DachsieHaven Rescue

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DachsieHaven Rescue

DachsieHaven is a small Dachshund Only rescue and old age home. We are a safe place for old, broken and otherwise unadoptable dachshunds.

DachsieHaven is a wonderful little dream that started out as a rescue and has morphed over the years into an old age home for an old ball assortment of old and disabled dachshunds. Starting in about 2000 my little pack of dachshunds started growing. I seemed to be a magnate for homeless and abused and unadoptable dachshunds. We even had one dropped off by the pizza delivery guy when his neighbor d

ecided to dump his dog. After my home filled up and I ran out of friends to place these dogs with I decided that I had better become an official rescue. With friends to help with fostering and training DachsieHaven was born. DachsieHaven came to occupy a little niche that wasn't being filled by the larger rescues. I could take in dogs from the shelters that had a history of aggressive behavior that would otherwise have been put down. I didn't have to worry about boards of directors, complicated budgets (we were always broke) and layers of unbending rules. I would take in nasty dogs and spend as long as I needed to turn these unwanted brats into wonderful forever companions. Then we would find them the homes they were always meant to have. Now 15 years later our mission has turned more from active rescue into a refuge and old age home. Over the years we have ended up with a couple of dogs too emotionally damaged to re-home. We have also taken in three paraplegic dogs that have never left. And since our policy is that any dog that is adopted from here is welcome back at any time we have ended up with a couple of doddering old guys who will live out their final days here at Camp Dachsie. We still do adoptions but on a smaller scale. I've become more of a facilitator. My goal for now is to hook up people with dogs they can no longer keep with owners who are looking for dogs. This way we can bring in new dogs but only on a short term.

04/14/2024

Cinnamon Teal, Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge

04/12/2024

Canada Goose, Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge, WA

04/11/2024

Greater Yellow Legs, Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge, Wa

07/13/2022

To my friends here in Washington and Oregon. I am looking to find someone to do a short term (six months) foster of a pair of huskies starting in Sept. A friend is moving up here from the southern US and needs to find somewhere for the dogs until he gets settled. If you know anyone or know anyone who knows anyone that could help let me know. They are well trained, house and crate trained, very affectionate with adults and children but are not good with felines. We are hoping to find homes so he does not have to put them up for permanent adoption since he loves them dearly. I would take them but my yard and home are dachshund secure and not husky secure as the fences are only 4 feet tall.

12/25/2021

Merry Christmas

08/10/2021

These two sweethearts are being fostered here at DachsieHaven for Hearts4Doxies. Please follow the link to their homepage for an application. These two sweethearts are a bonded mother daughter pair that LOVE men. Please if you have a good home for them send in an application. We love them but we want them to have a forever home.

Email: [email protected] to learn more and/or complete an application from our website www.hearts4doxiesrescue.org

Maggie and Cookie is an adoptable Dog - Chiweenie Mix searching for a forever family near Renton, WA. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

03/03/2020

A sweet pup from a rescue I foster for. Please contact Hearts4Doxies for more info.

Chloe is ready for her forever home! This sweetheart will win you over with her sparkling personality and those beautiful eyes. 8 year old Chloe enjoys squeaky toys, tasty treats and to snuggle on a warm lap! She enjoys being with her humans around the house. She can live with gentle children 12+ who have been taught canine respect.

Chloe does well with other dogs, especially dogs that are close in size and energy level to her. No cats or other small critters. She also appreciates leisurely walks that allow her to take in all the interesting smells. A single family residence with a secured yard, a quieter/calm environment, home full-time, part-time or work from home is preferred and breed specific knowledge.

Consider adopting Chloe and making this cutie girl the next family member.

Email: [email protected] to learn more and/or complete an application from our website www.hearts4doxiesrescue.org

Located: Seattle

12/22/2019

Sweet new chiweenie foster arrived today. She's not ready for adoption yet.

02/22/2019

These dogs are available through Hearts4Doxies rescue but they are being fostered here. Please use this adoption application if interested. https://www.hearts4doxiesrescue.org/foster-adoption-form

Doc and Penny is an adoptable Dog - Dachshund searching for a forever family near Renton, WA. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

12/08/2017

We said goodbye to Jake today. He had a bladder stone lodged in a spot that it could not be removed and was plugging the flow. Jake had been paralyzed from IVDD since 2008. Thank heavens he had no pain sensation down at that end so he was still happy and spunky. The vet said it was just a matter of hours or a day or two at the most before he became really really sick as his bladder and kidneys backed up and failed. Instead of stealing a bit of extra time we wanted to say good-bye with his can't stop me spirit still intact. So with a hand full of treats we chose to send him over the bridge with a full tummy and nose searching for treats and giving me till the very end.

Jake spent 10 wonderful years helping me educate folks on life after IVDD. Nothing slowed Jake down till the very end. I'm going to miss my little Wonder Wiener...the HotRod HotDog. We have shared the last 10 of his 13 years and it has been an adventure.

02/25/2017

Today DachsieHaven had to say goodbye to a special little Girl. Gretchen just celebrated her 5 year anniversary at Camp Dachsie on February 22nd. She came to us as a nine year old paraplegic who due to arthritis, muscle degeneration and morbid depression was barely able to lift her head up in the kennel. We didn't think she'd live to see the end of March. We moved her into her little orange stroller and reintroduced her to the world. She perked up and became a feisty little firecracker of a dog with a dachshund opinion on everything. She was a little chatter bug. She developed some issues in the last month and blood tests showed that her bone marrow was not properly manufacturing red blood cells. This morning she went back to the vet to have her levels checked again and the vet found that her bone marrow had basically shut down. So Gretchen crossed the Rainbow Bridge about 9 this morning. Hopefully she is now running free something she has not been able to do for almost 13 years.

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Po Box 372
Spanaway, WA
98387

Website

http://www.dachsiehaven.com/

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