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June 25, 2024

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Dachshund Rescue NW and Dachshund Club of Spokane
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Dachshund Rescue NW and Dachshund Club of Spokane

#600 in United States, #45 in Washington, #4 in Spokane
#2 in dachshund

http://spokanewienerdogs.org

dragoonfr@hotmail.com

Service areas:

Airway Heights, WA

This dog rescue was started by the Director, Margo Mossburg, in 1991 and has been her passion for over 30 years. Dennis and Margo Mossburg are the main volunteers, director and husband, when no paid staff here. This is our hobby and how we give back to the region. We have now placed over 2,800 homeless dogs and over 400 head of homeless horses. We place around 100+ dogs each year thanks to our 100+ steady volunteers who come to dog hug or work at events to help us showcase our adoptable dogs. The rescue is at the Mossburg's farm and not a retail locations so visitors are welcome by appointment in advance only so no one gets chomped. We now run Rough Start Horse Rescue from our small farm too! We took over as directors when the founders got all moved to Texas in 2021.

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  • Dachshund

Adoption Policy

REQUIREMENTS TO ADOPT A DOG FROM US: Read this information and scroll down for the form to fill in please. It is always apparent when folks do not read first before filling in our waiting list form below. It may take some time for the form to load on phones so please be patient. Thanks. Those who do not read below it is very obvious when they fill in adoption form below when looking for puppies or they do not have fenced yards. Thanks. ​1. If in town we adopt to fenced yards, not apartments. That also includes townhouses and condos with shared walls. Dachshunds and most small dogs are too loud to be in apartments. Plus stairs are hard on spines when most folks will not carry the dogs up and down. We also require a real fence that is at least 4, tall for small dogs. Invisible fences are better for country settings but it town it does not stop larger dogs attacking a small dog in their yards. 2. If in the country we do adopt without a fence as long as you are not right next to a busy road or highway without a fencing. 3. We need to know of other pets in the home and how many. Some dogs do not do well with other dogs or with cats, etc. Please be specific and answer those questions on that form below. 4. If you work long hours please have another dog in the home so they are not home alone. Now and then we get dogs who should be placed by themselves so please read their bios where we share details so we can find the right homes. 5. If you are not willing to sign an adoption contract saying you can have patience for a new dog to settle in for three months and enough knowledge to train a new dog please do not fill in the form below. 6. If you will not contact us if having issues with your new dog or think we do not know them well enough when we have retrained and rehomed almost 3,000 dogs please avoid adopting a dog from us. When we do meet and greets we will give a lot of details and specifics for your dog. Please listen and takes our suggestions on how to settle in your new dog. We will do a Three Day Test drive and you will know if your dogs will like the new dog. 7. We strongly suggest a dog crate at night for the first month until you know their potty schedule. We start them housebreaking but it is up to adopters to get that work done do they are housebroke. Now and then we get in housebroke dogs but they are rare. Once you have their potty schedule in hand them of course they want to sleep in bed with you. 8. We send an adoption package with food, leash, collar, toys, blanket or whatever we have in stock as well as any health records. Be aware most dogs we get have no records. We do get them fixed, shots, wormed, socialized and start training basic manners before placement. We will tell you what they still need work with in their training so please listen when we adopt. 9. We will take back any dog at any time for any reason. Please message or call for help and please give us a chance to help you help to keep your dog first before bribing if them back when adopting. We do know not every dog settles in so happy to take them back and find another dog for you and your situation. No refunds. We trade dogs only. We are not in the refund business was so be sure you can be done e with enough time for a rescued dog before taking them home. 10. All adopters will be given an adoption contract to sign and given a copy. It is a promise to keep that dog the rest of their lives and no give away or resell or pass off to anyone else. The dog is returned to the rescue if the adoptive home cannot keep them. No exceptions. 11. We have no way to test on cats at our dog rescue. We have barn kitties but no indoor cats so we cannot guarantee the dogs with cats. If you have a dog savvy cat or two in the home and you are available to supervise their interactions the first month them sone can work with cats and sone cannot. 12. We do our best to match dogs in the new home since 1991. That is why we are the second longest dog rescue in this region. If you are honest on the form below we can get the right match. ​13. We do not adopt to kids under age 8 for most of our dogs. Kids are just too hard on small dogs. When small kids are in the home the dogs we adopt to them are not the first priority. Yes we get in some dogs are great with kids. Some dogs hate kids and that is why they came to the rescue. 14. An adopted dog is so grateful for a great family who will cherish and spoil them rotten and include them in their family. We are not breeders and we do NOT have puppies usually. Please do not ask us for pups! Most folks want young dogs and you have to buy them from breeders. The dogs we have are the ones listed at www.drnw.petfinder.com or the scrolling list of dogs above. We are not secretly breeding any puppies and never will, unlike some other fake dog rescuers in this region. Even our personal dogs are fixed and always will be fixed! We help dachshunds and dogs and mutts of all breeds but usually smaller breeds, not larger ones. We are set up for small breeds and if we get a group of dogs that has larger breeds or mixes we get them off to the right rescuers or www.spokanimal.org as needed. Spokanimal is the best animal shelter in town and place more pets than the other two shelters combined! Have we scared you off yet from adopting? No? If not then fill in the form to adopt from us. If you do not hear back within a week from filling in this form below please call 509-796-2140 and leave a message. We are rarely near the phone here when working animals so leave a voicemail. This is a land line so no texting. Message only. You can also message us through our rescue's Facebook page when emails and social media messages are much faster than talking on the phone here. It is hard to talk on the phone with barking and playing dogs in a small farm house. Now and then emails do not come through so get in touch at dragoonfr@hotmail.com also. I check voicemails once a day and emails several times a day here.
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