....Rescuing Basset Hounds in Northern California for the last 16 years (for available hounds click here).
OUR ONLINE SPRING AUCTION - IS NOW LIVE and will run until Midnight on Sunday, May 20!!
Click the auction updates button to sign up for email alerts as the auction progresses... and to reach the auction pages so you can look and BID!!
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Support Barklay's medical fund appeal. Click the link for more information |
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Other Donations welcome!!
Thanks to Fran and Mark Madden for the wonderful time at our Members Event - Spring Fling Picnic, May 5, Mt Aukum
For some reason, I can't get the video to display here, so instead, please view the video on YouTube:
GARAGE SALE - DeAnza College, Cupertino - JUNE 2
Watch for the email announcing this year's garage sale. We'll have a 'pitch' at this huge flea market. We need your items and your physical help. We'll be gathering and pricing items on Sunday, May 27 in Fremont (at our storage unit). You are welcome to bring items on the day - either price to sell for GGBR, or stay and sell it yourself and give 50% to GGBR!
ANYTHING you want to get rid of. We'll have four parking spaces to sell from, and this huge event attracts lots of people.
Two new events on our Calendar:
Saturday, May 19 - WADDLE with Golden Empire Basset Rescue at the Kingsburg Swedish Festival Parade. GGBR will be there to support our sister basset rescue and another member of the West Coast BROAD network!! Join us and see their website for more information!
Sunday, May 20 - Animals on Broadway, Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation, Walnut Creek. GGBR will have a booth with Spin the Wheel and an adoption X-Pen - FOSTER HOMES!!!! PLEASE BRING YOUR HOUNDS FOR AN HOUR OR SO! This is always a fun event. Please stop by!
Membership Year started February.... but it's not too late!!
Support us by becoming a member and enjoy special benefits...
- Attend member-only fun events
- Receive members-only newsletter (hopefully, we plan to resume these this year thanks to two new volunteers!)
- Patron Members get free admission to the Waddle including one free tshirt (new 2012 Waddle registration info coming shortly!)
Click
PATRON $52
FAMILY $22
SINGLE $17
for membership application form. Send payment via donation buttons or check, or online store.
Watch for info on coming events - sign up for our emails using the box at the bottom of the page
If you are an owner who needs to rehome their basset hound: AT THE MOMENT SHELTER DOGS TAKE PRIORITY FOR A FOSTER HOME - If you are able to keep your dog with you while we try to find an adoptive home, that is a great help, but either way, please complete a surrender questionnaire. NOTE: If possible, you need to spay/neuter, vaccinate and heartworm test your dog before we can accept them.
Note: We can discuss the financial implications if necessary as we know this is often the factor driving you to surrender your dog. Complete the surrender application and tell us what you can afford to have done. We have been inundated with bassets that are in shelters across the State and we need to make them a priority.
Enjoy this video, compiled by our own Cindy Marsh, of the 90 dogs that have passed through GGBR up to Oct 15, 2011!
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If you are looking for basset puppies...please, buy from a responsible breeder. Find out who is currently breeding by contacting the Basset Hound Club of America, Northern California Basset Hound Club or the Basset Hound Club of Sacramento. DO NOT buy puppies off the internet, or from Craigslist. These are usually back-yard bred or worse, may come from commercial breeders or puppy mills.
See SOUTH FORK UPDATE for the latest information on the December 2009 Great Basset Rescue. We are led to believe that people called Wendy and Ruby (bassetsbyruby) are selling puppies for Wanda & Greg... puppies that are still being bred in giardia ridden kennels that the Rogers' have lost to foreclosure. We are told that the conditions are even worse than when we took 61 dogs off their hands in 2009. We cannot personally confirm the information we receive, but have had the same information from several sources. BUYER BEWARE.
See all the Dogs!
See all of our events!
Please take the time to browse our site, check that adoption of a Basset Hound is right for you, and/or see how you can help in other ways. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact ggbassetrescue@hotmail.com.
If you would like to run your own fundraising campaign for GGBR, please click the button below, when you will be taken to our "starter page" on Firstgiving.com. This is a great way to get donations for the annual Waddle, in Novato on July 4th each year!
Why Rescue?
Your Petstore Pup
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| Cherish your new pet store pup - Stand always by his side. Mend his ills and give him hugs and lots of fun car rides. Feed him well and let him run to build his body strong. Play with him and give him treats. Love him his whole life long. You'll soon become his hero. He will not ask you for much. He'll trade his lifelong loyalty for your kind word and touch. Count him among your blessings, as you are his blessing, too, but then please do just one thing more, When every day is through. Take time to look into his eyes each night you tuck him in. I bet you'll see reflected there, two other pups like him. | They've never had a family, soft bed, good food, or fun. They live life out in a wire box - and never get to run. They suffer searing heat at times, at others freezing cold, as weeks and months and years drag by While they are growing old. So think about his mom and dad who shine there through his eyes, and remember all the mill dogs who are paying with their lives. If they had ever had a chance, they'd have grown up like him, too, with years of love to give and get before their lives were through. You'll never see them face to face - Such miracles are rare - But pray for your pup's mom and dad, 'cause someone ought to care... |
Don't buy your basset hound over the internet or from a pet store. We can advise you about buying a well bred basset hound from a reputable breeder, and if your heart is set on a puppy, we occasionally get these in rescue also. If you are looking for a reputable breeder in California, check out this website:
Basset Hound Club of America - CA Breeders List
GGBR, PO Box 4958, Petaluma, CA 94955 --- Tel:(707) 765 2690 --- Fax:(707) 408 0012 --- info@ggbassetrescue.org
Tax ID - 38-3723802
