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Welcome to Deaf Dane Rescue Inc.

A proud member of
Western States Great Dane Rescue Association
and
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DDRI is pleased to announce the opening of our Cafepress store. In it you will find unique items such as T shirts, mugs, Journals and more with custom original digital artwork or photos. Here area few examples.
(click on the images to see details of the graphics)

So help support DDRI and get some cool stuff too. Click here to go to our Cafepress store
And be sure to check back often to what new stuff we've added.

What's New?

DDRI Has a New Home!

DDRI Graduate becomes Certified Service Dog!

Local Businesses step up to help DDRI

Local pet supplier Mini Pet Mart helps DDRI out with discounts and specials. Mini Pet Mart has arranged special pricing on food, crates and other items we need on a regular basis. Without their assistance, we could not serve so many special needs dogs as well as we do. Please, if you live in an area with a Mini Pet Mart, make a point of patronizing them, and tell them Marc at DDRI and Sherry at Mini Pet Mart in Springfield sent you.

Mini Pet Mart #12
1999 Main Street
Springfield, OR 97477
(541) 744-0665

Local vet Dr. Cary Heyward of Amazon Park Animal Clinic has been helping us out for quite a while now with discount services, and giving us as many freebies and deals as possible. Without Dr Heyward's help, DDRI would likely have had to close its doors long ago. Top quality vet care, and pricing to help rescue. What more can anyone ask for.

All the pups say thanks Dr. Cary!

We have a new feature, the DDRI Store. Be sure to check it out. You'll find all sorts of exciting stuff, including books and videos on dogs, dog training, and deaf dogs. The proceeds from sales at the DDRI Store go towards funding DDRI itself. We get a commission on any Dogwise sales when a person shops Dogwise by entering through our portal. To find out more about this be sure to check out our store.

Help Needed

We need your help!!!

With the recent influx of dogs, and some recent vet expenses, our budget is stretched past its limits. Our only sources of income are adoption fees, donations, and sales from our new DDRI Store. If you can, please help us out by making a donation. Donations are not tax deductible, but you you will still get that warm fuzzy feeling you get from helping out some very deserving dogs, and our eternal thanks. Or do your shopping via our online store. We get a percentage of everything sold through our store and with affiliates like iGive, Petsmart, Dogwise, Flowers for Rescue, ShelterCare, and others, you can find almost anything you need while ensuring that a portion of your purchase goes to help our needy dogs.

To donate click here.
To shop click here

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Our Mission statement:

To serve to the best of our abilities the needs of deaf Danes whenever and wherever we can.
To train and socialize those deaf Danes entrusted to our care so that they are ready to be welcomed into a new home as a valued member of the family
To do our utmost to find a placement in an appropriate and loving home for all deaf Danes entrusted to our care, and to support that placement with post-adoption training and follow up contacts.
To ensure that all deaf Danes are treated with dignity and are given every chance to have a quality life, and that no Dane is ever killed simply because they are deaf.
To personally care for those dogs we are not able to place in a loving home for any reason.
To raise the general publics awareness about the realities and facts of deaf Dane ownership.
To fight the stereotypes of deaf Danes as unstable, unhealthy, stupid animals that can't be trusted and do not deserve to live.
To work in cooperation with vets, Great Dane Clubs, breeders, and others, to increase breeder awareness of the genetic issues that lead to deafness in Great Danes and to help avoid breedings that will result in deaf Dane puppies.
To promote spaying and neutering of all pets, and responsible breeding practices to reduce the number of dogs that cannot find their "forever" homes and must live out their limited days in shelters or on the streets as part of the pet overpopulation problem.
To offer whatever aid and assistance we can to any owner of a deaf Dane, regardless of whether that dog was a DDRI placement or not.
To ensure that any deaf Dane that must be euthanized is treated with dignity and as a respected and valued family member, and that any dog under our care will pass on in the arms of a human friend.
To promote awareness of what a special gift from our creator dogs are, what a responsibility mankind has to do right by these gifts, and how much more important it is that we do so for deaf dogs.

We use Patented Kuranda Dog Beds because they are durable, chew proof, easy to clean, and our dogs love them. If you would like to donate a bed to us, click here.

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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

- Mohandas Gandhi

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