69 rescue Kelpies are available for adoption across Australia right now, listed by Animal Welfare League NSW, Animal Welfare League Queensland, Animals in Need Brisbane, Australian Animal Protection Society, Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre, Campbelltown Animal Care Facility, Dogs' Refuge Home, Happy Paws Haven, Hunter Animal Rescue, K9 Dog Rescue, Maggie's Rescue, Monika's Doggie Rescue, RSPCA NSW, RSPCA Queensland, SoCares Central Coast Animal Shelters, Swan Animal Haven, The Lost Dogs' Home. Every listing links straight to the rescue.
8 years 11 months • Kelpie x Border Collie
About 5 years old • Kelpie X Staffy
7 years 10 months • Kelpie X
5 Years 8 Months • Staffordshire Bull Terrier / Australian Kelpie
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The Kelpie is a medium-sized dog with high energy needs. Those two things — the space it needs and the exercise it expects — matter more day to day than the breed label itself, especially with rescue dogs, where many are crosses.
Shelter breed labels in Australia are usually a visual guess rather than a DNA result, so a dog listed as a Kelpie may well be a cross. That is worth knowing before you rule a listing in or out: temperament and the individual dog's history tell you far more than the name on the card.
Right now Kelpies in Australia are listed by Animal Welfare League NSW, Animal Welfare League Queensland, Animals in Need Brisbane, Australian Animal Protection Society, Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre, Campbelltown Animal Care Facility, Dogs' Refuge Home, Happy Paws Haven, Hunter Animal Rescue, K9 Dog Rescue, Maggie's Rescue, Monika's Doggie Rescue, RSPCA NSW, RSPCA Queensland, SoCares Central Coast Animal Shelters, Swan Animal Haven, The Lost Dogs' Home. Applications, home checks and adoption decisions are handled by the rescue directly — LocalPetFinder brings the listings together so you do not have to check each rescue separately, and does not take a fee.
As of September 2026, 69 Kelpies are available for adoption in Australia across 17 rescues on LocalPetFinder. Listings are refreshed regularly as dogs are adopted and new ones arrive — browse the current Kelpies above and apply directly through the rescue. Currently listed by The Lost Dogs' Home, Monika's Doggie Rescue, RSPCA Queensland, Animals in Need Brisbane, Campbelltown Animal Care Facility, RSPCA NSW, Dogs' Refuge Home, Hunter Animal Rescue, Australian Animal Protection Society, Animal Welfare League Queensland, Happy Paws Haven, Animal Welfare League NSW, K9 Dog Rescue, Maggie's Rescue, SoCares Central Coast Animal Shelters, Swan Animal Haven, Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre.
LocalPetFinder lists Kelpies available for adoption from rescues right across Australia, in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria. Right now the rescues listing Kelpies are Animal Welfare League NSW, Animal Welfare League Queensland, Animals in Need Brisbane, Australian Animal Protection Society, Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre, Campbelltown Animal Care Facility, Dogs' Refuge Home, Happy Paws Haven, Hunter Animal Rescue, K9 Dog Rescue, Maggie's Rescue, Monika's Doggie Rescue, RSPCA NSW, RSPCA Queensland, SoCares Central Coast Animal Shelters, Swan Animal Haven, The Lost Dogs' Home. Every listing links straight to the rescue that has the dog, and the application is handled by them, not by us.
Not for sale, for adoption, which is usually the better deal. Every Kelpie here comes from an Australian rescue rather than a breeder or a classified seller, and the adoption fee already covers desexing, vaccination and microchipping. That fee is typically a few hundred dollars, against often several thousand from a breeder with none of the vet work done. If you searched "kelpie for sale", adopting gets you a vetted dog for a fraction of the price.
