Several adults, 5-6 mo old litter need rescue - IN *Rescued*

[danah]

I work at a very small rural shelter in Indiana ~

On my way to the shelter this evening, I took a route that I normally don't take. I was driving along and noticed a black and white dog standing on a porch. As I drove along, I looked around the property and noticed an outdoor kennel FULL of black and white dogs and puppies. I couldn't capture every detail as I was still driving, but I was horrified by what I saw.

When I got to the shelter, I spoke to the President and Vice President of the Shelter Board of Directors and they decided to go to the property this evening.

There are three adult dogs and a litter of 5-6 month old Border Collie puppies (one male and four females) living in muddy filth. They had no water, a plastic barrel for shelter, no straw and little food. The puppies are about 5 months old and have been de-wormed but have had no vetting. The adults are all covered in mud and are just laying in the mud and water. The mother lives on site and is a Border Collie - the father is a relatives Border Collie and does not live on site. All dogs were friendly and desperately reaching out for attention.

Our tiny shelter is overflowing with big sweet dogs that we are having trouble moving - we MUST get these puppies out of the awful environment and into a loving and safe one but we don't have a place to put them...

We are searching for Rescue for the litter of puppies (the family has agreed to surrender them to us) and we are going to help this family spay and neuter the adults. A Rescue would be wonderful for the adults too, but for now, the babies are priority.

[MollyATL]

Thank you for alerting animal control to these poor dogs, and for posting them here.

I put Indiana in the subject line, but can you also please give a specific location? It helps the rescues to know if you are "within reach" ~

[danah]

We are the Blackford County Animal
Shelter in Hartford City, Indiana

[danah]

This precious little family is going to Rescue ! !

[weinstein5]

Are these dogs still available? Which rescue did they go to?

[danah]

They are catching a transport this week and heading up to Border Collie Rescue of MN

I wanted to leave the post up for people to see that they're safe, incase someone was still networking or cross posting them

Thank you so much, everyone, for your help and care for this little family.

[weinstein5]

That is good - I am in Chicago would be interested in one of the pups -

[MollyATL]

Someone correct me if these puppers didn't make it to MN last weekend, but I'm gonna assume they did ~