Miniature Schnauzer Rescue of Houston

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

Hey folks - what will it be?  White or wheat?  Toasted?  How about some condiments?  I’m Lenny - at Lenny’s Sub Shop - and here, we aim to please.  We sell lots of things here….all of them good and I’m sure we have just what you’re looking for.  What’s that - you’re looking for something a little bit different?  Let me see what I can do.  You want something relatively young - say 2-1/2 years old?  Natural ears and a docked tail?  Hmmm.  Go on.  Someone that loves to go on walks but otherwise enjoys a quiet, laid back environment?  Someone that wants to go to an all-adult home?  I’m getting the picture.  Go on.  Someone both house-trained and crate-trained?  Oh, and you want someone that is content being the only dog in the house?  Well….I gotta tell ya….there’s only one thing I have that fits that bill - and that’s me !  Give me five minutes to close up shop and I’ll be on my way to your forever home !!  You won’t be disappointed - you’ve picked a real winner with me!  Be sure to ask for me specifically on your MSRH application!  Adoption Fee:  $350

“In the end two hearts will meet:  And maybe they’ll find whatever they seek.  If they can, they’ll learn how to keep;  The faith that they found in the sound of the beat.”  Just like Hispanic sensation Gloria Estefan and Emilio made an impact on America in the 70’s and 80’s, we’ve arrived from San Antonio and we’re ready to be the new sensation in your forever home!  We’re Dany and Pepe (Dany on the left, Pepe on the right) and we’re a pair rescued from a breeder.  We’ve hardly seen the light of day but we love what we’re seeing so far!  Gloria and Emilio were crossover artists and we know  we can make the crossover from puppy mill to loving forever home!  We’re both seven years old with natural ears and docked tails.  We’re salt & pepper in color and we weigh about twenty and eighteen pounds respectively.  We need a loving home and owners with some patience to show us how a dog is really supposed to live.  We’re crate trained - how could we not be….we’ve lived there our whole life - but we still need some work on our house training.  We’re very sweet and we aim to please so this transition won’t take long.  Will you give us a chance?  Ask for us - Dany and Pepe - on your MSRH application and let’s dance the night away on those “Hot Summer Nights”!  Total Adoption Fee:  $350

“Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.”  Henry David Thoreau.  That’s probably true.  But how was I supposed to hear the music?  My owners kept me outside instead of inside with them!!  I used to try to listen to the music through the windows.  With no one to teach me, what I came away with was, “Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.”  But ever since I was rescued by MSRH, I’m beginning to see a whole new picture.  I’m Oliver (my foster folks call me Ollie) and I’m a male, salt & pepper Miniature Schnauzer with natural ears and a docked tail.  I’m just eighteen months old and I weigh eighteen pounds.  I’m crate trained and sleep there at night.  I’m also house trained thanks to the efforts of my great foster mom!  For a while, I was a little nervous about going outside by myself….I was afraid I’d get left out there again.  But now I love to go on walks and I love playing with other dogs.  If you have other four-legged friends, that would be a plus.  I’m still a puppy and I like to play-bite.  It’s probably best if there are no very young children in the house.   You know, in my early months, music really wasn’t my thing.  But, having been rescued by MSRH and seeing how things should really be, it’s all becoming clear.  I’m ready to raise my voice in song.  In your forever home.  “When words leave off, music begins.”  Ask for me, Oliver, on your MSRH application.  Adoption Fee:  $450

“Together forever and never to part;  Together forever we two.  And don’t you know I would move Heaven and earth;  To be together forever with you”.  The web guy’s on a Rick Astley kick but hey, it fits!  I’m Peyton - one of the sweetest guys around.  Having a bad day?  I’ll make it better!  Making a frown?  I can turn it into a smile!  I’m Peyton and I’m four years old and I weigh about nineteen pounds.  I’m a male, salt & pepper Schnauzer with cropped ears and a docked tail.  I’m a friendly guy and my foster mom & dad say I’m very sweet (that’s dad with me in the picture)!  My favorite place is sitting in your lap!  I’m also both crate trained and house trained.  Not only do I get along with humans but I get along with most other dogs too.   So remember - “If they ever get you down;  There’s always something I can do!”  Let’s make it a forever thing!  Ask for me, Peyton, on your MSRH adoption application!  Adoption Fee:  $350

“Just when I thought I’d had enough;  All my tears were shed.  No promise left unbroken;  There were no painful words unsaid.  You came along and showed me how to leave it all behind.  You opened up my heart again and then much to my surprise,  I found love.”   That Bonnie Rait song always comes to mind when I think about my situation.  I was an owner surrender.  It hurts.  I’m looking for a master but I don’t like all the games of competing for affection.  I’m independent and I know I can be a bit of a pistol when I’m not in my ideal environment.  You can see it in my piercing eyes.  But what’s behind that look is a girl who needs to be loved.  By you and only you.  No spouse, no kids, no other pets…..just me and you.  That’s when I’m happiest.  That’s when I’m at my best.  I’m Bonnie and I’m a female, salt & pepper Schnauzer with natural (stand-up) ears and a docked tail.  I’m eight years old and I weigh a trim fifteen pounds.  As the other Bonnie would say, “When did the choices get so hard?  With so much more at stake.  Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.”  Give me a chance.  I need you - and I’ll love you back - all in the ‘Nick of Time’.  Ask for me, Bonnie, on your MSRH application.  Adoption Fee:  $100

“A relationship is like a rose;  How long it lasts, no one knows.  Love can erase an awful past;  Love can be yours, you’ll see at last.  To feel that love, it makes you sigh;  To have it leave, you’d rather die.  You hope you’ve found that special rose;  ‘Cause you love and care for the one you chose.”  Rob Cella.  I’m Bella Rose and I’d like to be your special rose.  I want to feel your love that can erase ’an awful past’.  I’m a female, white Schnauzer with natural ears and a natural tail.  I’m about eight months old and I weigh about twelve pounds.  My foster mom is the best - she says I’m sweet and very smart!  She’s also teaching me my house-training skills (my only thorn).  I’m young but I’m learning quickly.  I’m good with other dogs and I’m also good with children.  As you think about adopting, remember the words of love guru, Leo Buscaglia - “A single rose can be my garden…..a single friend, my world.”  Ask for me, Bella Rose, on your MSRH application!  Adoption Fee:  $450

“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”  I’m Lincoln and I’m on a mission to be your best-ever, for-ever pal!  I’m a male, salt & pepper Schnauzer with natural ears and a docked tail.  I’m seven years old and I weigh a fit twenty pounds!  I am both house trained and crate trained.  My foster mom says I’m very sweet and that I play very well with my foster siblings.  I was rejected by my owners after years of faithful service.  I don’t know why, but as I wish and wait for another chance at a forever home, I think about these words from one so great:  “Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.  How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed.”  Won’t you help me on my journey?  Give me a chance - ask for me, honest Lincoln, on your MSRH application!  Adoption Fee:  $250