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Thanks
Daisy Buchignani, Dachshund Rescue Coordinator
TURNING
OVER A DOG TO DACHSHUND HAVEN
This is
to anyone and everyone who is on this site to find information about
turning over a dachshund over to us, either now or in the future!
In
today's economy things are tough all over and more and more animals are
ending up in shelters and rescues (if they are lucky).
We
receive many, and we do mean many emails, telephone calls and voicemails
asking about turning over a dog to us.
Lately, there have been a lot of "emergency emails" sent to us, asking
us to take in their dogs "now" and then these people refuse to reply or
respond to us, when we email or call the person back. Because
there have been so many of these calls and emails we have now put a timeline on our
turn overs.
We are
keeping the number of spots of incoming dogs to a certain number.
Because of this, we have set a 72 hour timeline between the time of
contact and the time of turn over to us for rescue.
From now
on, when contact is made to turn over a dog, a person will have 72 hours
or 3 days to make a decision and turn the dog over with all it's
paperwork to rescue. When we make room for a person's turn over
(and they don't show), we are denying another dog to come into rescue
that may need to come to rescue NOW. This is happening too much,
and it is not fair to us or to other rescue dogs out there who need help
NOW.
We do
not want people to think we are cruel for putting it so bluntly and
making the timeline so short,
we understand that people do not want to give up their dogs and like to
hang on to their dogs as long as they possibly can then contact us two
days before their move out date, or on the day they decide enough
is enough and don't want to deal with the dog anymore, etc. This
puts us in a really bad situation.
We
are not a facility, we are not a shelter. We are a rescue, more
simply we are a home.
We try to keep a steady flow of dogs being adopted out, as well as
dogs coming in. But sometimes things get slowed down by
circumstances or our lives in general. We are limited on the space we have here to take in dogs, so if you call
asking to turn over a dog or dogs, then disappear with no further
communication, we must open that spot or spots up for other dogs to come
in. We need to know who is coming and when so that we can make
sure that we have our resources, extra help or even fosters in line to
take these little ones in.
We
have decided that we can no longer put ourselves in a position to where
we have to scramble to find room or make room for a dog because a person
who contacted us three weeks ago, contacts us and NOW wants to turn over
the dog they were going to turn over three weeks prior when there was
room plenty of room.
In no way, are we ever forcing anyone to give up a dog. Please don't let
the time limit make you think you must turn over a dog, you are more
than welcome to say "NO" or say that you want some more time. We
always want a dog or dogs to stay in their home, so we are happy when it
works out. We do not need long explanations, just that the dog is
safe and a turn over will not be needed. If that is the case then
we will be opening up the spot for another rescue to come in. IF
things come up again in the future an email or telephone call is all it
will take to see if a spot is open.
If
you need to ask questions in regards to rescue and what it may mean to
your dog, please feel free to do so to either
Chris or
Dawnie.
If
you need to turn over your dog, then please, email
Chris or
Dawnie and explain the
situation. If there is room at the time, we will email or
telephone back to ask some relative questions and if there is room, we
will let you know when and where to drop the dog off with all their
paperwork.
It may get better in the
future...but for now,
if
you are needing to turn over a dog, we will need contact from whoever
will be turning over the dog and and the turn over or the plans to turn
over the dog will need to be done in 72 hours or a spot for your dog
cannot be gaurunteed with our rescue. Although it is harsh
it is necessary right now, as we have so many people claiming
emergency's and then disappearing, only to turn up a week or two later,
with the dog(s).
Thank you for your understanding!
Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove
Information on
Fresno Dogs:
For those who keep asking us and are
wondering but don’t want to ask us. Yes, these dogs are from the same
breeder in Fresno, in which we have taken in many dogs prior. Although
this breeder told us she was going to cut down on her breeding because
her health was failing, she continued to breed dachshunds. Prior
to this group we have taken and placed well over 20 of her dogs before.
What should be known about these dogs
(all of them) came to us with NO paperwork, documentation or records.
We were given a general list of dogs’ names and general descriptions of
dogs and general descriptions of dogs, with no known names.
Now, since the dogs have been turned over
to us, we have identified (to the best of our ability) all of the dogs
and given names to those who didn’t have names. We have vetted,
vaccinated, spayed/neutered almost all of the dogs in our possession if
they were able to be spayed/neutered/vaccinated etc. They are stable
and functioning and we have begun evaluating all of the dogs in their
environment with us.
Due to the fact that we do not have
information or records on them, we have had to go off of the what the
veterinarians are estimating the dogs ages. They are just estimates and
it should be known that they tend to estimate up, rather than down.
To answer the most popular question, YES,
we have puppies, but before you rush to the application page or email
page to contact us, please hold off, for all of the puppies in our
possession WILL NOT BE GOING ANYWHERE FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS plus. So
please, don’t email us every day asking about the puppies and their
status’s, availability or offers to pay for puppies outright. We are
not a breeder, we are rescue, if you want to adopt a puppy or any dog,
and you MUST fill out an application and follow procedure, by completing
a fully filled out application. Remember, un-finished or incomplete
applications will not be considered. All the information on the
applications is needed to properly evaluate the potential adopters, so
please be open and honest.
We want to remind everyone that we
promote rescue in every way, shape and form. We are strong promoters of
sensible rescue. Everyone loves puppies, but puppies take a lot of time
effort and patience to raise. We ask that everyone be honest with
themselves and the time, effort and patience that it takes to adopt a
puppy and/or rescue dog in general. It does not help these dogs to go
into a home, that they will be alone or by themselves for 8 to 12 plus
hours a day.
REMEMBER
OLDER DOGS NEED HOMES TOO!
Although we appreciate people’s wants
when adding a new dog to your family; we want to remind you that rescue
is different then going to a breeder or pet store. We ask that all
potential adopters keep an open mind! We are, and always have been a
“right home for the right dog”, not first come, first served. Because
of our motto, “Right home for the right dog” we have a very low return
rate, which is the ultimate goal of our rescue to place our dogs into
loving, permanent forever homes.
Pictures on our website serve to show
people the dogs that are currently available for adoption. We want to
remind people to please read the bios as they are descriptions of the
dog’s attitude and behavior as we have observed them in a rescue setting
and requirements for a home environment!!!
Until we get more of a chance to view
their attitude and behavior, in regards to the Fresno dogs, their bios
will all be similar, however, some may differ, so please read them
carefully. It should be remembered that how a rescue dog reacts in a
new home depends on the dog and the patience and work of the new
adopters and their family. Their behavior with rescuer’s can sometimes
differ from those of their adopters.
Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove would
like to thank our photographer Dave for being there for us on Saturday to take pictures of this group. It
was not an easy task and he did a great job! We now have a lot of
pictures for you to view of the available little ones thanks to him!
REMEMBER INFORMATION BELOW WILL BE
REMOVED AND PLACED ON OTHER PAGES IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
As for the website,
we usually get asked two questions about
it...The first one is, why we have so much information on it? The
other question is when are you going to put more information on the
site? Sounds like an oxymoron, but it is true. For some
people they love the site and want more, other people think there is too
much information on the site to be effective.
We understand both questions. We
pride ourselves on the information that we carry. This website was
not haphazardly put together. We spent years preparing it
and we are constantly updating it with new information as we get it.
Although it is true we have a lot of rules and regulations. Those rules
are in place not only for the dogs and our benefit but for the adopters
as well.
We have a very low return rate
because of our motto “right home for the right dog”. Not whatever dog
for whatever family. Our bios are as honest as we can make them, we
tell you only what we know and what we observe while the dog is in our
possession.
We have won awards for the information
we have on the site. We put the information out there for the
person to take in as he or she pleases.
You don’t have to read
everything in one sitting, you don’t have to read everything on the
website period.
But the
information is on there for the potential adopters or curious person’s
convenience. We tried to make it so that the website has as much
information on in one place that a person may need.
We made sure that we placed not only
medical information from medical articles, but articles from the Humane
Society of the United States and our personal stories as well.
Sometimes, people don’t want to read articles, sometimes they want to
read a person’s personal experiences, which is why we have the
All About Stewart
page.
In addition, to the "All
About Stewart" page, we will be adding soon, a page called “All About
the Double Dapples”.
"All About Double Dapples" will be a page
dedicated to the double dapples in our life. Just like the "All About
Stewart" page, it will be a personal page about the special little ones
in our lives.
We welcome anyone else who has double
dapples, and has stories or pictures about them, that you would like to
add to the site, to contact
Dawnie
.
We are also interested in making our
website a little more adopter friendly, by putting “holiday” pictures
together. So if you have any pictures of you and your doxies in
different costumes, such as Halloween for Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day
garb for St. Patty’s day, pictures of doxies decked out in Fourth of
July, Easter or Christmas garb send it to
Dawnie,
with a little
description of any pictures that you send.
Please contact
Chris
or
Dawnie if you have any questions
about anything on the website.
It's official!
Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove Rescue and Sanctuary is proud to
announce that we are now a 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt
organization!!!
We were also incorporated as a Non Profit Corporation on March 27, 2008!
This
means that any donations or contributions to Dachshund Haven of Garden
Grove Rescue and Sanctuary, are tax deductible! Yeah!!!
It has been a
long waiting period but we finally made it!
We have Diann
Kozlowski, our Vice-President to thank for it!
If you should
have any questions in regard to our Non-Profit Status and/or our Tax
Exempt Status as a 501(c)(3), please contact
Diann Kozlowski.
A quick note about animals and
"Craig's List"
Lately we have been browsing the internet and have found, a unbelievable
amount of dog's, both pure bred dogs and mutt's online offering them
either free or for a nominal fee to a "good home".
Although we respect everyone's rights to do with your animals what you
will, we would ask people if you know anyone who is offering a dog
online for free to try to talk them out of it or ask them to be careful
when doing this and to ask for a vet reference that you can check out
before turning the dog(s) over first.
We
live in a day and age of animal testing, where do you think these people
get their animals? We also live in a time of "dog fighting" as an
illegal sport. How do you think they get "bait" dogs.
Wouldn't you hate to find out that you animal has been a victim of
illegal fights or experiments.
If
you love your animal and want what is best for it, then there are a few
things you can do prior to turning over a dog. The number one thing to
do is for the person turning over the dog to ask for a vet reference. A
vet's office that the person who will be taking custody of the dog will
use for their veterinarian purposes for that dog. Most of the
time, a person who is a dog or animal person, will have a prior vet,
even if it has been a while, they will have been established somewhere.
All it takes is one telephone call to that vet's office and your answers
will leave you feeling better about handing your dog over.
NOW to continue on the dachshundss...
You can see
that we have had some adopted recently…which we are overjoyed that they
have found their forever homes. However, there are still several more
that need homes.
Please know that the bios that we have are all preliminary information.
This is what we know from not only the rescues information but our own
evaluation of them as well. Any dachshunds or pet for that matter can
react different in all situations.
Rescuing requires patience and
tolerance for these guys and their situations.
We
are thankful that we have been getting a lot of applications
lately. However, we have been receiving many
false applications, which
is why it is very important that you follow up your application with an
email to us, as we request in the application process.
We
appreciate the people who follow through with us when it comes to them
submitting and following up with emails, informing us not only that they
filled out an application but what dog they are interested in.
Please know
that when we don’t see any names or any requests as to coat, color, sex
etc, we assume that you are an open home and are willing to take any
color, coat, sex etc into your home.
When this is
the case, we are often able to place dogs quickly because we are able to
go off the home situation and recommend a dog that would be an easy
transition for not only the dog but for the owners as well, not matter
the sex, color, or coat. Remember we are right home for the right
dog. They tend to be the most successful placements.
We do understand certain people want a certain kind of color, sex, age
etc. and that we may have the perfect looking dog on the website,
it is the color and sex you have always wanted and the picture is just
adorable that you just have to have the dog, etc, but it’s background
not be the best for your home situation because it may have a
personality quirk that you are unable to work with, a medical issue you
do not want to deal with or may have issues like separation anxiety and
you work 8 hours a day.
Then it comes as no surprise that you come home to find your home
destroyed because your new little adopted baby was so upset when you
left, they didn’t know what else to do but tear everything up. You
may have young children and the dog is deathly afraid of small children
and gets snappy and/or fear bites and ultimately when that happens, the
dogs end up back in rescue or in shelters and we are trying to avoid
that. We want to find the right dog for the right home. We
don't want to pass these guys around any more then they need to be to
find the right home.
Sometimes,
when people are willing to give a little bit, the transition is easier
on both adopter and adoptee. For example, someone may request a little
red headed female smooth coat, which is very popular request and we
often have a list of people waiting for this type of dog, and you see a
dog on the site that is perfect shape, size, sex and everything but the
dog is not a red headed girl but a black and tan or a dapple. You
really want a redhead, but after reading the little black and tans
profile and seeing how perfect he or she is, you want to do a meet and
greet with the dog…and when you do, it is love at first site and the dog
is perfect in everyway except the color you wanted. If you are willing
to overlook the color of the coat, or the sex or even type of coat
whether it is smooth, long haired or wire, you may have found the
perfect little addition to your home.
The dachshund’s
background may be a perfect fit for your home and you (like a lot of
people do) just may fall in love with the little one and overlook
everything else. We often find that this is how it happens. Most
people come with an agenda but after seeing and reading a profile of a
dog on our site and then meet and greets, people often find that color
or sex or coat type can be overlooked because the right fit has been
found.
Now, if you are
absolutely one hundred percent waiting for that kind of coat, sex,
color, age etc, then you may have to be put on a waiting list, and often
there is a long line of people waiting as well, so that when we do get a
little redheaded smooth coat girl in under a certain age, there may be
ten other people waiting for that type of dog too and your home may not
be the best home for that dog either…in one instance we had someone wait
almost five years before we found what they wanted. But when the
color, sex and perfect background came and we contacted them, he was
very happy that we finally found his match.
However,
recently, we have had an influx of people who don’t give any sort of
request then when we contact them regarding dogs that may be the proper
fit for them and start giving them a breakdown of what the dog is like
and then…we get told…”we forgot to tell you, we don’t want a male” or
“we want a smooth coat” or the most common response is “we just want to
come out to your facility and take a look or browse the dogs”.
Unfortunately,
that is not the way that we work.
We do not have an open
facility for you to come and “browse dogs” so any emails or remarks on
the application asking us to do so, will not be answered or honored.
In certain
occasions, we may find a few dogs that may be the right fit for your
home. In that case, we will set up a meet and greet with you and your
family and you can come and visit the ones that may be the right fit for
your home, but it will be done in a controlled environment with one dog
out on the lawn for the meet and greet (two if you are interested in
pairs).
We will not and do not parade
dogs for people, we do not bring 10 dogs out in a pen for you to look at
and pick from the lot.
That almost never ends up well. To bring them all in a pen and have
people loving some dogs and ignoring others, is just not fair. Now on
occasion, we have been know to be at a Meet and Greet and after meeting
with you and talking with a person and or family and their dogs and/or
cats, we may have an idea of another dog that may fit for you and bring
it out for you to meet him or her. But that is all.
You wouldn’t
choose a partner on a picture or looks alone would you? Ultimately, that
is what these dogs are, partners in crime and members of the family.
Placing them in a pen with 10 other barking dogs, will never go well
because the one dog that may be the best fit for you, may be the
quietest or the one that seems very shy and timid at first because of
the situation.
These dogs have
personalities and quirks and sometimes issues that may need to be worked
with or that just don’t mesh well with you and your family, but another
dog that we have evaluated and know the entire background of and how it
was raised, where it came from, how it reacts with other dogs, and
children etc, that we may suggest to you, may not be the one you are
first drawn to by looks, but ultimately, it may be the perfect fit.
Now, there are
several new dogs that are available for adoption, including all sexes,
ages, color and coats. They all have names, so if you see one on the
site that you are interested in…please us know on the application.
If you have
any questions, you are more than welcome to email us.
CONTACT
CHRIS
OR
DAWNIE.
Available
Dogs and Application
to see all of the dogs we
currently have for adoption.
Recently we have received applications for dogs
that have already been adopted and that are marked adopted.
Once
the dogs are adopted, they are gone. On very rare occasions they
do come back to us, but that is rare and if they do come back, they will
be placed back on the site, please do not email us every few hours
asking if that dog is coming back, once they are marked "Adopted" or on
the "Home at Last" page, they are gone, so emails asking us about them
will not be returned.
The only time, it is
appropriate to continue to apply for a dog is when it is either no
information at the top or even when the "Adoption Pending" sign is on
the certain dogs. You can always still apply for that dog, but the
chances are that they will go into the home that is pending.
As we have stated
before, we have constant applications coming in, which means some
adoptions happen rather quickly. We do try to make sure that it is
marked if a dog has been adopted as soon as it happens so that you are
all aware of it and no more applications come in for that dog.
Please do not send us angry emails that you put an application for a dog
on a Tuesday and on Wednesday, the dog went to a new home and now says
adopted.
Please remember, the
adoption process takes several weeks to go through, so the chance that a
person submits an application and the next day the dog is adopted is not
a "conspiracy", or anything against anyone personal. It just means
that some other family has put in for the adoption much sooner than you
have or in other cases, was on the waiting list for that type of dog.
And please
please remember, there are so many other good little boys and girls here
that need homes, so just because your first choice is gone, does not
mean that we won't be able to find a fit for you. We ask that you please
keep an open mind about all of our rescues.
Please be advised most pictures are just initial
and more will come.
ANY QUESTIONS?
CONTACT
CHRIS
OR
DAWNIE
Click on the
dog to visit the Available Dogs page.
We are proud to
announce as of April 16, 2009 Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove Rescue and
Placement's website (www.dhogg.com) has won a "Quality Dog Website"
award from Pets-Direct.Net. We would like to thank them for
recognizing us and our efforts to keep a quality website.
