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Miniature Pinscher
RESCUE
Miniature pinscher rescue was started about In 1978 I became a Dobermann owner, and in
thirty years ago, when I found a little red min the fullness of time I started to help with some of
pin bitch in desperate need of a new home. their rescue dogs and so when min pin rescue
With the encouragement of Di Stark and after was started, I tried to continue along their lines
discussions with the Miniature Pinscher Club and so far it seems to have worked really well.
(who have always given me the greatest
support), I decided to start a rescue for min pins The object of rescue has always been to help
only, and since that time I think I have had more any min pin who is in trouble and in some cases
dogs than I care to remember. actually save their lives, as, at times, an owner
will have a problem and the only answer they
can see is to put the dog to sleep. To us, that is
a failure and certainly no answer to the problem.
We are very proud of the fact that in all these
years we have only had to resort once to that
drastic action.
Under rescues rules I cannot take a dog who
has bitten and drawn blood, because to re-
home, knowing that this has taken place, leaves
us open to litigation, and my heart breaks every
time this happens and I have to refuse to help.
I also do not help if a breeder has puppies that
they cannot sell. I see that as the responsibility
of all breeders to find good caring homes for all
their puppies, if however I have more homes
than dogs and a breeder has a puppy or older
dog returned to them, then I am happy to pass
on names and addresses of possible new
owners.
Over the years we have had many occasions
when we have thought what do we do with
this one, well on two occasions it has been
Paco
impossible to re-home so we have kept them.
The first was a little red dog who bit for the hell
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