we find out more about this handsome boy. He is Neutered, and up to date on his shots.

Santa Paws know known as Bandit has been Adopted

OK, so he's not a herding dog, but I just couldn't leave him in the shelter! He came in as a stray with a pretty female English Springer Spaniel, she got adopted, he got his heart broke. He answers to Santa Paws and is definitely dressed up for the holiday season. Santa is a one year old Engish Springer Spaniel who is an absolute love, people and dog friendly, housebroke, Micro-chipped and up to date on all his shots. Santa has found his own family been adopted and is quite proud of his new name - Bandit 

 

Buddy a "can do it all" handsome boy!

Buddy (formerly known as Erik), is a young handsome McNab-ACD capable of dancing on his hind legs for over 30 seconds! He now lives in Laguna Beach with his forever best friend, Ryan. We recently heard from Ryan that Buddy is the top dog at his herding class! 

 

Buddy (aka Outlaw), a young "smaller" male McNab, makes up for his lack of size with a sweet personality! He went with Robyn and her two children and now has a little boy and girl to watch out for now!

 

Sweet Bella

This is Bella, she's a registered McNab who has found her forever home, it just happened to be on 40-acres!

Bella came to us from a woman up in Atascdero, she had received herding instruction when she was young and then when her family started rasing Mini-Aussies was concerned Bella would try to herd them and possibly injure one, so they decided to find her a new home. She now has found her perfect home with Phylicia and Darrin down in the San Diego area on a cattle ranch yet! While Bella will be Phylicia's Darrin is showing her the ropes around the livestock.

 

  CODY, HAS FOUND HIS HOME BY THE BEACH AND EVEN A DOG PARK! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cody came to us from the local animal shelter, he was picked up as a stray and no one ever came to claim him! Cody loves playing with toys (a ball is his favorite). He's a got his own family now complete with two teens and mom. Guess that makes him the "dog of the house" quite a bit of a change after living with the pack! We'll keep you updated on his progress!        

 

    PATCHES, A HANDSOME BLUE CATTLEDOG

This is Patches, he's a handsome 4-yr old Blue Heeler aka Australian Cattledog. His previous owner, Betty, was in the process of moving to northern California and we met Patches while visiting her yard sale. Well, Betty noticed my Rescue Decal in the back window and mentioned she needed to re-home her Patches.  Clint came to check him out,took one look at this handsome boy and and decided they belonged together. They're almost inseparable and Patches loves to ride around in Clint's big truck just checking out the scenery! Just two happy good ole boys enjoying life.

 

       6-month old Annie Oakley
       Annie came to me from a Winchester family who took her in to avoid having her turned her in to the shelter by her previous owners.  She's an adorable Blue Merle Australian Shepherd, Annie had been adopted by Andrea, who also has a rescued Mini Aussie named Rowdy, Annie and Rowdy make quite the pair and enjoy keeping Andrea amused with their zany antics.
                    

    Once a Texan, always a Texan! 

 

 

This is Cheyenne, she's an energetic 1-1/2-year old AKC/ASCA registered Black-tri colored little Girl. She came from a working ranch in Texas. Cheyene LOVES to play fetch, disc, balls or anything you can throw, she's up for the game. We were working out Cheyenne's transfer details when I was contacted by Dallas, an Officer in the Army assigned to a base in Texas, he expressed an interested in adopting Cheyenne. So, I had him contact Cheyenne's current owners, they worked out the details and now Cheyenne gets to stay in Texas with Dallas and has two four-legged playmates to keep her occupied.

 

Fred, one "big" happy McNab!

Fred also came to us from the Lake Isabella Animal Shelter, he's around two years old, housebroken, friendly to everyone, gets along with all the dogs. His beautiful amber colored eyes (a McNab breed trait) will melt you, his manners impress you, he's one big happy boy;

UPDATE: Fred has moved up to Washington State with his new family. Jennifer and her husband, Doug "flew" down to California, visited and then loaded Fred up and drove back to Washington! Now that's true love for your dog! Congrats to all three of you! Wait! The saga cotinues...

(that's Fred in the middle!)

 

Lucy, a new home with Fred and Family!

Funny thing about this little girl, Jennifer saw her in a dream before she came to browse my website again. She and Doug had been talking about adding a friend for Fred, (see above Lucy's picture) and came across Lucy's bio, one look and she know it was meant to be. 

A two-year old McNab, she originally came from a Ranch up in Benton, California, (way up in the Sierras). She lived as a family member for almost two years before her owners felt like they weren't giving the opportunity to do what she really loves, Lucy loves to herd and it doesn't matter if it's two or four-legged! We had the opportunity to take her over to Doug (At the Pasture) for herding testing and she showed a lot of drive.  Lucy warmed up to Doug as soon as he picked up a tennis ball, but her real love is Jenn and she's at her side contantly. Of course Fred is also happy to have this pretty little girl as his playmate!

Tempest, Off and Running! A petite bundle of energy disguised as a cute Border Collie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tempest also came to us from the Lake Isabella Animal shelter, she is a one-year old classic Black and White Border Collie. She tips the scales at just over 30-lbs and we don't think she'll get much bigger. 

Tempest has some new interests in her life, Tiffany and Mike have adopted this little sweetheart and she now resides in Yorba Linda, one of the most "dog friendly" communities in Orange County.

She has been joined by Trouble, one very cute Cattledog puppy and another one of our rescues who never made it to the Adoption page. Tiffany and Mike will be looking forward to having "T & T" in their lives for a very long time!

                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Ozzy the Aussie, aka; the Escapist

 

This is Ozzy, a handsome year old AKC Blue Merle Aussie, he is also an escape artist and the only dog to find a way out of our secure dog runs (the catch pen stopped him though!) He was adopted by Michelle and now competes in Agility in San Diego. 

 

 ONE MISPLACED COWDOG

WHO FINALLY FOUND HER CALLING!

I recieved an e-mail from a man in Walnut Creek asking for someone to adopt his McNab, when I looked at her picture, it was as if she called out to me! I called up the owner, had him go spring her and jumped into the truck, 900+ miles later, we had her back home. After a few days she began to warm up to me and the CowDogs, infact, she showed quite the aptitude for herding, she stayed on Dillon (I think she thought he was a Sheep!) nipping and snapping (thankfully Dillon is very tolerant!). Well, to make a long story short(er) She now resides with Ron and Karen in Oklahoma on a real ranch with goats and cattle. Her dream has come true! This kind of story makes a guy feel real good about going the "extra" distance!

 

This Adorable McNab went from California, to the big city lights of Las Vegas and has now found her Forever home in San Diego. Meet Roxy...A Star is Born!

 

This is Roxy, (on the far right) she is a one-year old black-tri McNab. She also came to us from out of state. Roxy was adopted by Al and joined his Frisbee Dog Team consisting of Gracie (also a McNab just with red and white coloring) and George, (one very athletic Rat Terrier) Roxy also competes in Flyball with Al's wife Pat. Read more about Al and his Dogs at www.WhyDogsFly.com

    Isabelle aka "Issie", a six-month old "Bossie"

from the Lake Isabella Animal Shelter

 

Issie is a 6-month old "Bossie" (Australian Shepherd-Border Collie), A beautiful brown merle coat with a splash of white. She's up to date on all her shots spayed and very people and dog friendly! Issie has arrived at the ranch and is playing wonderfully with the pack! UPDATE: Issie has been adopted by Chris and is now living in San Diego.

ADOPTED: Lacy, now known as Roxy,

one very Lucky lovely Lady!

Lacy, the Four-Legged rocket pictured above came to us from a Cowboy on a ranch in Arizona, seems Lacy was only interested in chasing his horses, he was so frustrated with this that he was on his way to drop her off at the the Animal Shelter when his girl-friend intercepted them, she brought her over to us. She's not much of a Frisbee or ball chaser, her true calling is "Herding" After only 30-minutes with Doug Manley, the local herding Instructor, he put down his shaft and worked her only on verbal commands. Yes, she is that good! Give her a chance to do some "Course Luring" and she absolutey flies! Lacy has shown a little interest in Agility but it's too early in her training to tell if she'll excell in it as she has the Herding and Luring. She's very affectionate, good with kids, other dogs but has way too much interest to trust her around cats.
UPDATE: Lacy, now known as Roxy, has been adopted to Elizabeth and her 11-year-old son, Zach (Pictured above). Roxy gets to sleep on the bed and watch over him. Liz is a good friend of Dougs so she also gets to go to Herding class on a regular basis!

ZACK, ONE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOVIN' AUSSIE

Zack , came to us from the Lake Isabella Animal Shelter with a little help from Border Collie's In Need President and volunteer transporter Deb. He didn't last long at the ranch, a good friend of mine had been waiting for the right dog to show up and Zack was it. A beautiful Blue Merle 2-year old, Zach stole Mike's heart and now resides with Mike and a fellow Canine buddy in the form of a 9-year old Poodle. The trio make regular trips to the beach, runs thru the local park with Mike, a dip in the spa, ahh, what a tough life they share! Congrats to both Mike and Zack!

K.T. (short for "Kickin' Tail)

Trailer Park Puppy headed for happiness

I came across this ad as I was browsing Craig’s List in search of McNabs:

Border Collie puppy

Date: 2007-11-30, 5:31PM PST
I have a female purebred border collie that is 4 months old - very sweet, smart and loving! Unfortunately we have to part with her. She is wonderful with my 3 year-old son and is already housebroken. She has had all of her shots. Her grandfather was purchased from Scotland for $13,000 (a champion trial dog) and she was born on a farm in Sacramento where we got her from. Her owners were relocating and didn't want to bother with her papers. She was the pick of the litter because she is beautiful and just so smart. Her father was a purebred rough coat border collie and her mother was a purebred smooth coat. I am asking a $150 adoption fee for her to recover costs for purchasing and vet visits (will include food, toys, treats, regular and retractable leashes, and dog crate). 775-852-XXXX.
Would like her to go to a good, active home preferably with a yard.

     So, I called the girl (a pregnant 29-year old who told me she had already had 29 dogs!) Seems that this one was too hyper baby for her to handle. She lives in a Mobile Home with a small 4-foot high fenced in back yard that parallels the street and thought it was cute the way the puppy raced cars up and down the fenceline as they drove by! After hearing this there was simply "no way" I wasn’t going out to get her. She was actually cuter than the pictures she posted. She was overjoyed to have Maverick to chase (I brought him along for company). I spent a few minutes (like 40!) talking to her about the dog and she even gave me the breeder’s name and phone number. So I paid her, loaded up her things, the puppy and Maverick and hit the road.                                         

     Once home, I brought her out to meet the gang, this little girl walked right up to the fence with my 6 obnoxious barking dogs and stuck her nose thru the fence.  She’s quite the little pistol and not like any Border Collie I’ve ever known!                                       The following day I called the breeder, he told me he had been trying to save the puppy for himself, but between the move, (they had sold their house faster than they expected and were living in a temporary home) and the fact that his wife made him bring out the pup when the girl didn’t like any of the other puppies they had left, she didn’t have too much of chance.  He told me he regretted the sale as they pulled out of the driveway. He was ecstatic that I had the pup and offered to get me the paperwork to get her registered once they got unpacked in their new house. He also told me he had done a re-plumbing job for Tony Riaz (the guy that actually paid $13,000 for the puppy’s grandpa) in exchange for a puppy from Trials Championship dog. We immediately knew she was meant for a working home and I knew just the right person, Bess now has this little girl to keep her McNab, Kemper, company. Bess has been taking K.T. to herding classes on a regular basis and she continues to impress all the handlers and instructors

 Kala Koa, one unique McNab

with a new beginning by the beach!

This little beauty was adopted by Christy and Robbie, an active couple living in Santa Barbra. This "lucky dog" gets daily trips to the beach and hikes up in the mountains. Kala really is at least 3/4-McNab, with the other 1/4 being  Australian Shepherd, hense the blue-merle coloring. They liked the fact that she is very affectionate, loves being petted and gives them never-ending kisses if you let her. She has amazed her new family with her blazingly fast running ability and aptitude for catching the Frisbee and balls. Kala's McNab lineage really shows up while jumping as she "floats thru the air with the greatest of ease"! Click on link below to see Kala Koa & Robbie playing Frisbee Toss and Fetch! She's incredible! 

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=35324509

Say hello to Tippy

Tippy is a 3-yr old very handsome rough-coated black and white (with a sparkle of red highlights) Border Collie with maybe a little bit of Karelian Bear Dog thrown in. Tippy was an owner turn-in, his elderly owner went into an assisted care unit and had no one to take this sweet boy, Tippy is very calm for a Border Collie and is not destructive in any way. He gets along with everyone (two and four-legged). He is neutered, up to date on his shots and has just been adopted by Jennifer, Brian and Molly, his new four-legged friend.

One Happy Cowboy!

This happy boy came to us from a woman who was literally being throw out of her mobile home park (they were renovating the complete park and everyone had to go) and forced into a Senior Living Center. It broke her heart to lose him, but he went to a very nice home with Lisa, Brian and their two kids in Long Beach. They've been in contact with the previous owner and although it still hurts to lose him, she feels in her heart she (and I) did what was best for Cowboy!

Rocket, you're not in Kansas Anymore!

Recieved a call (yep another!) from Joan, in Holton Kansas, seems the McNab-Border Collie cross they were fostering had decided he liked the chickens at her place, problem was he liked the chase too much, had become a threat to them and had to be re-homed ASAP! She asked if I could take him, (me turn down a McNab???) a few days later, Mo was ready for his cross country adventure. 15 different rides/transfers from awesome volunteers and he arrived at the ranch. Once settled, the first thing on the agenda was to have his herding instints tested, Doug (At the Pasture) took him into the round pen along with a few sheep and was totally impressed with his abilities. (see second picture) Next up was Frisbee, he started off watching my dogs play and then picked it up effortlessly, even made six catches in a row! So, Mo, forever more to be known as Rocket has a new home now with a McNab sister named Lilly (seen below with Rocket) and his new forever mom, Carolyn!

Pebbles, Now Known as "Sweets"

ADOPTED!!! 8-MONTH OLD SWEETIE
This is Pebbles, aka Sweets, is a medium-drive Aussie cross (most likely with a Border Collie which would make her a "Bossie") with the absolute prettiest Blue eyes and a full tail!  She was an Owner Turn-In at the Riverside Shelter by a Marine, who had her since puppyhood, having recieved orders for Iraq he had nowhere else to take her. Sweets has been adopted by Paul and Emily, a very nice couple up in the Bay Area, Paul is a renowned dog trainer in the San Fransisco area and it was love at first sight for all three of them!

Big Bear: a McNab-Aussie from Idaho

Clementine: a happy four-year old Aussie

Miss Meadow; a McNab-Whippet a shy but loving little lady.

Pearl, now known as Luna, abandoned once, now in her forever home.

Pogo, now part of a Marine's family,

Ringo, small but packs a lot of love,

Sister, a McNab - x now living in Pomona

And Tucker, who not only has a new family but gets to fly cross county with his new human on a regular basis!

We are now up to about 70 herding Dogs we have placed, I will try to keep this page updated and have a lot more to be posted soon!