Welcome to the
Western Australian Shepherd Rescue 
formerly Wyoming Aussie Rescue

Donate to WASR in Betty White's Name!

The iconic actor, Betty White, was well-known for her charitable work in animal causes. This challenge has been circulating on social media and while no one knows who was first to post, it has been helped along by the graphic above made by Nicole Maria Eldred. Please consider donating to Western Australian Shepherd Rescue in Betty White's honor.

2021 Annual Aussie Appeal

Thank you to everyone who gave to our 2021 Annual Aussie Appeal!! We raised over $1200 for rescue dogs. Thanks to your generosity these are some of the dogs we are helping who will need kind, loving homes.

Help WASR while shopping at Amazon!

SMILE with AMAZON! If you are an Amazon shopper, you can shop and donate to WASR at the same time! Just go to Smile.Amazon.com and select Western Australian Shepherd Rescue as your charity. Click here to find out more.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true,
to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
~Author Unknown

Survival Story from Superior, Colorado
​Ruby - the "pink" puppy

This beautiful Aussie/lab mix is Ruby. She has had her share of trials in her short life but has weathered them with aplomb and grace. Ruby was left with her brothers and sisters in the Christmas box at a dog shelter in 2020. They called her the "pink" puppy. Ruby's adopters live in Superior, Colorado and they lost their home and everything in in to the terrible wildfires on New Year's Day, 2022. They were able to get Ruby out and everyone is safe. Her owners said she was a champion getting out of there. Thank you to Ruby's family for sharing this and our thoughts are with them.
The goal of Western Australian Shepherd is to help place Australian Shepherds, Border Collies, Australian Cattle Dogs and other herding breeds in loving, permanent homes or service careers. Western Australian Shepherd Rescue does not place dogs for any breeding purposes what so ever. Western Australian Shepherd Rescue will not place dogs for any kind of guard duty. Dogs are placed in carefully screened homes through the use of specific rules and procedures.  We are a small group of dedicated volunteers that put our hearts, souls and spare time into finding forever homes for Australian Shepherds, Border Collies, Australian Cattle Dogs and other herding breeds. Some of us compete in dog sports like agility, obedience, rally, conformation and herding with our Aussies. While others of us simply love the breed and enjoy helping them. We all feel a responsibility to help these dogs. We are completely foster based, meaning all of our dogs stay in one of our volunteer's home until a forever home is found. Western Aussie Rescue fosters and places dogs in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Utah, North and South Dakota, New Mexico as well as Colorado. We have relationships with many shelters, and rescue dogs from the Southeast, Midwest, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico along with all the states where we have volunteers.