Official Page of North Texas Basset Hound Rescue

North Texas Basset Hound Rescue, Inc. is a 501c3 charity organization organized for the following purposes:
Prevent cruelty to animals, specifically basset hounds;

Support animal welfare by locating and retrieving homeless, unwanted and/or mistreated basset hounds;

Provide necessary funding for medical care, spaying and neutering, for unwanted and/or mistreated basset hounds; and

Place homeless, unwanted, and or mistreated canine basset hounds in permanent, loving homes.
We do not have a facility, all of the basset hounds we rescue are placed into volunteer foster homes where they are treated for any medical conditions, evaluated and prepared for placement into permanent loving adoptive homes

NTBHR is a pure breed basset hound rescue that was originally formed in 1984 under Basset Hound Cares, an organization that operated under the breed specific Basset Hound Club of America, before rescue groups were popular. We became incorporated in 1997 and ruled as a 501c3 charity organization in 1998. We have rescued well over 2000 basset hounds since our inception.
Our general area of rescue is the Fort Worth and Dallas area, but we also cover many shelters in North Texas from Abilene to Waco, Longview to the Oklahoma border. Our first priority is to rescue basset hounds from area shelters once their time is up there. Secondly, when space is available we take in dogs that are classified as stray, once every effort has been made to locate the dog's owner. Thirdly, we take fully vetted, spayed or neutered basset hounds from owners when we have space available.

Money is spent to insure that the bassets are healthy, neutered or spayed, and treatment for heartworms. On occasion we must make the tough decision of euthanasia due to health problems or aggressive behavior.

Rescue volunteers receive no compensation for their countless hours and transportation costs. NTBHR is very fortunate to have several veterinarians who provide excellent treatment at a reduced rate.
The rewards of a rescue volunteer come from knowing that a basset is getting a second chance and from a slobbery lick and a wagging tail.

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