Meet Jesse, an 8 year-old chocolate and
tan dapple tweenie dachshund in need of a new home. This is Jesse’s
second time in rescue, and we are hoping to once again find a place
for Jesse to live forever. We recognize that a very special home has
to be out there for this sweet boy, so we are not limiting the
location for applicants and his foster mom is willing to travel with
him when he goes to his new home to help ease his transition.
 Jesse
first came into rescue as a six month-old puppy. He was a sweet boy
with a significant
resource guarding problem. Jesse likes to guard
things that he views as “his” - he especially likes to guard pillows
or blankets if he has settled in to sleep on them. Jesse is not
allowed to have long lasting treats or bones that he might hide or
bury because it can provide an opportunity for him to later guard
something in an unknown location. We think he developed the issue
due to his breeding, since we know he was not abused.
He was adopted
by a childless couple eight years ago who were willing to work on
his issues in hopes that they could break him of his guarding.
Fast-forward seven years and that childless couple had a child, and
they felt too weary of Jesse’s issues to keep him in their home
around the baby. This home did do some things right for Jesse and
helped lessen some of his issues over the years. They taught him
commands that he uses very well. They found his triggers and worked
with different medicines to see if they could find a way to break
him of the guarding. Unfortunately, they waited until after their
baby was born to seek the assistance of a behaviorist, so it became
impossible for Jesse to stay in his home with his resource guarding
issues.
Sadly, there were few individuals willing
to work with Jesse since he had a bite history, and there are so
many dachshunds needing to be rescued that the ones with bite
histories often get passed over. Since Jesse was adopted out through
our organization eight years ago, another foster home agreed to take
Jesse on, knowing that even with his history the right home had to
be out there for this lovable little fellow.
Jesse really is
a wonderful little dog when he is not guarding. We think that with
an intensive training program to break him of his guarding, he can
be rehomed with dachshund-experienced owners. Jesse is 100%
housetrained and crate-trained. Jesse does very well with all of his
foster fur-siblings, but he needs to be in a home with a very clear
pack structure and alpha dog (which is not him). In Jesse’s former
adoptive home there was another dachshund that we believe was
contributing to the problem. In foster care with a very stable pack
and pack leader, Jesse’s guarding issues have been minimal.
Because of his bite history, Jesse cannot
go to a home with children, although when there is nothing to
“guard” Jesse does very well with kids. Jesse knows many commands
and is easy to train, since he is eager to please. Jesse is also
incredibly food-motivated, which is really helps with the training
process. A large part of keeping Jesse out of trouble is not setting
him up for failure. His foster home has found that if you set him up
to succeed he does very well! He seems to love all people but
especially men. If shown fear, Jesse is smart enough to take
advantage. If he is shown that you are not afraid of him, Jesse
listens very well and follows commands excellently.
He knows “sit,” “down,” “off,” “treat,”
“outside,” “crate,” "paw," "circle" and "roll over." He is currently
working on "stay" (and some fun commands like "dance," "pray" and
"play dead"), and he's doing very well learning this new command.
Jesse must correctly respond to “sit,” “down,” and “stay” before
each meal, and he is excelling at these commands too. While in
foster care Jesse will be undergoing extensive therapy and training,
but he will forever need someone with a strong backbone that is
willing to take on the commitment of setting up Jesse to succeed!
Jesse
will only be adopted to a dachshund-experienced home with no
children (and will be having no children). He needs someone who is
committed to training him to stop the
resource-guarding. Jesse has such promise that our organization
could not agree to allow him to be euthanized, even though there
were very few options available for him. He has such a wonderfully
sweet side to him that we wanted to see him through and find that
one perfect forever home we know is out there! Any prospective homes
should email
his foster mother to discuss Jesse in more detail and see if he
is the right match. Jesse is neutered, current on vaccinations and
heartworm prevention, and all behaviorist and training reports will
accompany him to his new home. For more information about our
general adoption procedures, please read
Adopting Through AHDRS.
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is a normal dachshund in the truest sense of the breed. She is a bit
of a prima donna and she thinks she's running the show and everyone
needs to be watching the entire time. When she plays with the other
dogs, she can be quite vocal about everyone's placement and what the
rules should be. It is a crack up to watch her play. 
She
is up-to-date on all her shots and vetting.
Graham
is an estimated 3 year old standard (20 pounds) chocolate dapple boy
that found his way into rescue in quite the precarious way. In
November, Graham showed up near a church in Graham, NC, and church
members began to notice him hanging around. They took pity upon this
sweet boy and tried (without success) to pet him and draw him
inside. Since they could not get their hands on him, they started
feeding him and provided him with shelter. 
UPDATE
5/6/13: Auggie has dropped the extra weight and is now
a lean mean hunting machine. He has set out to rid our yard of moles
and is doing a fine job. He is doing great in his foster home but
would really love to find a home all his own.
No
need to do a double take – what you are seeing is a pair of
completely adorable micro-mini dachshunds who need a home together.
Because the only thing better than one dachshund is two!
