California Miniature
Schnauzer Rescue
—Dogs Available In Northern Cal.

PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL US ABOUT A DOG WITHOUT FIRST SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION. We will not respond to your email if we have not received an application from you.

We do not adopt dogs or puppies for use as service or emotional support animals.

The adoption application form for dogs in northern California (unless otherwise stated for a particular dog) is at www.schnauzers.us/adoptionform.html.

Schnauzers in Northern California

None available right now

Schnauzers in the Seattle area (with our friends at Aberdeen Scottish Terrier Rescue)

We have been working with our friends at Aberdeen Scottish Terrier Rescue in Seattle to help them rescue some Schnauzers from China and Midwest puppy mills. Here is one who is ready for a new home.

Rescue Miniature Schnauzer Gracie

Gracie is an about 3 year old female white Miniature Schnauzer. She weighs about 18 lbs.

Gracie was rescued from a slaughterhouse in China. Her trip to the U.S. was delayed substantially by COVID, and then by regulatory problems governing flights from China. Gracie was very expensive to bring to the U.S. Her airfare alone was $2200. Then there were further expenses for boarding and the veterinary care.

Gracie loves people and other dogs Aberdeen has not had her around young children or cats. Gracie needs a new home with a fenced yard. She would be best with other friendly dogs but could be an only dog if her owner was home most of the time to give her love and attention.

Gracie's lead training and potty training are works in progress. She still needs additional training. She has learned to enjoy grooming.

Gracie appears to be in good health. She is spayed, microchipped, and fully vaccinated.

Gracie is in the Seattle area. If you are interested in adopting Gracie, please check out Aberdeen's webpage for her, at
https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/44324596-renton-washington-schnauzer-miniature
and follow the instructions there for submitting an application.

Gracie's adoption fee is $1,250, which is less than half of what Aberdeen has spent on her.

This is a courtesy listing for Aberdeen Scottish Terrier Rescue in Seattle, which furnished the above information about Gracie. CMSR has neither seen nor evaluated Gracie.

Miniature Schnauzers from China:

CMSR rescued 22 Miniature Schnauzers from China between March 2020 and the summer of 2021. All have been adopted.

In the summer of 2021, the Centers for Disease Control enacted a one year suspension on importing dogs from “high rabies risk” countries, including China. That edict, issued without an opportunity for public comment, was issued despite the fact that not one dog imported from China has arrived with rabies. Now that the suspension is over, the CDC is once again allowing dogs to be imported from China, albeit with expensive and unnecessary conditions. Among those are that the dogs must be titered before departure from the country of origin, and then must pass through a licensed U.S. facility at one of seven ports of entry to be re-examined and re-vaccinated. The facility that serves LAX is so expensive that many of the rescues are having their dogs from Asia shipped through JFK in New York because the inspection fee is considerably less there.

CMSR had six Schnauzers scheduled to arrive on November 15, 2022. Their flight was repeatedly delayed. They were finally scheduled to arrive in mid-June 2023. However, the cost and difficulty of bringing them to California was overwhelming. As a result, CMSR arranged for them to go to our friends at Aberdeen Scottish Terrier Rescue in Seattle, who are placing the Schnauzers in new homes, along with dogs of other breeds Aberdeen received off the same flight.

We apologize to those who were hoping to adopt one of the six Chinese dogs who we were expecting. Things just didn't work out. However, the important thing is that the dogs will be safe in new homes in the U.S. CMSR is doing its part by financing most of the cost of bringing the six from China and having them vetted before they go to new homes. All of that cost is being borne by one donor who is making gifts specifically for those six dogs. (All of CMSR's other donations are being used to rescue California dogs.)

California Miniature Schnauzer Rescue —Dogs Available In Northern Cal.