Mirage is a HIGH energy dog.  She needs extensive amount of exercise in a dog park.  She loves the park and runs like lightning.  She needs a way to burn off her energy.  She will need more than the typical dog walk.

Mirage gets along great with other dogs, she is  housetrained, does good in a car, she is a runner.  She loves to run so she would have to be watched when off leash.  She does seem to be ok with cats.  Judy observed this when Mirage was living at her home with cats. But we will cat test again.  She is a beautiful playful dog that deserves her second chance at her forever home.. Mirage also loves to cuddle in bed.

April 2015  Poor Mirage cannot get a break.  She was returned  to PRBJ from her owner, no fault of her's at all....Her owner and the family had no time to give her.    There has to be some loving kind family that will finally give this beautiful dog the forever home that she so desperately deserves.

October 2014 Update:  Mirage, now called Maggie, was adopted from PRBJ as a puppy and has sadly lost her home after her owner passed away.  She is looking for a new home to call her own.  Maybe it is yours?

Mirage is one of a litter of seven puppies we rescued in early July.  Andy and Dr. Danielle quickly stepped forward to foster them ~ they have a soft heart for puppies and for Border Collies.  If we ever rescue a litter of Border Collies they will fall all over themselves!  Without good people like this, we would be so much more limited in how many pets we could rescue.  With puppies, it is especially important to get them into a home environment.  Case in point, this litter is already starting to figure out the potty-outside thing!  Now, we met the momma of the litter ~ she is a Catahoula mix.  Daddy was a rolling stone, so we have to guess, but judging from their appearance and size, we think that he might have been a Saint Bernard!  Whatever he was, this litter is beautiful.  We anticipate they will be ready for their forever home around mid-August.

7/29 Foster Update:
Mirage is the littlest pup in the litter, at almost 5 lbs. She is a red girl with hazel-green eyes and ivory on her chest, toes and muzzle. She's the little girlie who was so sick, and has just about bounced back. Because of her illness, she tended to seek quiet away from the others, but now that she's better, she pounces on the big boys to play. 
 
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