Aussie Rescue of Minnesota

If you are interested in adopting any of the dogs on this page, please fill out an application.

Moose

Moose is a happy, playful and well-adjusted 6-month old Australian Shepherd-Heeler cross. He is house and crate-trained.

Jet

Jet is a one year old male and is very shy.

Jet and Mocha are mini aussies that are very bonded. It would be nice to keep them together. They came from a puppy mill. Jet weighs about 18 pounds. They will need to go to a home with a fenced yard because of Jet's shyness.

Mocha

Mocha is a 6 years old female and is more outgoing than Jet.

Jet and Mocha are mini aussies that are very bonded. It would be nice to keep them together. They came from a puppy mill. Mocha is a bit chubby at 23 pounds. They will need to go to a home with a fenced yard because of Jet's shyness.

Gibson

Gibson is a barely 1 year old Blue Merle Aussie who is a sweet, snuggly, giant puppy(ish) boy. He is in a foster home with another dog and they are fine together so long as there are no toys and everyone stays more low key. Gibson loves to play, but doesn't like to play the other dog in the house. They are great in the yard and will wrestle together while outside. Gibson loves to play tug and fetch with his foster family, and will chase anything that is thrown, for this reason a home without cats is highly recommended. He is young and active, yet will snuggle on the couch and relax in the evening. He is crate trained and although probably not 100% housetrained he does awesome on a regular schedule and hasn't had a single accident.. He loves to be pet, brushing was new so he was a little mouthy, but he seemed to enjoy it. For more info and pictures, please visit his foster Mom's blog.

Sadie

Sadie (6 years old, female) is a gem. Whoever gets this girl will have a most wonderful new friend. She minds, she's attentive, and SMART. She LOVES the kids, LOVES my other dogs; they played and played and played. Then she sacked out in the living room and watched Animal Planet with the family. She slept in a crate last night, and she yipped a bit when I first put her in there, but within 5 minutes, she settled down and I didn't hear a peep out of her all night.

She has very quickly become my Velcro buddy, but she was just as interested in the kids and Corey. If someone got up and left the living room, she would go with them to see where they were going. Whoever had her before must really be missing her. I can tell it was someone that spent a lot of time with her and talked to her all the time. I got big reactions to words like, "eat", "treat", "outside", "go" and the biggest reaction was to the word "Home". She KNOWS that one. Poor girl.I think she misses her home as much as someone must be missing her. Oh.I stopped to visit my mom and my sister came home with a McDonald's bag. She knew what that was too. Oh yes..she knows all about French fries!

She didn't notice the horses last night, either that, or she saw them and wasn't interested. She did meet the house cat and they had a stare down. Then the cat ran, and the dog chased. I would recommend no cats or dog savvy cats only for her. I have no idea if she would hurt the cat if she caught it, but I didn't want to find out.

She met about 20 people here at work. Had no problems with men, women or kids..liked them all. She's very friendly and social, not timid in any way. I picture her being happy with an active family with kids that would want to include her and take her along when they go places. Flyball or agility is a big possibility. She doesn't ACT like a 6 year old.she's as playful as a much younger dog.

Gus

Gus is a purebred red tricolor Aussie looking for a home with experience, lots of love, and dedication wanting a loyal, well-trained boy. Gus is 4 years old and about 35 lbs. He has been well trained in obedience commands such as sit, stay, down, drop, come, find, spin, okay (letting him take a treat), and get your ball. He has great leash manners with a gentle leader, and usually without as well. He loves to play fetch - he loves balls! Gus is typical Aussie and likes to herd the kids and is a little nervous with the younger ones so needs a home with no small kids (under 10). Older kids are fun for him though! He can be a bit bossy with the other dogs, especially male dogs, (typical Aussie) so would love a home as an only dog. His favorite game to play is 'find it' with a bone. He hides a bone and he will come over to his human, so excited, and shows his humans where the bone is! We bet with a little training, he'd love to do it the other way too where the humans hide it and he has to find it. Gus has both brains and looks...he is a stunning dog to look at and an even more stunning dog once you get to know his personality. He has nice house-manners (he doesn't even jump on the furniture!), is housetrained and, used to being left loose in the house during the workday. Being the loyal dog that he is, Gus needs a home with a fenced yard (a real fence, not an invisible one) as he does make it his mission to protect his family. If you are an adult home wanting a smart-pants type dog to include in fun activities and play fetch with, as well as having a physically fenced yard, Gus would love to meet you.

If you are interested in Gus please contact Homeward Bound Dog Rescue at homewardbounddogrescue@yahoo.com

Trigger

Trigger is approximately 2-1/2 years old, very energetic and good dog. He loves to go on walks and be outdoors. He loves to play.

Cowboy

Cowboy is about five years old. His owner died suddenly and Cowboy sitting next to his owner's body in a snowbank. He seems friendly and social. He loves to play frisbee and go for walks. Cowboy is not suitable for a family with children.

Shelby

Shelby is a two year old, spayed, red merle female. She is super sweet and friendly and very easy to live with. She is very well mannered and quiet in the house, but loves to run around the yard like a crazy happy dog keeping all squirrels out. She is dog safe, but is too focused to live with cats. Being a timid dog, she will need an understanding home to bring out the best of her personality. She is currently recovering well from surgery for hip dysplasia; the good news is that she will never have to worry about her hips again.