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Dachshund Rescue NW near
Spokane, Wash. We are back OPEN with full operation and rebuilt after our house, garage and two outbuildings fire
in 2009. Yes we can take in dogs from area shelters, other rescuers and the public once again to keep rescuing since
1991. See page links to the left for details, links to news reports, videos and photos from that fire. In 2011
we placed a record number of homeless wiener dogs, 90 of them, thanks to all our fun volunteers and your donations to
help us in this horrible economy place these dogs. See other yearly counts on all we have helped below. See fun photos and event details
on the Dachshund Rescue NW and Dachshund Club of Spokane Facebook page!
| WE ARE A HOME-BASED, COUCH HOGGING DOG RESCUE. |
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| Photo courtesy of www.dragoonstudios.net 2007 |
Welcome to Dachshund Rescue NW (DRNW)
& Dachshund Club of Spokane's (DCS) 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 so no meetings, but we do have a lot of fun at
BBQs, parades, Wiener Walks in the Park, 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.
TO PLACE a dog with 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 Petfinder.com to find someone
near you with your zip code and favorite breed of all sorts of animals that needs homes, not just dogs and cats!
TO ADOPT a dog from us please click this link and read this FAQ page
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!
| TUCKER,ONE OF OUR ADOPTABLE DOGS IN JANUARY 2012. |
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| SEE OUR TO ADOPT PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR ADOPTABLE DOGS. |
| Some of our 2009 rescues before they moved |
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| From left: Dave (Behind), Jasmine, Rock, Stella Rae, Anna and Cedar |
| August 2006 |
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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.
2012: We have adopted 5 homeless wiener doggies already.
Thanks to everyone for saving a life by adopting from a shelter or rescuer instead of just
buying a puppy. Without folks willing to give rescued dogs a second chance then we could not have placed this many dogs
for our fun dog rescue hobby. 2011: DRNW has already adopted out 89 happy dogs as of December 19. We also placed
two horses that we worked and rehomed from our farm. We also worked with a herd of eight abandoned horses in November
2011 to see they all were placed into a local rescue to find new homes. This is a NEW record for our rescue in doggy adoptions since we started in
1991!
2010: We adopted 65 happy dogs and three rescued horses in 2010. 2009
was a new record for our rescue: We adopted 71 happy dogs from our home even with the house, garage and two outbuildings fire in October in addition
to 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 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 in 2007!) 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 2001, but we are guessing that we have help to place well over 700+ rescues as of 2011. That is a
very conservative guess. And only 12 dogs have ever been returned, most of those because of family
situations or the economy. All of those 12 were successfully placed in their forever homes the second time around
because we do screen our adopters.
We also have been rescuing some horses for the last 15 years too, but
we have not kept count. We just helped those we saw in need. But we have placed around 40 head of horses and ponies
so far. The horse rescue is a hobby and we do not do it full-time. We just help when we see a horse in need to
keep it from going to an auction to wind up on someone's plate!
| Wienerfest Spokane Picnic & Potluck BBQ Fundraiser |
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| Edgar, left, and Britches, right, in Wiener Wading Pool |
Did you know we turn away over 500+ Dachshunds each year because
we can only help around 70 dogs a year on average? 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 6,000 dogs each yeer in area shelters and
that count does not include dogs being destroyed by area vets. Even purebred pups eventually grow up and become puppy
terrorists without their 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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