Our rescue was temporarily closed due to a house fire that took out most of our home and all of the garage and two outbuildings from October 2009 to April 2010. The horse barn was saved. We ran the rescue from our home so we had to close down for a while. But even with a major house fire we still placed 71 homeless wiener cuties in 2009, a new record for our dog rescue. For more fire details with photos and journal of our progress are here: http://www.nonprofitnw.org/drnw/id84.html
That fire was a very sad day because we lost 7 of our own personal dogs in retirement with us, but we also saved 16 dogs including all the rescues we were entrusted with plus our two old cats from the house. The web page above has details, photos and more information. All the rescues that we had at that time were saved so no worries there.
UPDATE: We later lost our two old cats thanks to smoke inhalation and stress so we lost nine souls because of the fire. We are still grieving for the loss of life, but Margo has recovered from her seared lungs, finally, and from smoke inhalation. She went running back into a burning building to save our beloved dogs and cats. Margo could not save them all, but she saved most of them.
Our PayPal account is: dragoonfr@hotmail.com or Margo Mossburg, PO Box 1383, Airway Heights, WA, 99001. Thanks in advance for any help that you can give as we still are replacing most of the dog rescue items that went in the fire like event items, dog foood and treat stored, dog toys, dog meds and more. And a very large thanks to those who have helped us so far. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all your well wishes.
Sincerely,
Dennis and Margo Mossburg, Directors and Head Pooper Scoopers!
Click here for our ADOPTABLE PET LIST
(How to adopt from us: No calls or emails on our available dogs please. If the dogs are listed on the next page they are still adoptable. Click the adoptable pet link above, click each dog's photo and then read their detailed bios on each of our dogs before filling in our pre-adoption paperwork. Thanks.)
DACHSHUND RESCUE NW FEATURED PET: Meet Bigs, an year old old puppy. He is a very sweet, Chihuahua/Dachshund mix, nuetered male. Click the Adoptable Pets link above for more details about this cute doggie needing a new home and all the rest we have for adoption.
About DRNW
At DRNW, all our dogs our fixed BEFORE placement so we do not rescue any descendants later on. At this rescue we strongly believe in decreasing the pet overpopulation so even our personal pets are fixed as well. We are not breeders, but real rescuers so we will NEVER have pups for sale/adoption unless it is a litter that we are fostering for a local shelter. We have rescued exactly TWO litters in the last 17 years of doing this dog rescue so pups are rare because we will never breed any other litters with this breed being horribly overbred.
Nor will we make you meet us in any parking lot to adopt a dog from us, but we do expect folks to come to our home and check us out as being a legit dog rescuer with happy animals. We do not ship our dogs anywhere as we want to know if our dogs like their new people and vice versa.
Nor will we make you meet us in any parking lot to adopt a dog from us, but we do expect folks to come to our home and check us out as being a legit dog rescuer with happy animals. We do not ship our dogs anywhere as we want to know if our dogs like their new people and vice versa.
Dachshund Rescue NW (DRNW) is a regional Dachshund breed rescuer in the Pacific Northwest, USA. And we work closely with other all breed shelters and rescues all over the Pacific Northwest to help refer dogs to potential parents or take their unwanted or difficult placement dogs as needed. Not all of ours are "issue dogs," but many need extra time and training so we want them here being worked constantly.
We are a small, home-based wiener dog rescue with many volunteers that has helped 500+ wiener dogs since 1991. DRNW adopted 59 needy dogs in 2008 alone, a record for us. We adopted out 47 in 2005, our next best year. See our home page of our main web site below for a current count of this year's rescues already.
By the time our guaranteed dogs are ready for adoption then we have worked through all of the kinks so adopters know everything about that dog in our adoption process. We will tell you "the good, the bad and the ugly about each dog" so you know exactly what kind of Dachshund that you are adopting.
In addition we will also work closely with you for the life of the dog with as much follow-up as you need for a life long adoption. And the professional dog trainer works at home normally training critters too so we spend more time then most folks spend with their own dogs while the DRNW rescues are being retrained for their new homes.
We also specialize in those "unadoptable" wiener dogs and then we keep them as long as needed to re-train them and then find them quality, forever homes. They all get to play on our large horse farm and stay in our home while we re-train them to make them happy dogs first before placement.
All of our adoptable dogs are guaranteed to fit in your home with extensive training and temperament testing BEFORE placement. We always place happy dogs or they stay in rescue until they are good to go. Then you get a test drive on them too to see if they fit your family.
Our adoption fees are a bit higher then some adoption places because we pay full retail on vet care and we do not receive ANY discounts on feed, toys, treats, bedding, etc. Plus our dogs tend to stay with us and our foster situations a lot longer until they are trained enough to be guaranteed in their new homes.
DRNW has a 94% placement success in 17 years of rescuing this one breed. We are not dog resellers, but folks who deeply care about this breed after 38+ years in Dachshunds. We do try to break even at our rescue and rarely do because we do not rescue for money. We rescue Dachshunds for the love of the breed after 40 years in this breed
Please thoroughly research where you adopt your dogs from. There are some people out there even on this web site are posing as rescuers when they are in fact breeders and puppy mills. We have had exactly TWO litter of pups in 17+ years of rescuing. People will usually sell the pups and then give us the moms to rescue AFTER the pups are already sold.
There are some "rescuers" on Petfinders who ALWAYS seem to have Dachshund puppies for sale. People who rescue are never breeders at the same time or they are NOT rescuers. Plus they will not post prices of those dogs so people can make an informed decision before they sell you a dog or do a "bait and swtich." They will advertise one dog on this site then tell you about pups they happen to have for sale to please report them to outreach@petfinder.com Please be aware that not everyone on this web site or others is what they seem to be so do research on where you buy your pups or hopefully adopt your next family member. Puppy mill breeders who are calling themselves rescuers are being allowed to advertise numerous litters of Dachshunds on Petfinder still and we ask you report them when you find them. Thanks for your help.
Our happy dogs come with shots, health information, extensive training information for the life of the dog as well as personality guarantees too and a free year's membership into the Dachshund Club of Spokane so we can see how they are doing with your family.
We GUARANTEE all our dogs. Of the11 dogs that were returned to our rescue most because of family issues not because of the dogs being problems, those dogs were ALL were successfully rehomed as well the second time around. And we never had a pup returned in about 25 years of breeding before we rescued too. We look for quality, forever homes for our dogs and that takes a lengthy adoption process with paperwork filled out before any adoption will occur. (See below for more details.)
See our web site for more details on who we are and why we love this dog rescue. We love meeting nice folks willing to adopt a "used wiener:" www.spokanewienerdogs.org
Mission Statement: To educate the public about controlling the pet population through responsible spaying and neutering of their pets and to let the public know about the history of the Dachshund breed and how they are hunting dogs. The education also includes this breed is not always suitable for every home especially those with very young children or those without secure, fenced yards. We also have a dog club event once a month for the Dachshund Club of Spokane members like the Wiener Dog Races, attendance in two area parades, adoption educational booths for the public and holiday parties for the dogs, etc.
The Adoption Process to Adopt Our Dogs
For our adoption process please click here: Click here to go to our club and rescue website with info on our adoption process and our pre-adoption form under our TO ADOPT page.
Please read all of our web site about adopting on the To Adopt or To Place pages before emailing or phoning. We do not adopt our dogs via email or over the phone so please do our pre-adoption paperwork first on our web site first. Thanks in advance for reading our site with all the details that you will need on our adoption process.
Other Area All Breed Small Dog and/or Dachshund Rescuers:
To place or adopt a Dachshund in Oregon, see this site: Oregon Dachshund Rescue in Portland, OR!
To place or adopt a Dachshund in Idaho, see this site: Dachshund Idaho Rescue near Boise, ID!
Our main web site also has many links to shelters in and rescues in the area on the last page. See a link to our site below.
News
All dogs adopted from our rescue get a free calendar year membership to our fun dog club starting in January through December with at least one dog event each month. And please join the Dachshund Club of Spokane because we do the wiener dog races at Pet Fest each year, Spokane, club BBQ called Wienerfest each summer, Annual Potluck BBQ each Winter, entry to the St. Patty's Day parade in March with 68 dogs attended in 2008 and more family fun! Most of the dog events are free with a few exceptions and all events are family friendly where we want you to bring your dog and your kids. All purebreds and part-breds are welcome at all our events.See our web site below for more fun details, event updates and past event photos. There is a club membership form too on our web site at: Click here to go to our club and rescue website
Wiener lovers unite!
Click here for a list of adoptable pets available now at this rescue
Placing Your Dog With Us
We take any Dachshund needing a new home at any time unless we are too full so there could be some waiting time to get your dog to us. If you have a dog needing a new home then please email us at: dragoonfr@hotmail.com or call Margo, Director of DRNW, at 509-796-2140. Please leave a message. If we have too many dogs at our rescue when you get in touch then we will refer you to another quality rescuer in your area.
Please consider giving your pets to any rescuer before sending them to a shelter because rescues do screen all potential homes with home visits and usually have a waiting list of people looking for specific breeds.
To see photos of where the dogs are staying with our rescue please see our web site. Click here to go to our club and rescue website
Visitors by Appointment
We do take visitors by appointment only if you want to bring us a dog to find a home.If you want to adopt one of our dogs then we will bring our dogs to you for their Three Day Test Drives if you live within our adoptive area so we can view their prospective home, fenced yard, family and other pets. We usually do not have folks come by our home to look at adoptable dogs if they live in our area.
Now and then we do adopt out of the area and we will have someone make a site visit in your area. We will need vet references and photos of their prospective home and new buddies as well. We do not ship our dogs as it is too stressful. If you are willing to drive to Spokane for your new fur baby then please get in touch for more details about this.
Dachshund Rescue NW & Dachshund Club of Spokane
509-796-2140 Emergency surrender phone
Mailing address: PO Box 1383, Airway Heights, WA, 99001
We are located near Spokane, WA and Fairchild Air Force Base on the North West side of town. Visitors are welcome by appointment only. Thanks.
No phone calls please unless you need to place a dog with our rescue right away.
To email us: See our website at: Click here to go to our club and rescue website See our web site for a link to email us. It is at the bottom of every page. Please read our site first before getting in touch. Thanks.
Click here for a list of pets available now at this rescue.
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