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.  

 PLEASE NOTE:  THAT IN VERY RARE OCCASSIONS, WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN AFTER PERMISSION IS RECEIVED BY BOTH SIDES, TO PUT TWO PARTIES IN TOUCH WITH ONE ANOTHER. 

EXAMPLE:  ADOPTED MOM ONE JUST ADOPTED A LITTLE GUY FROM DACHSHUND HAVEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND WOULD LIKE TO GAIN CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PERSON THAT IS IN A SIMILAR SITUATION FOR TIPS AND SOMETIMES EVEN SUPPORT. 

 WE AT DACHSHUND HAVEN WOULD THEN CONTACT ADOPTED MOM TWO WITH INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT THEM WITH INFORMATION.  AFTER BOTH PARTIES AGREE IN WRITING VIA EMAIL TO RELEASE THEIR EMAILS TO ONE ANOTHER, WE WILL PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE OTHER. 

 PLEASE NOTE, THAT UNLESS AGREED BY BOTH PARTIES, NO CONTACT OR FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED.

 (THINK MESSAGE BOARD WITH NO BOARD AND A LOT MORE PERSONAL).

 AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY RARE SITUATION AS WE OFTEN DON’T HAVE TIME TO BE PASSING MESSAGES BETWEEN EACH PARTY, SO ONCE PERMISSION IS GIVEN FOR EMAIL INFORMATION TO BE PASSED ALONG, THEN WE PASS ALONG THE INFORMATION AND THEN  HAVE NO FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY.

 PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE INFORMATION IS PASSED TO THE INDIVIDUAL, IT IS THEIRS TO DO WITH HOWEVER THEY PLEASE.  THEY CAN ANSWER YOU OR NOT, IT IS THEIR DISCRETION.

WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY ONCE THE INFORMATION IS PASSED ON.

 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. 

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. 

Please keep in mind that we keep when you adopt one of our dogs a contract is signed which allows Dachshund Haven to have inspections of the home for the first six months of the adoption to ensure the animals safety.  Failure to sign the contract, will keep the dog from being adopted to that person. 

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.

 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 INFORMATION IS ALSO LOCATED ON THE APPLICATION PAGE.  PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY.  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.

For a while we have put some of the information that is on this page on the Main page for your information.  This is only temporary, in the next month or so, it will be removed and the information will be here for any questions that may occur.

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 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.  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.  

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 almost 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 which we

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.

Although we would love to have a 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, 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.

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 up to three months. 

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.

****WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ADOPT ANY DOG OUT TO ANYONE WHO WE DO NOT FEEL IS SUITABLE FOR A RESCUE DOG.

  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 based upon the age, coat type and coloring of the particular foster dachshund and also depends on issues such as vaccinations, health checks and other needs and expenses of the dachshund.  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.

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