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| Photo courtesy of www.dragoonstudios.net 2007 |
OCTOBER 13, 2009: OUR RESCUE IS CLOSED FOR A BIT SO WE CAN'T TAKE IN AS MANY OUTSIDE DOGS FROM THE PUBLIC WHILE WE DEAL WITH
A HOUSE FIRE AND THE REBUILDING. ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A FEW DOGS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM AREA SHELTERS.
FOR MORE DETAILS AND PHOTOS PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK. REST ASSURED THAT WE WILL BE OPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND BE ABLE TO TAKE
IN MORE THEN A FEW AT A TIME TO OUR FOSTER HOMES. PLEASE SEE LINK BELOW FOR THE DOGS THAT STILL DO NEED HOMES. THANKS.
Welcome to Dachshund Rescue NW (DRNW) & Dachshund
Club of Spokane's (DCS) new web site. We update this web site often, usually weekly, so be sure to check back often.
DCS is a doggy social club rather than a formal dog club,
but we do have a lot of fun at BBQs, parades, Wiener Walks in the Park, holiday events, adoption events for rescues and
more. Join the fun and need not have a dog to come play with us as we loan out our rescues so they can have a fun day
too and get socialized.
For information on our upcoming, monthly wiener
events please read page two of this site for more details along with contact information and event write-ups of our most recent
events.
DRNW always has several rescued wiener
doggies needing new homes at all times so see below for that info too and help us adopt out homeless dogs instead of buying
pups. Thanks.
| Some of our 2009 rescues before they moved |
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| From left: Dave (Behind), Jasmine, Rock, Stella Rae, Anna and Cedar |
TO PLACE a dog with us please click this link and read this FAQ page
TO ADOPT a dog from us please click this link and read this FAQ page
Need to find another rescue and/or shelter in the Pacific Northwest, USA? Click this link to go to our Links page on this
site.
To find photos of our current events please click here to go to that web site.
Click this link to see our Wish List. We are always looking for new or used items like dog toys, balls of all sizes and used
bed linens. Click here to read more. Thanks!
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Dachshund Rescue NW equals "Happy wiener dogs to great, forever families!" 1. To educate the public about controlling the pet over
population through responsible spaying and neutering of their pets and to let the public know how many purebreds end up in
shelters plus how many are being destroyed each year here from being unwanted and overbred. 2. To let the public know about
the history of the Dachshund breed about how they are hunting dogs and all that entails. The education also includes that
this breed is not always suitable for every home especially those with very young children or those without secure, fenced
yards and how noisy and active a hunting breed can be and all the training needed to be owned by this breed. 3. To let
everone know that we usually have a dog club event once a month for the Dachshund Club of Spokane members like the Wiener
Dog Races, potluck picnics, attendance in four area parades and holiday parties for the dogs, Dachshund Training Days,
etc., and use those events to get our homeless wieners out in public so they can be adopted to forever families. 2010: DRNW has already adopted out 3 happy dog as of January 31. Thanks to everyone
for saving a life by
adopting their new family member instead of just buying a puppy! 2009
was a new record for our rescue: We adopted 71 happy dogs from our home plus the four dogs that we had to place
from the area shelter when the house burned down. And we placed two rescued horses that we retrained in 2009 as well.
2008: DRNW adopted 59
happy dogs, a new record for us! 2007: DRNW adopted out 38 happy dogs this year. 2006: DRNW adopted out 30
happy dogs, one horse and six cats also this year. (We helped less
critters this year due to the Director's major car wreck, but up to full speed again for us!) 2005: DRNW
adopted 47 happy dogs, a new record for us! 2004:
DRNW adopted out 42 dogs, a new record for us! 2003: DRNW
adopted out 35 dogs and four horses and one cat, a new record for us! 2002: DRNW adopted
out 33 dogs, a new record for us! (We did not keep really keep good records of how many
needy wieners we have helped over the years before then, but we are guessing we have help to place well almost 500 dogs,
some horses and cats since 1991. We have only had ten dogs returned since we started rescuing as
we choose forever homes for our rescues and those nine were successfully placed in their forever homes the second time
around because we screen our adopters.)
Did you know we turn away over 200+ Dachshunds each year
because we can only help between 50 to 60 dogsa year on average? In 2009 we are on pace to turn away 300+ dogs so please
think twice about breeding yet another unwanted litter of pups. Plus that is just in this area as
this breed that is being horribly overbred and that count does not include other breeds. In Spokane County alone
they kill over 6000 dogs each yeaer in area shelters and that count does not include dogs being destroyed at area vets.
Even purebred pups eventually grow up and become hellions without people spending time or training with them. Why?
When people do not do their dog breed research before buying a pup so many end up being killed if rescuers like us did not
take them in for more training, evaluation and placement. Please consider adopting a homeless
dog instead of breeding yet another litter of pups that we might have to rescue later on. Thank you!
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