Why we are a weimaraner rescue:

This is Lilly. She is a young, beautiful Weimaraner who came to us in this condition form a kennel where she was being boarded by another rescue group. She showed up on our doorstep with severe skin rash, pendulous teats and heartworm positive. Her teeth at the age of 2 were the worst I had ever seen on any dog senior or otherwise. She had also been shot in the chest with a BB or other small caliber gun. Most people would have just given up but not the rescue group who had here and certainly not us! We spent months and months nursing her back to health seeking out the very best veterinary help we could find which led us to Beach Pet. With their help and our diligent care and attention Lilly recovered, regained her health and is now a beautiful, healthy well behaved young Weimaraner and most importantly she is now adopted!
Two-thirds of all Weimaraners end up in rescue.

That is why we are Mid-Atlantic Weimaraner Rescue and this is why we are here and proud of what we do.

Go Lilly!

Friends of Mid-Atlantic Weimaraner Rescue

Rescuing these beautiful dogs is difficult enough but it would be nearly impossible without the help of our friends. We'd like to recognize each of them for their help, generosity and compassion. First and foremost we would like to thank Beach Pet Veterinary for everything they have done to help out all of our weims including my personal dogs. They have gone above and beyond to care for our dogs and see to it that they have the very best care available. They never turned us away no matter how busy they are and have treated each and every one of our dogs with the greatest care. I never have to worry about the health and well being of our rescues while under their care. When you are dealing with dogs of questionable background it is a HUGE thing to be able to have their health concerns dealt with properly. We've already come a long way and we'll be able to go a lot further with Beach Pet helping us along the way. Thanks guys. You ALL are great people and we are thankful for your help and assistance. Congratulations on winning Best of the Beach again, too!
Next we would like to thank Medical Center Radiologists for their help and support. Being dog owners themselves they understand the challenges of caring for these guys and the attention they require. It's nice to have their generous support which allows us to help even more dogs and that's what we are all about. Thank you very much for your contribution to our mission. It is greatly appreciated.
One particular individual who we think deserves special mention here and is certainly our friend is Dr. Alan Thompson. He is a practicing veterinarian from Norfolk who is one of our training clients and regular daycare clients with his nice little beagle Snoopy. Dr. Thompson has been very informative and patient with us as we continually bombard him with questions and frequently ask him to take a quick look at one thing or another as it related to our dogs. Even though we have bordered on imposing at times he has always taken the time to offer his professional opinion as to what our concerns are. We just want him to know how much we all appreciate his help, his patience and his time.
The next two people we must thank are Andrea Boone and Karin Bakken. Andrea is perpetually on the lookout for weims in need of help and often finds them before anyone else allowing us to get them before they get into trouble or worse. She has tireslessly transported dogs all over the mid-atlantic region sometime driving for days just to save one dog. Karin runs the DC Weimaraner Rescue and has been a great resource for us and often guides us through difficult decisions. She gives her free time to help these dogs and is responsible for adopting countless wiems into forever homes. She often helps when noone else has room, Karin steps up to take in more dogs. God bless these two ladies for all their hard work and determination.
I would like to persoanlly thank Glenn and Julia Cherry and Block Roofign for providing our rescues a nice, clean, safe haven while they are quarantined. We routinely quarantine all rescues coming to us from a shelter so that they dont bring in any communicable diseases which could affect our other dogs at our main facility. Glenn and Julia help run another rescue, Hope for Life, and work closely with other rescue groups in the area as well.
Last but certainly not least we would like to thank Tracy Lewis and Catherine Duy from Shar-Pei rescue of Virginia. These two ladies have also been a great resource for us and make sure we know about upcoming adoption events so that we can get even greater exposure for these guys in our efforts to find them the loving homes they deserve.
All of these people are not only friends of the rescue but also personal friends. They sacrifice their own time to help out less fortunate dogs whose fate would not be the same had we all not stepped up. We all could have lined our pockets a little more, and in this economy that is no small thing, had we chosen not to help or not to get involved. These are true dog lovers, true friends and truly good people I am proud to call friends. We are so thankful to have each and every one of them.

Nature's Variety To The Rescue

All of us at Mid-Atlantic Weimaraner Rescue would like to thank Nature's Variety for helping us in our efforts with their generous support. There have been and will continue to be many challenges, defining moments and difficult decisions with our rescues. There will also be happy days, fullfilled lives and dreams realized. Nature's Variety recognizes the importance of each and every rescue and is helping us give them all a chance at finding a forever home and the love they so desparately want and deserve.

Nature's Variety is helping to keep our rescues in great shape which increases the liklihood of their adoption. They are truly a company who cares about giving back. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

You just never know....

A couple of months ago a friend told me about a weimaraner who needed a new home. Of course I was ready to help. As it turns out this weimaraner had an impressive background. His dad won Best of Breed at Westminster several years ago and he himself was successfully shown as a puppy. So how then did he end up in this condition?

Grossly underweight....


Staph infection on his muzzle...


...his nails were exceedingly ovefrgrown, his tail was raw and red from self mutilation and he had a sore on his chest from laying on hard surfaces too long.




My friend, fellow trainer and owner of a champion lab, Beth Quinn, talked me into purchasing this dog if for no other reason than to get him into a healthy, stress free environment where he could prosper...



...and prosper he did! After two months of intensive TLC, good nutrition from Nature's Variety and proper care this is what he became...

And Mav walked away Best of Breed and Winner's Dog both days of this show in Charlottesville, Va. I venture to say there weren't any other dogs in this show who had to overcome the neglect he had been shown. Most conformation dogs live lives of luxory and pampering. Mav hasn't had those priviledges for some time...until now. He's my boy and I couldn't be more proud of him for what he has already accomplished. Go Mav!

Special thanks go out to Darlene Bergen for handling Mav in his show and giving him the gentle guidance and caring nature he deserves. She really went to great lengths to keep Maverik comfortable and made sure he had every opportunity to shine once again. She has no idea how much I appreciate what she has done for him.

Roxy 2 year old spayed female.

This is our Roxy or Rox Rox as we call her. What a lover. SHe just craves attention and loves to have her belly scratched. She's social, housetrained, crate trained and has all current vaccines.

Pete 3 year old neutered male

This is Pete. He's a crazy, lovable goober. Pete loves all the attention you can give him. He loves being outside with you or inside on the sofa next to you. He came to us from Lousianna and was herartworm positive. He is just finishing his heartworm treatment and will have a clean bill of health. He's housetrained, crate trained and current on all vaccines.

Smokey 3 year old neutered male

' Smoke' as we call him is a very freindly little boy. He's quiet, playful and loves a good romp in the grass. He's always excited to meet new people and dogs. All shots current, housetrained and crate trained.