Miniature Schnauzer Club of Northern California

Our Fabulous Rescue Dogs

Adopting a Rescue Dog from MSCNC

MSCNC places its rescues as quickly as it can find suitable homes for them. Many are placed with people on our waiting list before we have a chance to list them on this website. If you are looking for a rescue, please contact someone on our rescue panel, listed on our Puppies / Rescue page. They will have current information on available rescues and can put you on our waiting list. They may also have information on Schnauzers available from other rescue groups.

Please also complete and email us the MSCNC Adoption Application form to start the process.

More Than 100 Rescued Dogs Placed In New Homes Since October 2008!

Congratulations to our fantastic Rescue Committee!! We hope you enjoy seeing photos and stories of some of our successful placements—but please FIRST see if you can provide a great new home for one or more of the dogs below who are still waiting for their new homes.

Schnauzers Who Need a New Home Now

Sheffield

Sheffield is neutered, housebroken, heartworm negative, fairly quiet, and gets along well with his foster mom's dog, Mimi. Sheffield likes walks and car rides, has a good appetite and is well behaved. He weighs about 24.5 lbs. Besides all that he is very cute!!

Sheffield just turned 11 years old last month. He is up to date on his vaccinations.

Contact MSCNC Rescue Committee member Walter Poeth (GlasSchnauzers@aol.com) for further information about Sheffield. Sheffield is currently in a foster home near Auburn, CA.

Lainie

Is that really the same dog in both photos? You can bet your Milk-Bone she is! The shelter wasn't even sure if Lainie was a purebred Miniature Schnauzer, but under the dirty, smelly matted mess in the photo at the left—taken in the shelter—was the beautiful, clearly purebred female Miniature Schnauzer in the photo on the right. Accomplishing the transformation required 3 baths and more than 5 hours of grooming. Lainie put up with all of that like the trooper she is.

Lainie, who is about 10 years old, had been at the Los Angeles East Valley shelter for almost a month when MSCNC Rescue Committee member John Hoffman rescued her on January 14. After the three baths and hours of work by master groomer Alice Kashirsky, who worked hard to save as much of Lainie's beard and leg hair as possible—rather than just shaving off all the matted hair—Lainie now looks like the beautiful Schnauzer she was under the mess. Lainie will look even better when she regrows the eyebrows that someone cut off before we got her.

Lainie is an eager eater, bounces across the kitchen when someone comes in, enjoys going for walks, gets along well with other dogs, and likes children. Within a week, she'll be a dog door expert.

We had a blood panel run on Lainie and the vet says the results are normal for a Schnauzer of her age. Lainie's teeth are sound (fairly unusual in older Schnauzers), though they have a lot of tartar on them. We'll be having her teeth cleaned before we place her, and she'll have a smile she can be proud of. Lainie's one infirmity of age is that she is somewhat hard of hearing.

Lainie is currently residing with MSCNC Rescue Committee member John Hoffman (canada@dslextreme.com) near Pasadena in southern California. Lainie should be ready to go to a new home around mid-February. Contact John if you are able and willing to provide a new home for Lainie and get yourself a loving companion in the bargain.

Ethan

Ethan is a super-friendly purebred salt & pepper male Miniature Schnauzer, about 6 years old, who loves everyone. MSCNC member John Hoffman rescued Ethan from the L.A. County shelter in Agoura. Unfortunately, the shelter clipped off Ethan's beard. Ethan will look a lot better when his beard grows back in.

Ethan is micro-chipped, neutered, and up to date on shots.

Ethan is being fostered by Southern California Schnauzer Rescue in Palmdale. Contact Joyce Nagel, 661 947-3537, for further information about Ethan.

Ruthie

Ruthie is a small, cute, very affectionate female Schnauzer mix, about 11-12 lbs. Ruthie is about two years old.

Ruthie's former owners surrendered her to the Los Angeles East Valley shelter after she had a litter of puppies. Ruthie was shell-shocked and depressed after being separated from her puppies and living in the shelter for three weeks. We did not want to add even more changes to her life by placing her right after rescuing her. However, after a few weeks in foster care. Ruthie is again the happy little dog she once was and is looking forward to a new forever home. Ruthie loves people and other dogs, and loves having her belly rubbed. Ruthie does not bark at noises outside but lets you know when it is biscuit-time with a welcoming "Aroooo" (which is likely how she got her name).

Ruthie is spayed, micro-chipped, up-to-date on her shots, and has just had her teeth cleaned. Ruthie would love a home with someone to love her and ply her with biscuits (but with enough restraint not to let her get fat, since she is an eager eater).

Ruthie is being fostered by MSCNC member John Hoffman (canada@dslextreme.com) near Pasadena, California.

Remington

Remington is an affectionate 5 year old, neutered male Miniature Schnauzer. We rescued Remington from the Placerville shelter. His foster mom said he was "Good as gold", but Remington became defensive of his adopter and would tend to nip people coming into the house who he thought might be a threat to his adopter. (Remington NEVER bit anyone seriously.) We picked him up from his adopter on October 24 and found him to be perfectly friendly—he even let us check his teeth without complaint. We think Remington would be best in a home without small children. (He likes children, but having young playmates come into the house who are not dog-knowledgeable could possibly be problematic.) Remington also likes other dogs. We haven't had him around cats, so we don't know how Remington feels about them. Remington is currently with southern California Schnauzer rescue in Palmdale. Contact Joyce Nagel, 661 947-3537, for further information about Remington.

Pokey

Pokey is a Miniature Schnauzer mix, who is at the Rohnert Park Animal Shelter, having been transferred there from the Salinas Animal Shelter. Pokey's age is estimated at 3–5 years old. Pokey is ready to hit the road for a new home. He's neutered, heartworm free, vaccinated and microchipped. Like most Schnauzers, Pokey is not happy at the shelter. He is "vocal and worried." Pokey likes other dogs, but not cats, and would probably be best in a home with older children or adults only.
If you are interested in a great companion, and providing a great new home for Pokey, contact Mickey Zeldes, Supervisor
Rohnert Park Animal Shelter
301 J. Rogers Lane, RP 94928
Hours: Wed 1:00-6:30; Thurs-Sat 1:00-5:30; Sun 1:00-4:30
Shelter Phone: 707-584-1582
Direct Line: 707-584-3057
Pager: 707-493-3630
Fax: 707-584-7283

Candi

Candi appears to be a Miniature Pinscher/Miniature Dachshund mix. Candi is an 11 lb bundle of energy, about 4 years old, who also enjoys cuddling and having her belly rubbed. Candi came to us from an elderly lady who loved Candi, but who was developing Alzheimers and forgetting to feed Candi.

Candi loves playing with toys, including shaking the living daylights out of the toys while growling menacingly. She likes other dogs. Candi is demure around male dogs, but wants to be the alpha among female dogs. However, she is friendly with female dogs who realize that Candi is boss. Candi is quickly becoming best friends with Ruthie who is listed above.n

Candi is a bit stand-offish with strangers at first but becomes friends within 5–10 minutes. She is very playful and very active. Candi is spayed, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations. She is housebroken and knows how to use a dog door. Candi is with MSCNC member John Hoffman (canada@dslextreme.com) in southern California, near Pasadena.

Julio

Julio is a very cute Schnauzer mix who MSCNC tried to rescue on August 16. Julio is about 1 1/2 years old and was very frightened by life at the East Valley Animal Shelter in Van Nuys, CA. His former owners had done nothing to socialize Julio and he doesn't even know how to walk on a leash.
The shelter lost Julio and another small dog, Howie, while delivering them to a veterinarian's office for neutering on August 17. MSCNC Rescue Committee member John Hoffman walked the neighborhood on August 17 and 18 and posted flyers about the two dogs. On August 18, John located someone who had found Howie. Howie's original adopter backed out after the shelter lost Howie, and the person who had found Howie decided to adopt him from the shelter. There is still no word yet on Julio. Please say a prayer that someone has found Julio and that he is safe. The shelter had microchipped Julio and registered him to John, so we are hoping that we will yet hear about Julio.

In Memoriam

Our goal is to place as many Schnauzers as we can so that they can live out their lives in happy homes. Sadly, we cannot save every Schnauzer who comes into a shelter. Some, unfortunately, are too old and too sick to place. We honor their memory.

Nick

Photo of Rescue Dog Nick Nick was found by a river bank in Fair Oaks, CA. As is evident from his photo, Nick was suffering from mange, and as we learned after we received him, Nick also had a serious heart murmer. Rescue Committee member Betsie Corwin fostered Nick for about three weeks and grew very fond of him. Nick was recovering from the mange and starting to enjoy life when he went into organ failure on August 30, 2009. Nick loved people, other dogs, and even cats. Nick will be sorely missed.

Dave

Dave was a very affectionate neutered male Miniature Schnauzer, about one year old. Dave weighed about 11 lbs when MSCNC member John Hoffman rescued Dave from the Los Angeles North Central shelter on June 19, 2009, though his normal weight should have been 12–13 lbs. Dave was on death row because he had nipped a technician at the shelter who frightened him, but Dave became a happy, trusting dog within hours after arriving at John's.
The photo on the left is Dave doing his best to hide at the shelter. The photo on the right is a much happier Dave, a couple of days after arriving at John's, wearing his Elizabethan collar so that he wouldn't tear out his stitches from being neutered.
Tragically, Dave came down with parvovirus about a week after arriving at John's, even though the shelter had vaccinated Dave upon intake. Dave died despite our best efforts to save him. Dave's death points up the necessity of keeping vaccinations current. Dave was vaccinated by the shelter upon intake but apparently was exposed to the parvovirus before his immunity had had time to build.

Placer Guy

Photo of euthanized rescue dog Placer Boy This cute guy was a very sweet 12 year old Miniature Schnauzer who came into the Placer County shelter in late April 2009. We listed him on this page as available for rescue. Shortly thereafter, the shelter had him examined by a veterinarian who reported that he had serious liver damage due to badly infected and long neglected teeth. The shelter decided to euthanize him because of his condition and his age. This tragedy would never have happened if his owners had taken adequate care of him.