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1) Adopting a Sheltie
If you are interested in adopting a sheltie, please complete an application. All questions must be answered completely
including full name, address, and phone number of vet. Incomplete applications will not be processed. Once you have submitted
an application, a vet reference and a home visit will be required. Upon approval you will be contacted by the foster home
of the dog you are matched with to make arrangements to meet the dog. At this time we only adopt within the States of Georgia,
Alabama and South Carolina. Adoptions out of Georgia require more time than local adoptions due to arranging home visits.
Georgia residents will be given priority. We do not ship our shelties. If you are interested in adopting a sheltie you must
make arrangements for all family members to travel to the foster home of the dog to complete the adoption once you have been
approved to adopt. All family members must also be present for the home visit. We reserve the right to refuse any applicant
for any reason and to make the decision as to which dog is a proper fit for which home/applicant. Our adoptions fees are
based on the age of the dog. Adoption fees range from $350 for a puppy to $200 for a senior. All ages are estimates of our
vet if we do not have exact records on the dog. At the time of adoption you will be required to pay an additional $14.99 to
register your dogs microchip. We send those in to be sure the microchip is registered. This fee and procedure is non-negotiable.
2. Fostering a Sheltie
If you are interested in fostering a sheltie, please complete the above application per the adoption directions. Please
indicate that you are interested in being a foster home. PSSR, Inc. pays all veterinary care costs for fostered shelties.
As the foster home, you provide food, love and TLC as the sheltie awaits it's forever home.
3. Surrendering a Sheltie To PSSR, Inc.
If you have a sheltie you can no longer keep or care for please do all you can to find your dog a home prior to contacting
us. For suggestions on finding your dog a home, please go to www.spotsociety.org and follow the suggestions there. If you
are still in need of surrendering your sheltie to us we require the dog be heartworm tested in the last 7 days and you must
provide proof that you are the legal owner of the dog. Examples of proof of ownership include but are not limited to, a microchip
registered to the dog in your name, a receipt from a breeder where you purchased the dog, AKC papers listing you as the owner
of the dog, or vet records that are more than 30 days past date of service rendered. We may require a donation if veterinary
care is required to make your dog placeable. We do not accept shelties with a history of human aggression. Once you have made
the decision to surrender your sheltie, please call us at 678-494-0413. Someone will call you back as soon as possible.
4. I have found a sheltie, Can you take it in to your program?
No, unfortunately, due to state laws, stray and abandoned animals MUST be turned into animal control before going through
a rescue, or being rehomed (yes, it's frustrating since abandoned animals are clearly abandoned by their own owners, and most
stray dogs are homeless because of the owners intentionally putting them out on the streets). Regardless of the frustrations,
legally, stray and abandoned animals are required to be taken to animal control, to allow the owner sufficient time to reclaim
the animal IF they are looking (many are not, but this is the legal process that has to be followed). After the reclaim period,
if the owner has not come forward, the dog can be released to rescue, or placed up for adoption if the shelter adopts to the
public. Rescue organizations are not legally allowed to take strays; we are only allowed to take owner surrenders or agency
transfers from vet clinics and animal control/humane society agencies. Because owners of lost dogs do not always look through
papers, or see flyers, animal controls are the first place an owner of a missing dog goes, and they are the only agencies
legally allowed to remove the "ownership rights" of an owner who does not reclaim their dog- if a rescue were to
take a dog from someone who found a dog as a stray and then an owner were to come forward in weeks/months claiming that was
their dog, there are LOTS of legal problems that can result , including being charged with theft (since the owner never signed
over the animal), and being fined and losing our license to rescue. As such, Peach State Sheltie Rescue, Inc. cannot risk
fines, loss of license, or being charged criminally by taking strays. If you have found a sheltie that must be turned over
to Animal Control please give them our name and contact information. Once the legal hold time is up for the dog we will take
it space permitting.
Q. What is a training contract and why is it required?
A training contract states that the adopter has 90 days to complete
a basic obedience class with their new sheltie. We require this to give the dog a fun and interactive way to integrate
in to the family. It also helps the dog and the adopter learn each others signals and behaviors. It is not negotiable.
Q. Do you adopt out of state?
A. Yes, in some cases when we are able to get a home
visit in your area we will adopt out of state. The potential adopter will be responsible for travelling to the foster home
to meet the sheltie. We do not ship our dogs under any circumstances.
Q. Do you take shelties in to your program
from other states?
A. Yes, when there is no Sheltie Rescue Group in a surrounding state we will take shelties
from that state. The states we primarily serve are Georgia and Alabama.
Q. Are shelties for Everyone?
A. No
General Characteristics of the Sheltie
* Shelties are verbal
* Shelties are reserved by nature and early socialization is needed to keep them from being shy.
* Shelties are extremely loyal either to one person or one family
* Shelties are sound sensitive and sound reactive
* Shelties will chase (in an attempt to herd) anything that moves
* Shelties are very bright and need to be given something to occupy their mind and bodies. Many will invent a "job"
if they are not given one
* Shelties do not like to spend time away from their people. A sheltie that is left alone all day is usually not a
very happy little dog.
* Shelties are an emotional breed. They are very sensitive to the moods of their people. They do best in a home where
gentleness is the way of life
* Shelties are an active breed and need exercise everyday. They need more than a 10-minute walk around the block
* Shelties need regular biweekly (minimum) grooming and they shed extensively.
Sheltie History
Q. What is a Puppy Mill?
A. A Puppy Mill is a commercial breeder who breeds for the sole purpose of profits. To learn more visit http://www.stoppuppymills.org/inside_a_puppy_mill.html
Q. How do I find a Responsible Sheltie Breeder in Georgia?
A. To find a Responsible Sheltie Breeder in Georgia, please visit our friends at the Shetland Sheepdog Club of Georgia
at www.sscgeorgia.org. Breeders listed here are in good standing with the AKC, the ASSA, and the local breed club.
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