My name is Ace!

Ace is an extremely loving 19 months old Giant Schnauzer. Operative word here is GIANT! He is looking for his forever home. Ace came to us from a NC shelter, although we were able to speak with his owners. They got Ace at 7 months old from a backyard breeder, with two small kids and immediately he got larger and would knock the children down playing. The family was gone very long hours and kept him in a wire crate and then he slept there as well. So a majority of his life has been inside a crate with only the TV on for noise and no training.

He was neglected not only with no companionship, but matted and filthy. Sporting his new haircut and clean now, he’s showing off quite a bit. He’s just learning to play with toys and wants to play with his humans constantly. He’s friendly and just wants to please and be petted constantly. He cannot get enough attention, since that’s been lacking his entire life. Ace is HIGH energy at this point, being a puppy, no training, and with no way to release his energy, he’s just like a bouncing ball. In only a few short weeks he’s learning to live with activity in the house, being around all the people, and not living in a crate all the time. He is very boisterous if he’s in a kennel. Ace needs some basic training, he’s a very fast learner, in just a day he learned to sit. Now, not for long, remember he’s a puppy. So his attention span is a little short. We have learned he will try to counter surf, which has only happened once here. But I keep a close eye on him when free in the house.

Ace walks well on a leash, doesn’t pull and is fully house trained. He takes things from you very gently and is not food aggressive at all. But he can be dog aggressive. He should be an only dog. I’ve taken him to Petco and Petsmart, he didn’t mind the other dogs in the beginning, but if they approach him, his posture changes and he’s on alert. He rides very well in the car, once in, he settles down and just lies on the back seat, although I have used the dog seatbelt the first 5-6 rides, then allowed him the backseat without it and he did great.

We did have a trainer to come work with and evaluate him, her advice was: a new owner would benefit greatly with basic in home training, once Ace has that under control, you may be able to introduce him to other dogs slowly, but she highly recommended being an only dog due to the fact he has so much separation anxiety at this time. Our trainer did not feel it necessary for Ace to be in any long term training, but for his new adopters to continuously work with him throughout his life. Although his owners got him at 7 months, the breeder stated the pups were ready to eat on their own and taken from their Mother at 4-5 weeks old. This is entirely too young and we believe this is a huge reason dogs have the anxiety as Ace does. He does

Ace is fully vetted with all vaccines, rabies, neutered, heartworm negative, on monthly preventative and microchipped.

THIS DOG IS BEING FOSTERED IN DURHAM, NC AND YOU MUST BE WILLING TO DRIVE TO THAT LOCATION IN ORDER TO PICK THE DOG UP AT THAT LOCATION WHEN IT IS ADOPTED.

Adoption donation requested at time of adoption for this dog is $625 Please email emptypockets1@nc.rr.com for an application if you’re interested in adopting Ace.


PLEASE READ PRIOR TO APPLYING
Schnauzer Savers Rescue has foster homes located throughout NC, SC, VA, TN AND FL. So you MUST be willing to drive to the location of our rescue dog’s foster home to be able to adopt from us. SSR canines are evaluated in our foster homes for a period of not less than 2 weeks prior to adoption. Our foster homes are ALL volunteers and offer their homes, loving families and teach them to transition smoothly as possible into a new home. They provide us feedback on everything going on with our dogs.

After you apply for one of our rescue dogs, we do a vet reference check , personal references and home visit. This process may take up to 7 business days, a lot depending on how quick we receive your references. Please plan on welcoming your new dog into your home within two weeks after approval. We do not hold dogs, we adopt them out on a first-come, first-serve basis based on a completed adoption process.

There are times SSR recommends not adopting a dog into a family with children under 10, this may be due to an animal who has never lived with children, may be a senior, due to their size or some other reason we have found.

Adoption and contract procedures will be explained to you at the time of approval. Your adoption fee goes towards us helping future incoming rescued dogs into our program.

Here is a break-down of the average expenses we spend on our rescue dogs at SSR, to make sure each dog is healthy and content are they are prepared for their forever homes.

Office Visit $45-60; Fecal $25; Rabies $20; DHLPP $35; Bordetella $15; Heartworm, Lyme, Ehrliccia Testing $30-45; Heart worm Preventative $16 per month; Spay or Neuter $200-$400; Total Basic Vetting $347- $617; depending on the severity of the health of the animal.

ADDITIONAL VETTING: Teeth Cleaning $300; Blood Panel $80 -150; Cherry Eye $300-$500; Urinary Tract Infection $60-100; Heartworm Treatment $400-1100; Luxating Patella’s $1,800 per leg; Cruciate Surgery $1,200 per leg; Entropian Surgery $250-$500; Demodectic Mange $100 per month; X-Ray $80 - $110; Ultrasound: $500; Cataract Surgery $1500 - $3000; Boarding $420 per month per dog

Schnauzer Savers Rescue wants to thank you for your interest in our dogs.