Miniature Schnauzer Rescue of Houston

“If you have love, you don’t need to have anything else.  If you don’t have it, it doesn’t matter much what else you have.”  James Barrie.   I’m Venus - maybe as in Goddess Venus - and I’ve got a lot of love to share with the person or family who brings me to their forever home!  I’m a black, female Schnauzer with natural ears and a natural tail.  I’m about eight years young and I weigh about twenty-two pounds.  I’m very sweet and I play well with other dogs.  I’m crate trained and I’m doggy door trained too.  I appear to be house trained….I certainly am when a doggy door is included!  ”A friend is one who walks in when others walk out”.  MSRH walked in for me and brought me to this great foster home.  They cured me of heartworms and now I’m looking for a person or family to love!  Will you now walk in and bring me to your forever home?  A Goddess awaits!  Ask for me, Venus, on your MSRH adoption application!  Adoption Fee:  $250

“Enthusiasm is that special quality that makes things happen. I think of it as the wind that whips the flames of desire into a burning inferno. In reality, enthusiasm is just a state of mind…an emotion…which you control.”  Thomas D. Willhite.  My name is Rex and I’m a guy with a lot of enthusiasm.  I want to do the right thing.  I want to be the best dog.  I beat heartworms and now I want to be your forever friend living in your forever home….forever!  I’m a male, salt & pepper Schnauzer mix (maybe a little dachsund?) with natural ears and a docked tail.  I’m about one year old and I weigh thirteen pounds.  I’m crate trained, doggy door trained and I’m working on my house training as we speak.  My foster mom says I’m really sweet (and a little camera shy too).  So if you want a guy with the enthusiasm to be the best pet ever, ask for me, Rex, on your MSRH adoption application.  Adoption Fee:  $450

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“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.”   My name is Bart and sometimes I have my doubts.  Now my best friend, Bret, is like my twin.  He always has faith!  I like the faith he has that someone will come for us and take us together to a forever home in this great New Year!  I always like to be near you and I’ll follow you around.  I like to run around and I love playing fetch.  But Bret, the man of faith, just lays back in his dog bed and watches me when he’s done playing!  When mom goes to him, he just rolls over and waits for his belly rub.  He also likes to go on walks.  We’re both very active.  And our foster mom says we’re like Peanut Butter and Jelly.  We just go together!  We’re both black, male Schnauzers, less than one-year old, and we weigh about fifteen pounds.  We have natural ears and natural tails too.  We are both crate trained and our mom is working on our house training.  We’re good with other dogs and we’ve also been good around children….but, like any puppy, we do get excited when we see new people!   Whenever I have doubts about our future, I just run to Bret.  He always lets me know.  “To have joy one must share it.  Happiness was born a twin!”  We need to continue our journey together.  Can you adopt us both?  Ask for us, Bart and Bret, on your MSRH adoption application.  Adoption Fee:  $450 each;  $900 total

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“Sundown all around, walking through the summer’s end.  Waves crash baby, don’t look back.  I won’t walk away again.”  I’m Becka and though I’m only one year, I’m already looking for a fresh start.  How do those things happen??  It happens when there’s not a lot of love in the picture.  I’m a female, grey Schnauzer with natural ears and a natural tail (which curls up a bit - very cute if I do say so myself).  I weigh about fourteen pounds.  I’ve been a good dog here at MSRH and I play really well with my other four-legged friends here.  In fact, I think I’d do best in a forever home with another four-legged friend!  I’m crate trained and I’m house trained too with a doggy door!  My foster mom says I’m sweet and that I’m going to make someone or some family very happy!  ”Circle in the sand, ’round and ’round.  Never ending love is what we’ve found.  And you complete the heart of me, our love is all we need!”  Let’s start making that Circle in the Sand!  Ask for me, Becka, on your MSRH adoption application!  Adoption Fee:  $450

“This time might be the last I fear, unless I make it all too clear - I need you so!  I want to take these broken wings, and learn to fly again;  and learn to live so free!  And when we hear the voices sing, the book of love will open up and let us in!”  I’m Valerie and I’m a transplant from Louisiana!  I’m a female, black & tan colored Schnauzer mix with natural ears and a natural tail.  I’m much darker when my hair grows out.  I’m only about one year old and I weigh about twenty pounds.  I’m crate trained and doggie door trained but, being a puppy, I still need a little work on my house training….although I’m pretty close!  I’m very sweet.  I’m very friendly and play well with other dogs!  I’m also good around cats!  My mom says I’m great with kids and that I could be the perfect family pet!  As you look at my pictures, think “fetch”!  I’m great at it!  “I think tonight, we can take what was wrong and make it right.”  It all starts with you filling out your MSRH adoption application and asking for me, Valerie!  Take these Broken Wings!  Adoption Fee:  $300

“Just a small town girl, livin’ in a lonely world.  She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere.  Streetlight people, living just to find emotion.  Hiding, somewhere in the night.  Some will win, some will lose;  Some were born to sing the blues.  Oh, the movie never ends, it goes on and on and on and on.”   My name is Lacy.  I’m on a “Journey” and, having just successfully completed my heartworm treatment, I’m on the road to be one of the winners!  I’m a female, salt & pepper Schnauzer mix with natural ears and a natural tail.  I’m about two years old and I weigh about fourteen pounds.  I’m crate trained and doggie door trained and house trained too!  My mom says I’m very loving and I’m sweet with other dogs.  I can be very nervous / skittish around new people and I rush to my “safe place” when I’m not real comfortable.  My mom says I’d do best in a home without children - perhaps a couple or a single individual with a laid back lifestyle and plenty of time to help me grow!  I’m a real lap dog and you’ll never get tired of holding me!  I got my tweetie-bird bandana on and I’m waiting for your visit!  Like MSRH always tells me, ‘Don’t Stop Believin’!  Hold on to the feelin’!  I’m holding on….waiting for you!  So fill out that MSRH adoption application and ask for me, Lacey!  Adoption Fee:  $350

“Give a little love - a squeeze and a little kiss!  Give a little hug - Mmm, I want some more of this!  Take a little time - yeah, make a little fuss!  That’s what a woman wants!”  My name is Blanca and I’m just going to have to put my foot down!  Enough is enough!  I need a forever home where they love me and where I’m treated like a lady….just like in The Judd’s song!  I’m a female, white Schnauzer with natural ears and a docked tail.  I’m about five years old and I weigh about fourteen pounds.  I was rescued by a Good Samaritan who then gave me to MSRH’s care.  My foster mom thinks I wasn’t treated all that well in my past.  I’m a little defensive when I first meet a stranger.  But once I see that you mean me no harm, I’m as sweet and loving (and quiet!) as can be!  I get along well with other dogs - I love to play!  I’m also house trained and crate trained.  I just need a little love and a tender hand.  Show me that you know how to treat a lady!  So….can you Give A Little Love?  Then ask for me, Blanca, on your MSRH adoption application!  Adoption Fee:  $350

Cicely Tyson said, “I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there’s nothing left for you to work towards.  I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.”  I’m CiCi and I like that quote.  I’m happy to be here with MSRH - and it’s certainly a step in the right direction - but it’s not my mountaintop.  Finding a forever home with a single person or a couple, living out all my days there and making that home so happy that they adopted me….that’s my mountain!  I’m a female, white Schnauzer with cropped ears and a docked tail.  I’m about four years old and I weigh seventeen pounds.  I’d like to be the only four-legged friend in your home.  Loving just you adults is how I’ll reach my mountaintop!  I’m crate trained and house trained too.  I’m on a special diet and I require some medication each day.  Can you help get me on the road to the mountain top?  Ask for me, CiCi, on your MSRH adoption application.  Adult homes only.  Adoption Fee:  $350

“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose;  Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free.  And feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues.  You know feeling good was good enough for me!  Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.”  I’m Bobby Magee and man, I could write the  Blues.  I miss having a loving home!  I’m a male, dark salt & pepper Schnauzer with natural ears and a docked tail.  I’m about two and a half years old and I weigh a twenty-four pounds.  I have lots of energy and I just love playing with my foster siblings.  Mom says I’m very sweet.  I’m crate trained and doggie door trained too!  I’ve only had one accident so can I call myself house trained too?  I’m SO close!  If you can adopt me, I promise I won’t be any trouble whatsoever!  Like the song says, ‘feeling good is good enough for me!’  Now don’t be caught saying “But I’d trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday, to be holding Bobby next to me!”  Act now and submit your MSRH adoption application before I slip away.  I want to be your Bobby Magee!!  Adoption Fee:  $350

Annette Funicello once said, “Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.”  Truer words were never spoken.  I’m Nellie and I’m a female, white Schnauzer with cropped ears and a docked tail.  I’m about nine years old and I weigh about fifteen pounds.  I’m not exactly perfect.  I’ve got some crooked teeth.  I have cataracts.  And I’m not quite house trained (but I’m working on it).  But I am crate trained.  And I can use the doggie door.  And I’m social and get along well with other dogs.  I love my humans and am quite content just to go where you go!  Need a friend?  I’ll stay right by your side!  Want someone to listen?  My ears work perfectly!  All in all, I’m a pretty good bargain!  So can you accept some imperfections so as to have my best features?  Then ask for me, Nellie, on your MSRH adoption application!  Adoption Fee:  $150