Who We Are
Looziana Basset Rescue, Inc. is a non-profit volunteer effort to save abandoned and mistreated basset hounds for the love of the breed. Our rescued bassets are from shelters all over Louisiana and Mississippi, are strays whose owners cannot be found, or are relinquished by owners who no longer want them. Changing lifestyles, the economy, and lack of responsibility are some of the reasons for the abundance of abandoned basset hounds.
Looziana Basset Rescue takes the orphaned bassets into foster care, where they are loved and cared for until permanent adoptive homes can be found. We provide veterinary care that includes vaccinations, heartworm treatment if necessary, and spaying or neutering. We completely rehabilitate, both physically and emotionally, any adoptable dog and prepare him/her for a "forever home."
Our Newsletter
Download a PDF copy of our Spring 2008 Newsletter!
Donate
If you cannot adopt right now but would like to help, you can sponsor a dog today.
Please send all donations to:
Looziana Basset Rescue
Post Office Box 1315
Harvey, Louisiana 70059-1315
Looziana Basset Rescue, Inc is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation
Fostering a Basset in Need
Hurricane Katrina took many things when she ravaged this area, including more than half of our active foster homes. To continue accepting dogs in need, we need more foster homes. Looziana Basset Rescue pays for all vet expenses, all we ask is that foster homes provide food and love to these wonderful dogs. Please email QueenB534@aol.com if you are interested in fostering.
Adopting a Friend
When you've looked at all the great animals here and chosen one that you'd like to meet face-to-muzzle, contact us. We'll get an adoption application to you quick as a hungry basset. Then we'll do everything we can to get you and your chosen hound together for an introduction.
To ensure that you and the pet you select are ideal for each other, we'll give you some time after the introduction to think about it.
As of March 2009 our adoption fee is $275. This includes spay/neuter, all shots, fecal and worming, microchip, heartworm test and treatment, if necessary, and all other veterinary care that is needed. The average amount that we invest in each dog is around $700, so this is quite a bargain. Looziana Basset Rescue has an extensive adoption process as well as adoption agreement.
Please contact us at QueenB534@aol.com.
How to Help the Hounds
We realize that parting you from your hard-earned dollars is becoming more difficult every day. While we still like to receive monetary donations toward the veterinary care of bassets in Looziana Basset Rescue foster homes, we also have a few items available for sale. You can be sure that every penny beyond our cost for these items is used as efficiently as possible to take care of bassets needing medical attention.
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Our t-shirt design is the perfect way to show your support for Looziana Basset Rescue while you're out and about. This is the same quality white t-shirt you might have seen on our volunteers at pet events throughout the area. The cost for each shirt is $15. Shipping and handling is an additional $5.00.
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We also have a small but growing selection of items for sale through CafePress.com. Available items include bumper stickers, coffee mugs, and mouse pads. Just click on the graphic to the right and select any number of our available products. Our partners at CafePress will ship them to you without delay.
And there's still a third way you can help support our hounds in need, and perhaps even learn something along the way. Just visit our list of recommended books and calendars, then use the links on our page to order as many as you can afford. Books make great gifts, and Looziana Basset Rescue receives a percentage of the purchase price of each book.
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The wonderful online retailer Raining Cats & Dogs will donate 10% of your purchase amount to Looziana Basset Rescue. Just use the promo code basset1 on checkout. They have a wide variety of gifts and garb available in many, many breeds, including many rare breeds! Raining Cats & Dogs |
Special Slurps to Our Supporters
The volunteers of Looziana Basset Rescue (that'd be all of us) are taking this opportunity to thank the people and organizations that have done things we can't do ourselves.
Preferred Professional and Vendor Supporters
Great big basset slurps to Metairie Small Animal Hospital, and especially Dr. Brian Melius, for donated services. Slurps also to Dr. Neal Hebert of Animal Kingdom in Houma, Dr. Pat Thistlethwaite of Animal Medical Center in Plaquemine, and Dr. Susan Strain of Claiborne Hill Veterinary Clinic in Covington for their generous and able assistance. The help these professionals so selflessly provide makes our hounds healthy and much easier to place in permanent homes.
The staff at Jefferson Feed and Garden Supply, and especially Mr. Lynn Morvant, are always ready to show us just what the latest rescued hound needs. Stop by the store at 4421 Jefferson Highway whenever you're shopping for anything your dog (or cat, horse, yard, etc.) needs.
Post Office Box 1315
Harvey, Louisiana 70059-1315
Email: QueenB534@aol.com
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter
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