Dachshund Rescue of North America-Great Lakes
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Donate a Kuranda Bed to Our Fosters!
 | We have chosen Kuranda dog beds for our boarding facilities because they are so good for our dogs. We still don't have enough for all of our kennels. If you would like to donate a bed so another dog can sleep in proper comfort, please click here. |
Donate a Harness to One of Our Fosters!
Click here to donate a Hug-a-Dog harness to one of our foster dachshunds! You'll save $10 off the donation of the harness to the rescued dachshund as well as receive $10 off a harness for you! What a deal! Please be sure to specify "Dachshund Rescue of North America (DRNA) GREAT LAKES". It would probably be best to give them our email address too, "motorbuzz@idcnet.com". If you have a specific dog in mind, please let them and us know! Thanks!
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Who We Are
Dachshund Rescue of North America is an organization with one sole purpose — rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing needy dachshunds and mostly dachshund mixes. We are a network of experienced rescue people throughout the United States and Canada who were previously doing rescue independently and realized the benefits of joining together and combining resources.DRNA has saved over 4,000 dachshunds so far, interested in helping? Please email us for more information, we sure could use the help!
Adopting a friend
Our adoption process is clearly defined at our website along with adoption fees. Please visit our Adoption Process page!Click to see our Happy Tails!
How you can help!
**********************Visit Natural Balance to learn how you can help DRNA by saving your receipts and UPC's from Natural Balance food! Simply save your receipts when you purchase Natural Balance, cut out the UPC & attach to the receipt, and send to DRNA! We then get a check from Natural Balance! How easy is that!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Donations are always needed to continue our rescue efforts! ALL donations to DRNA are TAX DEDUCTIBLE because DRNA is a 501C3 organization! Other items on our wishlist include:
Crates, collars, leashes, & harnesses
Shampoo, flea bath products
Gift cards to Petco, Petsmart, & Mounds
Heartgard or Tri-heart Plus (size up to 20lbs) and Frontline (up to 20lbs)
Calling cards (making reference calls & phone interviews) and gas cards (for driving to and from therapy & vet appts)
Food and water bowls
Baby gates and X-pens
Cleaning supplies, odor remover, carpet cleaner
Beds & blankets
Kongs, toys, & Nylabones (please, no rawhide or Greenies)
Food (Welless, Solid Gold, Innova, Karma Organic, Merrick, Wysong)
For donations in WI please email us at motorbuzz@idcnet.com, for donations in IL please email us at loisarmstrong@verizon.net, and we'll send you an address or gladly pick it up if in the area!
Have TIME & ENERGY to help out our rescue? Here's some other ways you can help us!
Offer to help transport a dog, it requires driving a total of approximately two hours
Foster a homeless dachshund, email for more information
Conduct homevisits for applicants considering adopting a dachshund
Place an ad in the local newspaper featuring our dogs for adoption or looking for foster homes
Donate use of a photocopier (remember, it's tax deductible)
Offer to test our fosters with your cats--sound silly? Some of us don't have cats so we don't know if our dogs are good with cats...so we need to see if they are good with cats...don't worry safety is top priority!
Educate people on spay and neuter
Ask your local paper to run a notice in the "community brief" section of the paper looking for foster homes (email us for exact wording)
Ask your local radio station to do a Public Service Announcement looking for foster homes (email us for exact wording)
Donate proceeds from your yard sale to our organization (remember, it's tax deductible)
Spread the word of rescue!
Donate promotional products with our organization's name on (t-shirts, hats, pens, buttons, leashes, etc)
Offer to drive fosters to the vet for appointments
Dachshund Breed
If you're thinking of becoming a dachshund owner...let me rephrase that...if you're thinking of becoming owned by a dachshund--because those of us that have a dachshund in the house know that they own us, not vise versa--there's a few things you must know about the dachshund breed. Here's a few.In my eyes, the most important is that statistics show that 1in every 4 dachshunds will suffer from Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD). IVDD can cause paralysis and loss of bowel/bladder control if not treated immediately. IVDD can be treated through surgery which is most successful within the first 48 hours of incident. Alternative treatments can be used such as water therapy or acupuncture. Prevention methods can be utilized to prevent IVDD; they include but are not limited to using ramps to limit jumping, supplements usch as glucosamine, vitamin C, and fish oil, and keeping nails trimmed. Support groups are available.
Rescue Every Dog and the Canadian Dachshund Rescue are excellent sites for more important traits of the dachshund. Please take a moment to visit these sites!
Pet Food Recall Information
Want to stay informed with what foods have been added to the recall? Please visit The Pet Food List it lists all the brands of food and lists the recalled foods in red.Better yet...visit some of these websites and learn what to look for in feeding your pets. After all, they are a member of our family, right?
"DORG"
The Dog Food Project
Animal Protection Institute
Pet Education
Did you know that that four of the top five major pet food companies in the United States are subsidiaries of major multinational food production companies. Yes...Colgate Palmolive (which produces Hills Science Diet), Heinz, Nestle, and Mars. The pet food industry is huge and extremely profitable ($25 billion a year in revenue worldwide). While manufacturers may appear to have the best interests of your companion animals at heart, they are generally more concerned about their stock prices and bottom lines.
Come Visit Us!
All of our dachshunds are in foster homes. What does that mean? Our dachshunds are in our personal homes, as part of our family. They pack their bags (if they have any) and move right in and become a member of our family! That's why it's so hard to give them up. We are not a shelter with 9-5 hours and an Open/Close sign. Our fosters are placed throughout the United States. This Petfinder ID serves the Great Lakes region concentrating on Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
Dachshund Rescue of North America-Great Lakes
Serving the Great Lakes area!
Phone: WWW.DRNA.ORG
In the WI area, email: motorbuzz@idcnet.com OR, in the IL area, email loisarmstrong@verizon.net
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