And the rescued dogs are "our babies" until we find them
new homes where they will be well loved and cherished as family members inside our hojme, not furniture. With a successful
placement percentage of 95% we feel that we have a highly successful dog rescue with or without being a charity. "If
it ain't broke, then do not fix it."
And our dog rescue means that we take in the worst of the worst dogs each
year. We make room for those dogs that would be killed right away if we did not make room for the severely crippled
or handicapped, abused, neglected or the mentally ill or even the vicious wiener babies. I have 38 years in this breed
and I can retrain ANY DOG. We have NOT put down one dog in 19 years of helping over 600 dogs.
I strongly feel that ALL dogs can be retrained with enough love, time and then carefully matched to their final home.
And we are always taking in "unadoptable" shelter dogs from all over as well on their way to being
put down if we say "no." We get sweet dogs via owner turn ins too, but we specialize in those dogs NO
ONE WANTS. That is why we can only help so many pups each year. We do not warehouse them, but I work at home
so I can train them all day long if needed. They are underfoot and helping me all the time too.
The average wiener stay here is about four months, but it can be as long as one year if the dog is really
vicious or mentally ill when they arrive. So a great thanks to those who still choose to help us even though they receive
nothing in return via their taxes. And another huge thanks you from folks
who have worked for the last 17 years to save homeless Dachshunds as volunteers also. Folks who know us both know how
dedicated we are to helping the "needy wieners." Thanks also to those folks willing to take in a homeless
dog one once they are retrained instead of just buying a pup.
Dennis and I rarely take
any vacations so we can be here to help those dogs who are too vicious or mentally ill for any company or volunteers.
Good thing our vacation is our farm! If we do take some time off now and then of course and we take a couple of our
personal dogs with us or it is not fun for either of us.
We are not a tax exempt charity at this time because we receive less
than $4,000 each year in in-kind donations to help with our mission. And we both have our own careers, Dennis is
law enforcement and me with my horses. Dennis and I do not have time right now for all the charity paperwork
involved and the committee meetings, etc. Our focus is the dogs and only the dogs. Down the road
we may change that, but I doubt it. This has been working since 1991 so far for this rescue.
But thanks
in advance for your help and rest assured that ANYTHING you donate goes straight to the dogs. That is why when people often
ask what we need first we ALWAYS ask for bags of dog food, toys and dog treats FIRST. We rarely receive any
cash donations, but if we do it goes straight to vet bills as we recevie no discounts on anything for the dogs including their
food, cleaning supplies, treats, toys and especially their huge vet bills.
Thanks to the dogs we are not wealthy
folks, but we do what we can even when one of the rotten ones digs yet another hole in the yard then we have to buy more
dirt to fix it! It is something that Dennis and I are used too here at the "Noisy Wiener Ranch" as one of
our dear friends calls our home. Yup, a herd of Dachshunds are always happy, noisy and destructive, but it is worth
it all to find the recycled dogs new, forever lives. FYI, I literally kill one new vacuum a year trying to
keep up with dog messes and dead toys in pieces everywhere. it is always fun crawling around on hands and knees picking
up dead toy pieces with helper dogs licking my face. This breed loves it when we get all the way down to their level.
Too funny.
Some folks think we are a bit off with having around 20 dogs with us at all times, but we do not have any
kids. And training and herding around this many dogs is still way easier then raising any children. If I need
a break from the dogs then I can always go into town without them once the unhousebroke ones are in their huge dog crates
for a few hours. You just can't do that with children. Too darn funny. So Dennis and I really feel our noisy
dog hobby is still MANY times easier to manage then our families with all our nieces and nephews. But see the happy
dogs running and playing everywhere is always a hoot for some visitors and really horrifying for other visitors. Must
love dogs to come visit our farm.
But it is also nice that we found something we both truly enjoy doing together. Heres to many
more years of "used wiener recycling!" Although maybe our next hobby
will NOT eat or have ANY vet bills... LOL!
Sincerely,
Margo Mossburg
Director, Dachshund
Rescue NW since 1991 and celebrating 20 years of rescue as of April 2011.
and
Dachshund Club of Spokane since 2003.
