Miniature Schnauzer Rescue of Houston

MSRH Team & Friends - - we are in desperate need of forever and foster homes for lost and abandoned Schnauzers.  The economy has slowed the pace of adoptions yet abandoned dogs are coming to us in record numbers!  There are currently more than 120 Schnauzers in MSRH’s care!  39 dogs came into MSRH in the month of May 2009 alone compared to only 12 adoptions during the month!  Please - if you can help us, visit our Looking for Homes section or visit our “Volunteer!” page from the left hand menu to see how you can become a foster.  For the first time in MSRH history, we’re turning away dogs.  Contact us….please!!

These Schnauzers in our “Looking For Homes” section are 100% healthy, fully vetted and ready for your loving forever home!  For a comprehensive view of all the Schnauzers in MSRH’s care, please also visit “Waiting In The Wings” and “Doggie ICU”.

“You said you ‘n’ me was gonna get out of town and for once just really let our hair down. Well darlin’, look out ’cause my hair is comin’ down!”   We’re Rita & Vita and we’re a lot like Thelma & Louise!  We’ve been through some things together.  Not too long ago, we were thinking of just heading over the cliff together.  I was telling Louise - I mean Vita - “No matter what happens, I’m glad I came with you”.   And then along came MSRH, our foster mom Lesa and things have been looking up ever since!  We’re now ready for a forever home.  I’m Rita.  I’m about three years old and I weigh fifteen pounds.  I have cropped ears and a natural tail.  I’m house trained but I don’t like to be in the crate.  A free spirits like me in a crate?  Come on!  So if you’re looking for fun and adventure, ask for me, Rita, on your MSRH adoption application.  Rita’s Adoption Fee:  $350   <Note - Vita was recently adopted>

“That really was a Hattori Hanzo sword!”  I’m a famous movie star - like Lucy Liu - but they call me Lucy Lulu here!  Lulu?  Yikes.  You remember me - Kill Bill, Charlie’s Angels and Kung Fu Panda!  Yea, that Lucy Lulu!  You may even remember me in Ally McBeal as the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo.  Now, I’m nothing like my old Ally McBeal character.  In fact, I’m as sweet as can be and have the best of manners!  You’ve seen me in lots of great shows and movies but in case you ‘recognize the name but can’t picture the face’ here’s the scoop.  I’m a female, dark salt & pepper Schnauzer with natural ears and a docked tail.  I’m seven years young and I weigh only ten pounds.  I’m house trained and I play well with other dogs.  Need a famous movie star in your household?  Then ask for me, Lucy Lulu on your MSRH application!  And don’t forget the Lulu part!  Adoption Fee:  $250

“The smile on your face lets me know that you need me;  There’s a truth in your eyes sayin’ you’ll never leave me.   The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me if ever I fall…..”  Yes, that’s exactly what I’m looking for.  Strength and tenderness.  I’m Callie and things haven’t been easy for me.  As a result, I’m a little timid.  Maybe it’s my self-esteem.  MSRH, are you sure someone out there wants to adopt me?  I need a loving family to bring me out of my shell.  I’m sweet as can be…..I just need a little tender loving care.  I’m seven years old and I weigh eighteen pounds.  I’m salt & pepper in color with cropped ears and a docked tail.  I’m crate trained and I know how to use the doggie door.  MSRH, do you think that’s enough to make someone love me?  “All day long I can hear people talking out loud……but you say it best when you say nothing at all”.  You don’t need to say a thing - a few clicks and keystrokes and you’ll have my name, Callie, on your MSRH application!  Adoption Fee:  $250

Where was the home of Wilbur and Orville Wright and the city where they owned a successful bicycle shop that funded their aviation dreams?  Need a hint?  This city was also the home of African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.  Still need help?  The renowned United States Air Force Museum is located here.  By now it’s probably obvious…..Dayton !!  I know….the Wilbur & Orville Wright thing threw you for a minute didn’t it?!  You were thinking Kitty Hawk, North Carolina - but much of their early efforts were in Dayton.  I’m Dayton and I’m just full of facts like that!  I’m a very skinny salt & pepper, male Schnauzer.  I’m two years old (maybe less) and I weigh only eleven pounds.  What can I say….the economy in Dayton is the pits.  I couldn’t get a meal!  I really want to be with my master - I’ll follow you everywhere you go!  My foster mom says I’m very sweet and I get along great with other Schnauzers.  I’m crate trained but I still need a little work on my house training.  Other than that, mom says I’m wonderful!  I’m going to be a handsome boy once my hair grows back.  If you have a few treats to spare - I need to add three-to-four pounds - you could be the forever home for me!  Can you feed them to me while you make airplane sounds and motions?  Yea, I like that.  Ask for me, Dayton, on your MSRH application!   Adoption Fee:  $350

Hi!  I’m Grover and I’m an attention loving, 4-year old, black male with natural ears and a docked tail.  You can be my best-ever pal if you would just give me a rub……again and again and again!  I am very loyal to my ‘parents’ …. so much so that I might not like it if someone gives attention to them other than me!  I think I might be best in a home without children ….. you know how kids are … they love their parents too and I don’t want to get mad at kids!  That’s doesn’t necessarily go for other dogs though….I like having playmates around once I get to know them…..or I can just as happily be your only four-legged friend.  I love to go on walks, do you?  I wish they’d let me walk without a leash so I could chase those cars!  I could catch one, I just know it.  On second thought, you probably better keep me on the leash!  I have a lot to offer including being both housebroken and crate trained.  I can also ’sit’ and ’stay’ …. mom says I listen “very well”. If you’d like to rub my tummy or scratch my back, or if you’d like to take me on car rides (I love that too!), please ask for me, Grover, on your MSRH application!  Adoption Fee:  $250

“Before Noah, men, having only water to drink, could not find the truth.  Accordingly, they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the water they loved to drink.  This good man, Noah, having seen that all his contemporaries had perished by this unpleasant drink, took a dislike to it.  And God, to relieve his dryness, created the vine and revealed to him the art of making le vin.  By the aid of this liquid he unveiled more and more truth.”  I bet you didn’t know that Benjamin Franklin was so witty - and loved wine (and beer) so much!  I’m Burkley and I’m just hanging out in my own little ‘California’ (aka Houston).  Having been rescued by MSRH, I’m now learning about the finer things in life.  I think I fit right in to that lifestyle - maybe you’ll agree!  I’m a male, white Schnauzer with natural ears and a docked tail.  I’m one-year old and I weigh 18 pounds.  I come complete with all my house manners….I’m both crate trained and house trained!  I’m still a little timid - do I really deserve all this love?!  I want to just cuddle in your lap.  It makes me feel safe!  How about we just sit together, you enjoy a glass of wine, and we’ll talk all about it.  If you’re looking for a fine Cabernet rather than a common White Zinfandel, then ask for me, Burkley, on your MSRH application.  Adoption Fee:  $450

“Wonder if you ever see me;  And I wonder if you know I’m there.  If you looked in my eyes;  Would you see what’s inside?  Would you even care?”  I think you would.  I’m Maddie and I’m a singing sensation in my own right - like Selena.  It’s probably not a surprise when you learn that my mom and dad are Dany & Pepe - you can view them on the MSRH site too!  I’m a female, salt & pepper Schnauzer with stand-up natural ears and a docked tail.  I’m just one-year old and I weigh only twelve pounds.  I’m good around other dogs but I’d prefer to be in a home with either older children or adults.  Coming from a puppy mill, the activity of little children sometimes scares me.  I’m obviously crate-trained (but, wow, does it feel good to have some freedom for a change!) and I’m just about house-trained.  If your a home that can enjoy my puppy spirit and show me how to be your best companion, I’d like to come to your stage!  “Late at night when all the world is sleeping;  I stay up and think of you.  And I wish on a star that somewhere;  You are thinking of me too.”  I’m here “Dreaming of You”!  Will you be here when I wake?  Ask for me, Maddie, on your MSRH adoption application.  Adoption Fee:  $450