Rescue Partners
MASR partners with other organizations that we love and trust. We wouldn’t recommend you work with a brand that we wouldn’t happily work with ourselves! Check out our rescue partners for more great resources to use throughout your rescuing journey.
Puppy Mills & Bad Breeding
Not familiar with a puppy mill? A puppy mill is any high-volume breeder that puts profit over the welfare of these animals. Puppy mills are facilities that cut corners in veterinary care, quality of food, and genetic tests to save money; while also forcing dogs to live in high confinement situations with little-to-no human interaction. Dogs in puppy mills exist solely to…
Force-Free Training
Those of us at Midwest Australian Shepherd Rescue believe force-free training – also commonly referred to as positive reinforcement – is the only method of successful training. The heavy-handed approaches that were commonly used in years past for training were born out of…
Breed Specifics
The Australian Shepherd is a breed of herding dog from the United States. Developed in California in the 19th century, it is claimed the breed descends from a variety of herding breeds including collies imported into California alongside sheep imported from Australia and New Zealand…
MDR1 Information & Resources
Multidrug Resistance Mutation (MDR1) is a specific mutation in a gene within the pup that causes them to be sensitive to certain medications and cause health problems.