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Dachshund Haven of
Garden Grove
Rescue and
Sanctuary
Rules and
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Rules
and Regulations sounds so blunt and official, we know. As you read the
following regulations, and rules that Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove Rescue
and Sanctuary has “adopted” (if you will) as our guidelines when adopting
and placing the “furkids” in their new forever homes. These
rules and regulations will change with time and with the process our status
for Non-profit. Please excuse us if there is some repeating
information here. We will try to edit more as time goes on.
If you agree with all the rules and regulations, we welcome you to fill out
an application, checking the box that states you read and agree, with the
rules and regulations and submit it to us for review with all indicated
information.
If at any time when reading our rules and
regulations you find that you don’t agree, you feel you don’t think you
should follow our rules or plain think our rules are ridiculous, we thank
you for your time, patience and interest in rescue. We encourage you
to visit our site for information, or to look at our pictures etc, but we
ask you to save your time and ours by not submitting a half-filled
application or one with vague information.
We are currently working on getting our status as a non-profit organization.
This process takes time, and we will notify everyone of our status via a
notice on the site.
All of the information is important, so please read carefully. If at
any time, there is anything that you don’t understand, or have questions
about, please feel free to contact Chris Jacobson at
CEEJAYS03@aol.com
or Dawnie Anderson at
Duranie@dslextreme.com.
IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO DACHSHUND HAVEN OF GARDEN
GROVE, STAYS WITH DACHSHUND HAVEN OF GARDEN GROVE RESCUE AND SANCTUARY.
THIS INCLUDES NAMES, ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL INFORMATION AND
ALL OTHER INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR THE ADOPTION PROCESS. WE KEEP ALL
INFORMATION IN PRIVATE FILES FOR OUR USE ONLY. THIS MEANS THAT AT NO
TIME DO WE SELL, LOAN, LEASE OR GIVE YOUR INFORMATION AWAY TO ANYONE OR ANY
COMPANY.
IMPORTANT:
WE HERE AT DACHSHUND HAVEN WILL KEEP ANY AND ALL EMAIL ADDRESSES OF
SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS TO EMAIL THE INTERESTED PARTIES OF FUTURE EVENTS,
INCLUDING PICNICS, GET TOGETHERS, OR FUND RAISING OPPORTUNITIES.
IF WE SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND YOU NO LONGER WISH TO BE EMAILED THEN YOU CAN
SEND US A REPLY ASKING TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST.
ATTENTION:
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADOPTED OF ONE OUR
DOGS. IF YOU HAVE ADOPTED ONE OF OUR DOGS, WE KEEP YOU ON THE LIST FOR
CONTACT AND UPDATES. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF OUR DOGS AND YOU NO LONGER
WISH US TO EMAIL YOU FOR CONTACT, THEN A UPDATED TELEPHONE NUMBER MUST BE
PROVIDED. WE MUST BE ABLE TO CONTACT YOU IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM.
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ADOPTING A DACHSHUND...
A Simple Breakdown.
Are
you interested in adopting a dachshund?
If you do not think
you are able to deal with any of these rules, regulations, and or needs of
these guys, please do not apply.
Adopting a rescue dog
requires commitment from the new families. Because these available
dachshund dogs are passed around so much, they often have initial trust
issues and need and adjustment period to get used to their forever homes,
unfortunately, there are people who find this adjustment period less then
convenient for them and the dogs ultimately end up back in rescue.
Did you know that national studies have shown that the average dog has three
owners before they end up in rescue or a shelter.
Our goal at rescue is to
make it so that these little ones no longer have to go through the
unstableness and the passing around that most of them have known all of
their lives. We hope to find "forever" homes where these dogs can live
their lives in peace and with the love of a good family.
Most
dogs especially the older ones (12 months and older) are house trained and
can either use a doggie door or have a door left open for them; however most
of the time there WILL be a few accidents in the beginning as all of the
dogs are nervous and uncomfortable. But with the proper discipline
this behavior should stop within a few weeks. We are always happy to
give ideas on how to discipline this behavior. If
this behavior is not something that you and/or your family can deal with,
then adopting and/or this type of animal care may not be for you.
These dogs need work and they need to feel loved and comfort in their new
homes and cannot be expected to just blend in as if the dog has been with
their families for years.
We have recently become
aware of some incidents that have occurred in other rescue situations.
Names, rescues etc have been withheld of course, but the story should be
told. The new parents of the dogs found that their new adoptee had
some issues with separation anxiety and would often have accidents when they
would leave. To try to remedy the accidents, mainly because the new
parents did not want to deal with the mess, they just simply locked the
dog(s) outside all of the time, all day and sometimes all night.
THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION AND WILL NOT
BE ACCEPTED AND/OR TOLERATED BY DACHSHUND HAVEN OF GARDEN GROVE. If
this is your idea of training these guys then you need not apply for
adopting one of our dogs.
If at any time, we
feel the animal is in jeopardy, not being properly taken care of, then we
have the right to remove the animal from the premises and place it back into
rescue.
Many people do not
believe that we will remove a dog. It has been done before and
unfortunately for the animals in certain situations it more than likely will
be done again. Although our hopes is that we will find permanent
forever homes and that our animals will be treated with the great care that
they should.
Quick Reminder:
Although we do "NETWORK" with other dachshund rescues or even general
rescues throughout the United States,
we are independently run and operated and have NO AFFILIATION with
other rescues anywhere. But we are aware of other rescues,
as they are of us and ocassionally we may work together on a project or two,
but that is usually where it ends. We are all our own entities and are
not responsible for anyone else's actions.
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A
BREAKDOWN OF THE ADOPTION POLICY AND TIMELINE
Instead of answering individual
questions regarding the application and adoption process we are going to try
to explain the whole process here. This is so that any individual
questions that are not covered by this section here can be sent to either
Dawnie at Duranie@dslextreme.com
or Chris at CeeJays03@aol.com.
This is complete breakdown of us and the adoption process and our rules, so
please read thoroughly before submitting your application.
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First and foremost, all of the
adoptable dachshunds or "furkids" on our site are in our care.
Unfortunately, unlike larger rescues we do not have foster families waiting
around for us to care for our dogs while we work on finding them a forever
home. We do have trusted family and friends that do volunteer and
evaluate the dogs behavior in different living situations and also work with
the dogs on their behavior and training etc.
We also have in our care a couple
personal dogs along with the many, many sanctuary dogs which have been
unable to be placed due to their behavior, age or medical issues.
Please note, that all dogs that come into rescue go through a vetting,
behavior and evaluation process. Most of the time a Sanctuary dog does
not become a sanctuary dog right away, unless the dog has a major medical
issue and cannot be placed because of it.
All dogs have an equal
chance of being placed. After a very long amount of time on our
"Available Dogs" page and if the dog generates no interest by adopters
(usually a year and a half or more) than the dog is usually placed into the Sanctuary
page. Some Sanctuary dogs are blind, others have medical issues, but a
few of them may be 8 years or older and the older they are the harder they
are to find homes.
It is very sad to think that a
simple thing like a dogs age or the way he looks will keep him or her from
finding a forever home with a family. In today's overcrowded kill
shelters, these little ones are usually the ones that end up being put down
for nothing more than their age or the way they look. We always
work diligently in getting them forever homes. However, sometimes, it
just doesn't happen for them. In this case, they stay with us here at
rescue and will live their lives out with us with proper care and
socialization and no fear of being put down for no good reason.
After
a year or more, the dogs tend to become very attached to us here at rescue
and would have a very hard time adjusting into a new home anyways. But
we do what we can to give these dogs a chance. In very rare cases, we
have found that people have gone to the Sanctuary dogs page and found a dog
that just peeks their interest and they want to adopt a sanctuary dog.
Even though they are not for adoption at this point, there have been rare
cases that we have done evaluations of the interested adopters and in some
cases have found that the dog's have no problem adjusting to a new home and
they are immediately adopted by the interested parties.
In
other situations, we have had this situation happen and the interested
parties take the dogs home only to find that the dog has too much of a
separation anxiety problem from us to be separated and they are returned to
us promptly. It is at this point that we should remind everyone that
the average dog has three owners in his lifetime. So it is easy to see
why certain dogs have issues after being in one place for a very long period
of time.
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It is often remarked that if we
here at Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove recieve so many applications, than
that should mean that there are more than enough people to adopt the dogs,
so why does the adoption process take so long?
We have
adoptable dogs at
all times on the "Available Dogs" page. (You can always read the bios
and see the pictures that we have on the site.) These sometimes
includes puppies and/or younger dogs which require ALOT of attention.
We would like to take this time
to remind everyone that these dachshunds; puppies, young dogs, old dogs,
sick dogs, healthy dogs, etc take a lot of our time and effort.
Between the feedings, cleanings, laundry (3 to 4 times per day on average),
vetting, behavior, training, feeding, medicating, telephone calls, and
emails, Meet and Greets and believe it or not, somewhere between all that we
have personal lives, sickness, family and personal time, these things take
time.
Although we would love to have a
separate secretary or assistant to help us with all of our calls and such but for now
it is just a two (sometimes 3) person operation when it comes to this stuff.
What this means for everyone is, is that we don't spend 24 hours a day on
the computer...we don't have the time...you are more than welcome to email
us. But sometimes it takes us up to a week to return an email.
So if you email us, please don't send us five in a day if you haven't heard
from us in an hour or so. If you have not heard from us within 7 days
of your initial email, then you should email again...otherwise, we ask that
you please be
patient with us.
We often find that people who
don't have the patience to work with us and our time line, are the ones who
do not have the patience to work with the animals either. We have found
many people who end up either buying a dog from a breeder or going to
another rescue. We are not happy when this happens of course, but it does
happen. What some people still don't understand is that we are not about an
easy out or a quick find. We are not first come, first serve.
We are the right home for the right dog and these right
homes take time to find.
A
complete breakdown of our timeline at a glance is below.
Ultimately, we could place every
single one of our dogs tomorrow, with all the applications that we have,
however, they would not necassarily be the right homes for them, the dogs
would act out, the owners would be miserable and ultimately the dogs end up
back in rescue or a shelter if they were lucky. We are not about
placing temporary homes, we want these guys to have "Forever Homes". We promote this and always have. And this takes time, as everyone who
has ever owned a pet knows, they all have their own personalities and
quirks.
Certain personalities and quirks
do not belong with certain home situations. We take the time to match up
the personalities with the home situations so to create the easiest
transition and life for not only the dachshund but for their new home as
well.
We try to take everything into
consideration...the applicant's living situation, everything from the
layout of the home, the people and ages in the house, how long the
dachshund will be alone, the animals already in the home, how many and how
old the children there are in the home, if any, past experiences with
dachshunds, the willingness of everyone adopting, the willingness of
everyone to learn and to teach people who come into their home about their
new dachshund, color, coat, age etc. All of this is considered when a
person submits an application. The process itself can take anywhere from
a month and can go up to three months, depending on the availability of
the dogs and homes etc.
During this
time, Chris goes through all of the applications she has received
including ones, that were on the waiting list (yes there is a waiting list
for certain types of dogs). From there she starts the emails, telephone
calls, visits meet and greets etc. From there the decisions are made.
We also ask
and hope that the potential adopters out there can realize that just
because we don't have a rescue right now for them, doesn't mean that one
won't come along in time. We are constantly getting new dogs in rescue
all of the time so sometimes a little patience is all that is required to
find that "perfect match".
Then there
are you guys out there who want to love so much that you guys can't wait
to get your new family member. We understand, really we do! We
appreciate and are so overjoyed that people are coming to rescues like
us. But ultimately, the timeline is, what it is, and we cannot
change this process. We go through all your information that
you have given and will evaluate all dogs in our possession in an attempt to find
the right fit for your home. So we appreciate your patience with us, as
we are working to find forever homes for many dogs!
We do our
best to match up dachshunds with the best home situations for them and for
the new owners. For example, we understand some people want puppies. (We
don't sell our puppies, or any of our dogs for that matter, remember, there is no exceptions. See the
Available
Dogs and Application
page to see our policy
on puppy adopting etc. We don't have referrals).
Puppies are absolutely adorable and so cute, when they are sleeping.
When they are awake, that is totally different. Cute behavior often
amounts to destructive and messy behavior (at times) and although cute and
cuddly, many people don't
understand how much work they are and can be.
There are some people who would do well with
a puppy, because of their living situation, the fact they are working from
home or there is someone always home, and are willing to work, potty
train, play with and teach the dog the proper behavior and even past
experience is the ideal home for a puppy.
Puppies
require potty training and A LOT of attention and like a spoiled child, if
they don't get it, then they will tell everyone about it through constant
barking, chewing of everything and peeing and pooping anywhere they want.
Puppies do not know the difference between your $500 hundred dollar pair
of shoes or his toy if no one is home to tell him no.
There are some people out there, who want a puppy
who have absolutely no dachshund experience and/or puppy experience.
In this case, if
you are one of these people, we suggest you read up on Dachshunds, their
behavior and training of them before you jump head first into trying to
adopting a puppy.
NOW some people are willing
to work with puppies, which is great, however we do not want to place a puppy with a person who gets
two weeks into the adoption and
turn them back over to rescue or worse a shelter because they just can't handle it
(which happens more than people think).
Dachshunds bark a lot, and
puppies are no exception. They run, play and often wear themselves
down and nap a lot. Some peoples idea of raising a puppy is leaving
it outside in an attempt to "train" it. Or let the puppy run through
the house throughout the day.
Puppies have no regard for expensive shoes, rugs, tables, couches, or
anything else they can get their little muzzles around.
When they teeth they
chew, as well as when they get bored, they chew. They get into spots that
you wouldn't think they could get into and often can run twice as fast as
you can.
Dachshunds, puppies and full
grown ones at that, should never be left alone unsupervised for hours at a
time outside. There are two many predators out there, as well as
accidents with garden gates being left open etc. We do not advocate
leaving dogs in the back yard during the day, unsupervised. We
appreciate people who have lawns and want to exercise the dogs in the back
yard under supervision only.
We ask you to
please be honest with yourself and think before you state you are looking
for a puppy. If you want a puppy but work 8 hours a day and no one is
home to give that dog training, or love or teach them right from wrong or
walk them or play with them...then they will find themselves with an out
of control dog who barks, pees everywhere and chews on anything they can
find and can you honestly say that is fair to do to the little one?
We work hard to place our many rescued little ones into stable loving
homes. All of our applications are in fact reviewed carefully before
contact is made. This makes all of the information asked on the
application extremely important to us. So please be completely honest
about the facts on your application. We have caught a few people in
some "fibs" with the information they give on their applications submitted,
which makes it had to trust them with one of our fur-kids, so we have to
pass them over or take the dogs back.
SOME TIPS FOR THE APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCESS
1.
Fill
out your application fully.
No blanks. This means full
address, telephone numbers etc. A street address does us no good. We
need street address, city, state etc. The more we know about you, and
your situation, the better it is for us and for you in the long run. We
purposely have all the questions on the site for a reason, so please do
not skip any questions or areas to fill out.
Even if you have no prior experience
with a dog, explain to us why you want to rescue and how you plan on
caring for the little one.
2.
When scheduling a
meet and greet, we usually ask for all the people living in the home where
the dachshund will be to be present, including any animal family members,
mainly other dogs, and in certain situations, we have had people bring
their cats (in crates) as well. This is to see how the dachshund reacts to all the
potential adopters on familiar territory.
3. Once your
application has been submitted, make sure you email
Dawnie. This
is to notify us to be on the lookout for your application. On very rare
occasions we have not received applications that have been submitted and
notification helps us keep that from happening.
As of January 1, 2008, we have
begun sending all applicants e-mails confirming that the application has
been received and giving the applicants an idea of what the next step is.
This does not mean you shouldn't send us an email confirming your
application, what it does is mean is that you will be receiving an e-mail
from us within 7 to 10 days of us receiving the application submitted. We
do try to make it sooner, however, as we have stated many times, sometimes
life gets in the way. When
we get your application we will send you an "Dachshund Haven of Garden
Grove Application Recieved" email or a variance thereof.
Please note: If you
have SPAM blocker please either put
Duranie@dslextreme.com
or
CeeJays03@aol.com
or
the Keyword "Dachshund
Haven"
as a keyword. We recently had people deny that emails were being
sent to them, until they checked their SPAM folder.
4.
Once you submit your application, a confirmation page of all the
information that you just sent will pop up on the screen. Please
know that if you do not see this confirmation page...after you submit it,
your application has not been submitted. A few people have recently
contacted asking why we haven't responded to them in the last month and it
is simply because their application did not get submitted properly.
So please watch out for this...when this happens it is usually on the
person who is submitting the applications end, not ours.
If you do not see that confirmation page, we did not get your application.
5.
Make sure
to put the name of the little one you are interested in on the application
or if you do not have one in mind, please make sure that you describe what
you are looking for and we will do what we will put you in the database
and do what we can to match you with the right dachshund. If you are open
to any match then please indicate such.
6.
Please be aware
that due to posting on the net, we often having many people interested in
the same dog, we will usually make a note of the dachshund that is in the
"pending" group, however sometimes it may get over looked.
7. The
dachshund will not be placed on a "first come first serve basis" but the
proper application and the appropriate family and forever home.
That is why it is very important that you are as honest as you can be on
the application as it will help the adoption process along.
REMEMBER: HONESTY IS THE
BEST POLICY.
PLEASE REMEMBER ALSO TO BE PATIENT WITH US, WE HAVE A LOT OF DACHSHUNDS AND ADOPTIONS THAT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING NEW RESCUES, SO JUST BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS NOT AVAILABLE NOW, DOESN'T MEAN THE RIGHT LITTLE "FURKID" WON'T COME ALONG SOON.
***WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO NOT ADOPT ANY DOG TO ANYONE WHO WE DO NOT FEEL IS SUITABLE FOR A RESCUE DOG.***
ADOPTION FEES
Yes,
there are fees. A lot of people think that when you go to rescue a dog,
they should not have to pay. Unfortunately, that is not the way rescue
works. Our rescue takes in all dachshunds of every type, age, shape and
form. Whether the dog is medically clean or medically complex, we take
care of them all.
First and
foremost, the first thing a dog gets done when they come into our possession
is get their vaccinations. 9 times out of 10 they have not been
updated and need their vaccinations or have ever been vaccinated at all.
We take them to our vet they get their shots and if they are what we call
"in tact" they get their appointments made for their spay or neuter and
usually a dental. Dentals need to be done due to the fact that
dachshunds are notorious for having bad teeth infections which can go into
infections in their blood and cause sickness or death. NO DOG EVER
GOES OUT OF OUR DOOR WITHOUT BEING SPAYED AND/OR NEUTERED OR ON A SPAY
AND/OR NEUTER CONTRACT IF THEY ARE UNDER SIX MONTHS OF AGE.
Once they
have been spayed and/or neutered and their dentals done, they can be
properly processed for adoption. Which means, we take what the owners
(if they had owners prior) give us their description, we evaluate them for a
few days a notice how they do in all situations, with other dogs, male,
female, groups, singly, with a male or female human and then start a
biography on them.
The bios
are of course the background information on the dogs. We then take pictures
and place them on the site for public view so people can start applying for
the dogs.
Because
dogs come in at all times and days, sometimes we may have an update on the
site several times a month other times, the update is done once a month.
Usually closer to the middle of the month because of the way things land, we
have more information to update you with the middle of each month.
How
adoption fees are set is fairly simple. It depends on how much we have
invested in each dog. For example, we pay for the spay/neuter on the
dog(s), their dentals if they need them and most of them do, and then
their vaccinations and then we take into consideration how long we have had
the dog in our care and how much time we have spent working with the dog.
Age, sex, coloring, and coat type, has nothing to do with our fees.
Some
people think the fees are ridiculous, however, when we show people how much
we have invested in each dog and how much we adopt them out for (usually at
a huge loss), people seem to understand a bit more. Yes a $300.00
adoption fee for a dog is alot of money, especially right now, but when our
vet bills on that dog alone come to almost $500.00 or more (with our rescue
discount) usually a normal vet bill will cost more to the public for
spays/neuters, dentals and vaccinations, you can see we are not even getting
the money we have invested into that dog back. We are getting only a
percentage. If you were to go to a pet store, to buy a dog (from puppy
mills by the way) you will end up paying over $1,500.00 on the norm.
Why do we
do it if we are always in the negative? Because we love the dogs and
want what is best for them. If we can get them to a healthy point in
their lives where they are medically healthy and ready to be placed with a
great family, then it is all worth it.
We are a
non profit corporation, which means, we do not profit from the dogs in
anyway. We try to make up the losses of the fees to help pay for the
sanctuary dogs and future dogs by our fundraising and events that we have
planned. We have been rescuing for over 9 years but, have only
recently become a California Non Profit Corporation and are a 501(c)(3) tax
exempt organization. Now the public
has the opportunity to use their donations as a write off for tax season.
We don't
expect everyone to understand why we do rescue or why we are so passionate
about it all. Everyone has the right to their own opinion. But
the rescuers and the rescuers at heart, the people who understand what
rescue is about the time and effort that goes into it, the love and
compassion that we have for the animals, they all understand why we do it
and why we invest so much money into it and why we end up taking what we
take in adoption fees.
Dachshund Haven
Official Rules and Adoption Policies
All dachshunds adopted through "Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove" shall be fully vaccinated, spayed/ neutered and all known illnesses or personality quirks shall be addressed to and disclosed to the person adopting the dachshund(s). All spays/neuters and vaccinations and health issues will be addressed before hand however, after the adoption process takes place, taking your newly adopted little one to your own vet is always wise as it establishes the dog in their records.
Once adopted the adopter is fully responsible for any and all vet bills
including updated shots and yearly exams along with any other medical care the
dog may or may not need.
Adoption fees are decided by Chris Jacobson are NOT up for negotiation.
Fees are set based on how much we have invested in the dog. For example,
we pay for spay/neuter on the dog(s), their dentals if they need them and most
of them do, and then their vaccinations and then we take into consideration how
long we have had the dog in our care and how much time we have spent working
with the dog. Age, sex, coloring and coat type, has nothing to do with our
fees. Adoption fees are non-refundable.
When dachshunds are set as a pair there is usually a reason for it. Due to bonding, whether sibling bonding or just plain friendly bonding over time, a pair is a pair and "Dachshund Haven" will not separate and adopt one or another.
If you are considering adopting a dachshund and want to visit one, than arrangements can be made by emailing or telephoning Chris Jacobson for visits.
WE ARE NOT AN OPEN FACILITY FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND BROWSE DOGS WITHOUT
AN APPOINTMENT .
Adopting a dachshund is a big decision as it requires responsibility and love. A dachshund will be held for one week while a decision is made, after that if no contact than the "furkid" will be placed back up for adoption to another adopting person.
We appreciate contact, so if you decide that the time is not right to adopt than a courtesy call or email to say such would be appreciated and your name and application will be kept for future reference.
"Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove" would like to remind everyone that adopting a rescue dog is different than buying a puppy from a breeder or a pet store. Often the dachshunds have been through a lot and because of it some may have behavorial issues or quirks which need to be worked on. Most of the time, we work with them and ease them out of it, but sometimes the hurt is so bad it never really goes away, which discourages people and often finds dachshunds back at rescue or in shelters. These are not "bad" dogs, they just need to time to adjust, to be loved and cared for and the comfort of a stable home. But, if at any time you take possession of one of "Dachshund Haven's" furkids" and you find that you honestly cannot take care or that the situation is just not working out, than "Dachshund Haven" will gladly take the dog back in order to keep them out of the kill shelters.
Certain dogs come with certain quirks or behavioral problems. Applications will be reviewed closely as certain dogs cannot be placed in certain environments. Please be as honest as you can because these fur-kids will becoming a member(s) of your family. Some dachshunds do well with children, others do not, some do great with men, some do better with women. Usually dachshund by nature have what we lovingly call "short man's syndrome" and have issues with bigger dogs, some don't have any fear at all. "
No home will be considered
if the housing complex does not allow pets. We do not allow our dogs to be
hidden in apartments, condos or any rental homes.
Dachshund Haven of Garden
Grove Rescue and Sanctuary adopt our dogs to homes where the dogs will live in
indoor life as a house pet, and companion and to be exercised only in a fenced
yard OR in an open outdoors situation with leashes only. Our dogs should not
be kept outdoors while no one is home to supervise or for very long periods of
time (even with other dogs present, no matter the size or situation).
You must be over 21 years old to adopt a dachshund. If you plan on adopting than the dog must be for you. We do not allow "gifts" of dachshunds. If you live with other family members, roomates, etc. than they must approve of adopting a rescue dog. "Dachshund Haven" reserves the right to conduct a home inspection before placing the dachshund.
No home, condo or apartment complex will be considered without a fence.
As well as any home, condo or apartment complex with an open non-fenced pool.
If you are interested in a puppy, than a proper adoption process must be done.
A proper application with true and correct information, a proper "Meet and
Greet" and a home visit will be scheduled. We do not for any reason give
out referrals to breeders or puppy mills. Bribes or promises of donations
are not acceptable and will not be considered in any way shape or form.
Any emails sent to us asking to "purchase a dog" will not be responded to.
 Dachshund Haven of Garden Grove" reserves the right to refuse to adopt any dog to anyone that we feel is unsuitable for a dog.
ABOUT PUPPIES...WHEN WE HAVE THEM
Since the announcement of puppies on our site, we have
had a huge response asking to "sell" our puppies outright to people.
We have had past requests to do the same with some of our other dogs!.
This is a rescue site and not a breeder site, so we do not "sell" any of
our little ones to anyone for any reason.
If you want a puppy, and do not wish to go through the
process of adoption, then you can contact a reputable breeder
if you choose to do so.
We are a rescue, more often then not, we do not have a
nice work relationship with breeders or puppy mills as they continue to
defeat our purpose of rescue by breeding way too many dogs in our society
that has too many unwanted ones already. The only exception to this,
is if these breeders and mills decide to turnover some of their so
called "rejects" and most of the time the relationship ends with them
turning over their unwanted little ones to us and further they often wish
to remain anonymous.
We
do not have any "referrals" regarding breeders or puppy mills.
We work hard to place our many rescued little ones into
stable loving homes. All of our applications are in fact reviewed
carefully before contact is made. This makes all of the information
asked on the application extremely important to us. So please be
completely honest about the facts on your application. We have
caught a few people in some "fibs" with the information they give on their
applications submitted, which makes it had to trust them with one of our
fur-kids, so we have to pass them over or take the dogs back.
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