86. Dachshund Rescue

On May 5th Southern States Dachshund Rescue will be holding their 3rd Annual Dachshund Derby Picnic event for dachshunds and their owners. It will be held at Henry Horton State Park, and they’ll be having nine contests including ‘Oldest Dachshund’ ‘Shortest Legs’ ‘Longest Ears’, best costume and of course racing.

It sounds a lot of fun, and you’ll be helping a very worthwhile cause. For more details go here: http://www.ssdr.org/picnic3.html

Southern States Dachshund Rescue also have a quarterly newsletter that you can sign up for from their home page. And if you are able to adopt or foster a dachshund, they have a form you can fill in too.
image courtesy of ssdr.org

85. Dachshund Underground Railroad

For rescue dachshunds who find homes in remote places, a group of dachshund lovers have founded this organization of volunteers to help out. I think this is a fabulous idea, and the title is brilliant too!

If you would like to be a volunteer, sign up at:

http://www.doxie.org/

If you arte unable to be a volunteer driver, you can help out in other ways, such as buying form their cafepress store, or opening your own store and naming DUR as the referrer.

22. Coast To Coast Dachshund Rescue

If you know of a dachshund that needs to be rescued, contact Coast To Coast Dachshund Rescue at www.c2cdr.org
They are the largest National Dachshund Rescue Organization in America dedicated to rehoming dachshund and dachshund mixes.

Their site will also tell you how to foster, adopt or simply donate to this very worthy cause. They also have a merchandise section with lovely gifts, T-shirts, books and paintings.
Image courtesy of Coast To Coast Dachshund Rescue.

19. A Dachshund Rescue Story

This story may upset you, but thankfully it has a happy ending. It proves that with a lot of love and care, neglected dogs like Jurgen CAN be nursed back to health.

“Jurgen spent five years in commercial kennel in Missouri. He was imprisoned in a small cage and never allowed out to run. On November 10. 2004 he lost the use of his back legs. He was unable to move. The kennel owner knew that he was injured and left him to lay in his own waste. The urine and feces piled up around and under him burning his skin and causing horrid deep infections. Since he could not move, he could not get to the food or water and became seriously dehydrated. He laid in his waste for eleven days.”

Read the full story Here.