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This is Buddy. Buddy's owner left him with some people when she had to go out of town for an extended period of time and her husband is serving in Afghanistan and could not care for him. The people who were caring for him kept him outside and because of the 100 degree weather, the humidity, stress of being taken out of his home, and probably an allergic reaction to something his back ulcerated. They took him to our vet and our vet referred them to us. We agreed to foster him until his owner returned. She returned the end of August and took him home with her, but called us to surrender him permanently because she could no longer care for him.
Buddy is 7 years old and is a wonderful little guy, house and crate trained, neutered and up to date on his shots, full blood panel done and nice clean teeth. He is loving and there is nothing he likes better than to be held in your arms, curl up next to you and go for walks. He is just happy to be where ever you are. Buddy would love to have a home with a fenced yard and someone that would take him for rides in the car. He likes to go bye bye. Buddy does not get along well with small children so we will not place him in a home with children under the age of eleven.
Update: Buddy's back has healed up nicely. He will never have hair there, but is a beautiful loving little boy.
Buddy is being fostered by Bill and Juliana in Louisville. Click here to fill out an application for Buddy.
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Doc is a 2 and 1/2 year old little guy who has spent the majority of his life tied to a tree. He was turned over to rescue in December of 2007 and was heartworm positive. He has just completed his last heartworm treatment two weeks ago and is now ready to start looking for his forever home.
Doc is an exuberant and playful guy that will do well in a home with children 12 and up to play with. He likes balls, his kong, frisbees, and anything that you can throw and he can chase. He is house and crate trained, however he will require some additional training walking on a lead (he is doing much better) and an obedience course would be beneficial to help with the bonding process. We also require a minimum of a six foot fence.
For more information on Doc click here. To fill out an application for Doc click here.
HT-Z, National Giant Schnauzer Rescue has paid for all of Doc's Veterinarian care.
To donate to help cover Doc's heartworm expenses click here. (All Donations are Tax Deductible)
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Hello everyone, my name is Renton and I just turned 7 years old. I am a salt and pepper, akc registered mini schnauzer and I weigh about 20 pounds. I was living outside for 2 years without shelter so I am very happy to be an indoor dog now. I'm not sure if I ever went to a vet during that time but now I have all my shots, I'm neutered, heartworm negative, and I just got my teeth cleaned. I also had to be completely shaved down because I was matted really bad. I am fully housebroken and I crate trained. I love other dogs and cats but I can be timid and submissive when I meet them the first time. I would love to have a home where I get lots of love and affection (and squeeker toys)! A fenced yard is required and no children under 12 please.
For more information on Renton click here. To fill out an application for Renton, click here.
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Hello everyone. I am Gustav Von Puppy. I am a very well behaved two and half year old Giant Schnauzer with a lot of Puppy energy in me, but anyone who knows Giants knows that we do not fully mature until we are close to 3 years old. I am adjusting well to my foster home and my foster brother and sister and also with the two little minis my foster mom is baby sitting. I am housebroke, crate trained, walk well on a lead and love attention. I will do well with an active family, long walks and runs in the park. A fenced yard (6 foot) is a requirement. Also because of my size and my energy, no children under the age of 12 please as I might accidentally hurt a small child. Please read my history written by my loving mom that gave me up. She didn't want to, but circumstance beyond her control kept her from keeping me.
UPDATE: Gustav will not be ready for adoption for about 8 to 10 more weeks. He was playing with his toys, he would take it to the top of the stairs, drop it, then run down after it and take it to the top of the stairs again. He must have got tired of running down the steps and decided to take the easy route and jumped from the second floor down to the first. When he did this, he hyper extended a ligament. To correct this, he had to undergo surgery and they had to take a bone graft from his shoulder and place it in his foot joint with pins. He is currently in a hard cast and has to be kept confined. His cast will be removed in 6 weeks, but we will have to keep him an additional two to four weeks for additional x-rays and to make sure it has healed correctly. He will be as good as new and this should not cause him any problems later in life.
For more information about me, click here. To fill out an application for me, click here.
To donate click here. (All Donations are Tax Deductible)
Giant Velcro Boy
He came to us December 7, 2006, when he was 1 1/2 years old. From the moment we picked him up, he was the sweetest giant dog I’ve ever known. He bonded to the family right away (me, my husband, my 6 and 3 year old sons, a cat and two elderly mini schnauzers). I let him off leash in the 6’ enclosed fenced area and he barely left my side except to do his business. Once he realized his freedom, he started to venture away, but no more than 20-30 feet and always came right back when I called.
He slept the first night on the floor by my bed and didn’t make a sound or movement until I woke up. Later that morning the realization that we have a giant dog hit home. I left the table to run upstairs (leaving cereal behind). When I came back, my cereal bowl was completely empty – neatly so. At least he was neater than my boys at the table J. No more leaving food unattended in the kitchen!
He was very playful when he wanted to be. He liked to throw his kong bone/rope toy in the air and catch it and shake it, he liked to chase balls and sticks in the yard and chase the sleds down the driveway in the snow.
His very favorite thing in the world is to go for long walks on a leash. When I’d get his leash out he would wiggle all over with excitement. He’s so proud to show off his person and when I walked him I kept hearing “aren’t you pretty?” Hard not to respond “why thanks!”. The most fun is keeping track of the comments by people passing by. We always walked on the country roads (I always felt safe with him). “What is that, a Hound Dog”? was my all time favorite. He is quite the head turner.
I thought he might be happier with us in the yard with a heavy duty job so we got him a weight pulling harness from Black Ice and a garden cart to pull. Unfortunately, our property was just too sloped for him to pull anything with weight in it – we’d have to push! He’d be great on a flat surface like a parade or something. He took right to pulling – not skittish at all.
We would sometimes take long walks in our woods and let him off lead with our neighbor’s boxer and he thought it was his job to stay about 10-20’ ahead. Always came right back to me when I called. Of course we never ran into any real distractions like bunnies or other fleeing wild life so I couldn’t be sure he wouldn’t ignore my command to come.
He has been professionally groomed since we’ve had him and my groomer thought he had not been groomed that well before – his ears and toes were overgrown and he was sensitive to have those worked on the first time. Last visit she said he was a perfect dog.
It saddens me that we could not keep him any longer, but in the best interests of him and my family’s new long-term predicament, I handed him over to the experts at the Giant Schnauzer Rescue. I think he would be fine in any home that understands large dogs and even better if he can have a job – He has way too much intelligence to let it go to waste!
Adoption Pending
