Welcome to "Cookie's Canine Kids" Memorial Fund

This page was inspired by an Australian Shepherd named Cookie that tragically lost her life in an act of hate. Cookie was intentionally poisoned October 24, 2000 and died in the arms of those that loved her. But it is not this act of hatred that made Cookie special but rather the spirit that resided inside of her.

She was a special companion that had the power to lead and inspire those that lived with her. Cookie taught humans in her short life. Now she taught the normal canine lessons of devotion, forgiveness, and unconditional love but she also taught some special lessons as well. Cookie, you see, inspired and taught her humans that there was a need for them to step forward and rescue the lost, abandoned and abused canines of this world. In ways that only canines can do, she inspired her couple to open their arms to those canines that were less fortunate. Cookie's couple learned to open their hearts and arms to dogs on death row in shelters, dogs along the side of the road and fellow canines who unfortunately had been purchased only to live with someone who didn't care much about living with a companion.

First Cookie and her couple took in Sam, a rescue Border Collie. Then the four of them began to rescue Australian Shepherds through organizations such as Second Time Around Aussie Rescue, Inc. , Aussie Rescue Placement Helpline and South Texas Aussie Rescue and to rescue Border Collies through Border Collie Rescue Texas, Inc. They started with a dog or two but then something special happened along the way. Cookie and her couple shared the inspiration with other canines and humans. What started small became much larger as the idea grew and spread to other families. One became two, two became four, and then four became more and more canines saved and humans inspired to join in rescuing. This is the true legacy of Cookie. One small Aussie life, lived in such a way that today scores of humans are rescuing hundreds of canines each day and the numbers are growing.

Cookie has gone now. But in her leaving she has started from her small heart a blazing fire of desire in our hearts and in the hearts across this land to rescue the abandoned and abused canines of this world. This, her fund, and those that choose to contribute and join are a testament to the power of rescue. One today. Two tomorrow. And in the years to come hundreds and thousands.

The funds that come into "Cookie's Canine Kids" are in memory of those rescues that have come our way that could not be saved and in the memory of those , like Cookie, that have inspired us. These resources are set aside from the normal budget of our rescue group to be used for Australian Shepherds and Border Collies that are in need of special medical treatment. They will be used to allow the lame to walk, let the sick be healed, and the blind see again. These funds will supplement normal rescues resources so that more can be reached and the special ones will always find a place. They will also be used with a memory of Cookie and others that have come our way and made us better because they lived with us.

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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.