15 Border Collies rescued from one home!

Border Collie Rescue Texas received a call from a gentleman that he could no longer care for his Border Collies.

Our rescue team was able to catch all of the Border Collies after two trips to the property.

All of the Border Collies were sent to area vets for immediate testing and treatment.

We currently need foster homes and donations, vet expenses are very high for these dogs, several are heartworm positive.

All are scared and unsocialized, these dogs are starting to respond to human contact. They will need patient and loving foster homes.

Pictures and updates on these dogs are now available.

This is our third large scale rescue this year and expenses associated with these rescues are very high, we are in need of your donations.

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183 Border Collies from Texas puppy mill!

Border Collie Rescue Texas received word that there was a large number of Border Collies from a puppy mill seizure. We worked with numerous groups to save these dogs.

As these dogs were rescued from the property, they were immediately transported to vet clinics and began extensive medical testing such as blood tests, hip x-rays, and fecals. It is expected that they will need additional treatment for various conditions, including heartworm treatments, hair loss, various intestinal parasites, tumors, spay/neuter, vax and microchips.

At final count, 167 Border Collies were removed from the site by all of the rescue groups. The 16 deceased were given a proper burial.

Please don't breed or buy!

Pictures and updates on these dogs are now available.

View a special video of these Border Collies
 

Because of the larger than normal expenses associated with these dogs, we are in need of your donations.

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* All donations will be acknowledged by a letter of receipt. Border Collie Rescue Texas, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation registered in Texas.

Border Collie Rescue Texas needs your help!

We recently took in 24 Border Collies from one location. They are all going through medical testing such as blood tests, hip x-rays, and fecals. They are being treated for various conditions, including heartworm treatments, various intestinal parasites, spay/neuter, vax and microchips.

All of these Border Collies are currently in foster homes and are working on fear issues and rehabilitation. These dogs will not be available for adoption until they have completed their physical and emotional rehab.

Pictures and updates on these dogs are now available.
 

Because of the larger than normal expenses associated with these dogs, we are in need of your donations.

Click here if you would like to make a secure online donation

* All donations will be acknowledged by a letter of receipt. Border Collie Rescue Texas, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation registered in Texas.

This is the face of Advanced Heartworms

Meet Livy, she's only about 7 years old. A Border Collie this age should be in their prime, full of energy and full of life. It's not unusual for them to either be working as a herding dog or actively competing in dog sports way into their teens.

Instead, this girl was found panting and disoriented on Thanksgiving day and she could barely stand. The good Samaritan that found her took her to an emergency clinic. Her breathing was labored, she had a fever, and she could barely stand up. Radiographs were done that showed that her lungs were full of fluid, and her heart was enlarged. She was taken to the local shelter and when her stray time was up, Border Collie Rescue, Tx took her in. She was overweight, partly from retaining so much fluid and she was covered in mats. It was obvious that she had been an outside dog, but her foster found that she was crate trained and housebroken.

Initial blood tests were done immediately and showed some irregular readings in her liver values. But worse than that, the heartworm test showed a very high heartworm count and the damage to her lungs and heart indicated that she has been heartworm positive for a long time. Border Collie Rescue spared no expense and began treating her aggressively, hoping to get her well enough for heartworm treatment. Every day, she was getting weaker and the violent coughing was racking her body, she had a fever and her tongue was turning blue from lack of oxygen. This was all despite proactive daily vet visits and medications. She was on steroids, antibiotics, codeine cough meds and Lasix for her heart. After a weeks time and this treatment, she could hardly lift her head or walk 3 feet. She was admitted to the hospital and was put on IV fluids and meds. After a couple of days, Livy was dying from the heartworms, she wasn't going to get well enough for treatment, so as a last resort to save her, the vet gave her a heartworm treatment. It's no doubt that her spirit and will to live got her through her treatment which took months.

The saddest, most ironic part is that heartworm prevention costs only about $7-10 a month. Instead, Livy was suffering constantly and her treatment costs were into the thousands of dollars. She also suffered permanent damage to her heart. Waiting to see if a dog gets heartworms to take action is not only expensive but very dangerous for the dog. Death from heartworms is not quick, a dog suffers immensely, they go into congestive heart failure and slowly deteriorate until they go into cardiac arrest.

Livy recovered from her treatment and was adopted into a wonderful home. She has since passed on to the Rainbow Bridge. She was very loved in her last few years. Livy's story remains on this site in hopes that everyone will test their dogs yearly for heartworms and keep them on preventative.

Please read the updates that were kept during her treatment.