Anderson & Kristin Chenoweth Meet Fiona the Rescue Dog

Fiona's rescue story is the tip of the iceberg that represents rescue groups activities through out the USA. One of the many groups is Dachshund Rescue North America, check out DRNA.com with chapters thoughout the country posting individual web pages and saving thousands of dogs. Our dog "Peaches" is a purebred Piebald Dachshund that came into rescue when this pups elderly human mom needed an assisted living rescue herself and found Dachshund Rescue to find this pup a permanent home. If for any reason we can not care for her, my adoption contract requires I return her to Dachshund rescue for here lifetime care. She gives back to our family and community through her work as a Member of "Therapy Dogs, Inc" where she is registered and certified for the work she engages in providing Pet Therapy to the Shriners Childrens Hospital, Greenville SC Medical Center Childerns Hospital, three other hospitals, nursing homes, and handicapped childrens schools too. She is a spokesdog for "Dachshund Rescue" bringing awareness to all the shelters and rescue groups encouraging folks to adopt dogs and avoid puppy mills. Unfortunately, too many folks do not know that there are rescue groups for every breed of dog. Google "canine breed rescue" and you can find a group rescuing and saving every breed of dog,and there are wonderful groups in every community rescuing all those wonderful mixed breeds commonly known as "Heinz 57 Varitety" and are most likely the healthiest dogs to adopt. Dogs that end up in shelters and Humane Society facilities are often in such poor shape that cosmetically nobody will consider adopting these damaged pets, but most shelters have contact with breed rescue groups that take these animals from the jaws of euthenasia, provide vet care, healing, and then find forever homes. These dogs often come into rescue groups diseased, blind, needing amputations, treatments for Hemophilia, heartwork, skin disorders, and needing longer periods of love and healing prior to being available to adoption. Foster familys are the Angels that provide love and care until these needy pets can be adopted into permanent homes. Some dogs never leave these foster homes because of the special needs some have that only the hearts of these human Angels of mercy are willing to provide. These breed rescue groups take care of vetinary needs and absorb the costs via adoption fees. There are many Vetinarians who provide discounted services to rescue groups and many who frequently provide services free in extreme cases. It would be wonderful if some major attention could be focused on the ongoing work of these breed rescue groups so that those folks who want dogs of a specific breed could find these wonderful pets without buying dogs from puppy mill breeders.