Mark Your Calendars: MidWest Dachshund Festival THIS COMING WEEKEND

This year's event and t-shirt theme:  Rocking Out The Puppy Mills!

If you live in the MidWest, there's no other place to be this Saturday, September 10th,  except Danville, Illinois, for the annual MidWest Dachshund Festival!  This event used to be sponsored by Dodgerslist, but is now sponsored by Dachshund Rescue of North America.  Find out all about it at the official site.

DRNA rep Maria Adams writes:

We will be selling some great items to benefit our medical fund, like these unique jute rugs and dachshund butter dishes - just $25 each.

Can't wait to see everyone at this wonderful event!

Dachshund Public Service Announcement

We interrupt our regular scheduled programming for this Dachshund public service announcement for Dachshund Rescue of North America. 
Video by Image Makers, a program that teaches high school students in the DC/MD/VA area how to create, film and edit a public service announcement for a local non-profit.

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Gary the Doxie

Thanks to some dear friends for sending this in! By youtuber McGrath1105 who says:  Go get yourself a Gary at Dachshund Rescue of North America.

DRNA's Adopt-A-Senior Month

Dachshund Rescue of North America says that Seniors are the neediest group of Dachshunds, and to honor them, DRNA is waiving their adoption fee for the entire month of June!  

Check out DRNA's top ten reasons to adopt a senior:

1.Adopting a senior dog, saves a life. "Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog". -Sydney Jeanne Seward

2.Senior dogs love to sleep the day away and enjoy a nice walk, but the best part of their day is being with you.

3.When you rescue a senior dog, you have a best friend forever.

4.Senior dogs reward your care with everlasting devotion. Nothing matches the love of a senior dog for his/her rescuer.

5.Senior dogs have learned many of the life's lessons. They know that shoes are for walking and toys are for chewing.

6.Senior dogs know that the outdoors is for potty and the house is for relaxing. Your carpet will last longer with senior dogs.

7.Senior dogs can learn new tricks and make excellent therapy dogs.

8.Senior dogs often fit into your home with ease. They find the best spot in the house and claim it for their own, but they will share it with you too.

9.Senior dogs make great companions for anyone, especially senior people.

10.Seniors don't have a chance in shelters and are the first to be euthanized to make room for the younger dogs. 

Find a new Senior friend at DRNA.

Dachshund Mother's Day Raffle

Wouldn't your beloved Mother look great wearing this little gem?  Head on over to Dachshund Rescue of North America to purchase a raffle ticket, and it might be yours!  Tickets are just $5, or 5 tickets for $20.  Features:  10k White Gold Diamond Dachshund Pendant:  1/10-carat total weight; 3/4-in. pendant; 18-in. necklace.

Winning Ticket Drawn May 2, 2010.

The Sad Story of Matthew the Wirehair Puppy

(Pre-surgery)

Things are looking up for this handsome fellow - now that he's in the good hands of Dachshund Rescue of North America.  Thanks so much to Barb, a DRNA volunteer who helped transport this sweetie last week, and wanted to share his troubling story. 

When people hear Matthew's story they shake their heads, tear up a little and say things like "what type of monster would do this to a puppy" (along with more colorful statements about the person and what should be done to them). You see, Matthew was thrown out the window of a moving vehicle in Virginia Beach, VA and he was then hit by a truck last Wednesday. A witness to this offense stopped and collected the standard wirehair Dachshund puppy and rushed him to a nearby Animal Emergency Hospital. The Vets there stabilized him, made him comfortable and contacted Dachshund Rescue of North America (DRNA) to see if they would take Matthew into their care and get him the extensive surgery he needed to survive. After a few phone calls Matthew was transported 3 hours north to a Specialist at Springfield Veterinary Referral Center the next morning in the care of DRNA. Additional x-rays showed the extent of Matthew's injuries. Along with road rash, Matthew has 2 fractured rear femurs involving growth plates and a fractured rear tibia that all required pins. And sacroiliac joint dislocation, this is where the hip bone, iliac bone, connects to sacrum or where the hip joins the spinal column. This needed to be fixed with 2 hip screws. He also has a fractured right hip socket that currently they are hoping with crate rest will repair itself; otherwise will require a later surgery to pin. All this damage to a puppy Veterinarians estimate to be 9 months to a year old. Surgery was performed on Friday and it went very well. They are unable to cast his back legs because he needs daily physical therapy on his rear legs to prevent quadriceps contracture. Throughout all this Matthew has charmed everyone he has been in contact with. Even when he was in pain all he wanted to do is to give kisses. Matthew was discharged from the Hospital on Monday and is in loving DRNA foster care. Please keep this little dachshund in your thoughts and prayer as he begins his road to recovery.

If you would like to donate towards Matthew's surgery and future physical therapy, please go to http://www.drna.org/ and note "Matthew (DRNA # 04032)" on the donation.

(Post-surgery)