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Briar's owner, Teresa Castonguay, is a founding director of Border Collie
Rescue, Ontario,
and can be reached at 905-352-3450 or tcast@eagle.ca
Teresa offers the following account of
Briar's early experiences and an overview
of the work done by Border Collie Rescue, Ontario:
"Briar - The mystery woodsman! Briar was found wandering in the country near
Burlington.
He then spent three months in the Burlington pound. His beautiful red and white coat
was dry,
dull and sun bleached and he was severely underweight. Diane McWhinnie rescued him
from the
pound and called me. He was a frightened, tragic dog who needed lots of love and
positive
training. His first time out on sheep he ran away from them! His first flyball
training session was
overwhelming for him. While he has gone on to gain his Flyball Champion title and no
longer runs
from sheep, he would much rather chase the geese and ducks off the fields, tree a racoon
or
receive pats from just about anyone.
"Border Collie Rescue, Ontario is a group of volunteers spread across
southern Ontario. Every year
we place approximately 60+ border collies into more appropriate homes. Unsuspecting
people often
get border collies without understanding the tremendous energy, herding instinct and work
ethic of
these dogs. By the time the dog is about 1 year old, many people are out of
patience, especially when
there are kids around getting nipped. Border Collie Rescue, Ontario
maintains a list of dogs needing
new homes and their volunteers foster dogs in need until more appropriate homes can be
found.
Unfortunately, there are always far more dogs than there are homes. Many of these
dogs have
behaviour problems or have been neglected and/or abused and adopting one can be both a
challenging
and rewarding experience. A large number of past 'rescue' dogs have gone on to great
things in the
Obedience, Flyball and Agility world - you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!!"