ABOUT US
SAVING AUSSIES IN THE DFW & SURROUNDING AREAS
About North Texas Aussie Rescue
North Texas Aussie Rescue (NTASR) was established in 2020 with one goal: help the dogs who need it most — and advocate loudly enough that someday fewer of them will need rescuing at all.
Despite our name, we like to say we’re a breed-specific rescue… in theory. Yes, we love Australian Shepherds (deeply, unapologetically), but over the years our doors have welcomed just about every kind of dog imaginable — purebreds, mixed breeds, and plenty of what we lovingly call Aussies in disguise. When an animal needs help, paperwork and breed labels take a back seat.
What started as two women doing literally everything has grown into a team of fourteen dedicated volunteers (and counting). Over the last two years (2024 - 2026), NTASR has averaged bringing 33 dogs every month into rescue. That means medical care, foster homes, behavioral support, transport coordination, adoption matchmaking, and more group chats than anyone thought humanly possible.
And while those are the dogs officially under our care, countless others have been helped through rescue networking, collaboration, and the behind the scenes connections that quietly save lives every single day.
NTASR may be best known for our ongoing work addressing large scale mass breeding operations. The Johnston County, Oklahoma case became one of the defining efforts of our organization — a rescue spanning years, not months. Our team worked alongside partners to ensure dogs from this facility were removed from harmful conditions, given a voice, and placed into rescue care where healing could finally begin.
In June 2024, every dog from the Johnston County property was released into rescue organizations’ care. The dogs are safe — but the story isn’t finished. Court proceedings and accountability are still pending, and NTASR remains committed to advocating for outcomes that prevent continued breeding and protect animals from enduring the same suffering again.
At our core, NTASR isn’t just passionate about Aussies. We’re passionate about animal welfare, period. Our admin team believes compassion shouldn’t stop at species lines, which is how opossums have occasionally found themselves under our umbrella too. (Rescue people understand. If you know, you know.)
Rescue work isn’t glamorous. It’s early mornings, late nights, emergency vet runs, hard decisions, and celebrating the small wins that make the hard days worth it. But it’s also community, second chances, and watching dogs blossom from scared and shut down, to playing with a toy for the first time. And ultimately so many learn, that people can be kind.
We’re here for the underdogs. The overlooked. The complicated cases. The ones who just need someone willing to show up and keep showing up.
Because rescue isn’t just what we do.
It’s who we are.
Meet the NTASR Team...
Samantha
Samantha is our die hard aussie lover. She grew up with aussies and has 8 herself. Did you know we take dogs with bite history? Thats all because of Samantha! Her favorite dogs are ones with behavioral problems that need some rehab. She loves putting blood, sweat, and tears (literally) into these dogs to give them a second chance. She is the one you will see awake all hours of the night, driving hundreds of miles to rescue a baby up for euthanasia, and clearing out the last few inches left in her house to make room for a dog in need. She eat, sleeps, and breathes our dogs and puts them before anyone else in her life. Samantha takes so much pride in being the President of NTASR and we are so proud to have her be the leader of our team!
The Support Team
Samantha M - Digital Communications
Shawn - Vice President & Adoption Director
Mike - Financial Advisor
Samantha - Fearless Leader
Carley - Social Media & Web Communications Director
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Lane - Technical Support & Pawlytics Data Analyst
Maddie - Grant Writer
Amanda – Medical Director & Events Coordinator
Gabby, Michelle, Andrea, Minali - Medical Operations Team
The Board
WHAT WE DO
NTASR works to save lives. We have a thorough rescue, rehabilitation and foster care process prior to adopting out our Aussies to their permanent homes.
1. RESCUE
We save Aussies from various situations and fates. We work hard to save them all. Whether it be from a case of abuse or neglect, a high risk animal shelter, or an owner surrender, they all need a second chance, and we are here to give that to them through our Aussie loving foster network. Our fosters provide the temporary homes prior to adoption.
2. REHABILITATE
The Aussies we take in may have many number of issues that need addressing by our fosters, vets and trainers. We see Aussies come in with physical ailments from accidents or tragically, abuse, as well as illness, behavioral concerns, and special needs. We are committed to rehabilitating each dog we bring in to our care.
3. SPAY/NEUTER
We work to stop overpopulation. Spaying and Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do for the pet's longevity and safety. Our Aussies come Spayed and Neutered prior to adoption to ensure ethical pet ownership for their entire lifetime.
4. ADOPT
This is our favorite and most rewarding step in all we do: finding our Aussies' their forever homes. We are a selective rescue, doing all we can to match the right owner with the right dog for their family and lifestyle. We work to find forever, permanent homes for our Aussies so they can live happily and loved by their new family.