The group was founded in 2009 by several members who became acquainted while volunteering with other rescue groups and through our mutual admiration of the Chinese Crested breed and our desire to rescue them formed Naked K9 & Small Dog Rescue. Our goal has evolved to help all hairless breeds and evolved again to include other small breeds (naked or not) in need of forever homes. Combined our volunteers have over 40+ years of experience in dog rescue as well as other animal related fields. We have helped dogs ranging from owner surrenders all the way to the most horrible of puppy mill survivors. Our rescue animals have included Chinese Crested, American Hairless Terriers, Italian Greyhounds, Boston Terriers, Chihuahuas, Poodles, Shih Tzu’s, Yorkies, Affenpinschers, and the list goes on………………. if it is a small breed, we could very well have helped in placing it in a forever home. The group is a National 501(C)(3) registered in the State of Michigan and our status can be verified by visiting GuideStar at guidestar.org and searching for Naked K9 & Small Breed Rescue.
The First step towards adoption is completed by you, the applicant. You will be asked to set up a user account. Once this has been done, you will then be able to complete the Adoption Application. Once the adoption application has been completed we will review it and start with checking your personal and veterinary references. Please be sure to contact each reference that you have listed to notify them that a representative from Naked K9 & Small Dog Rescue will be contacting them. This notification also includes your veterinary office, as they will not release information to our rescue without permission from their client. If you use multiple veterinarians, please let us know so that we can get complete information. Lack of information may keep us from approving your application! Lastly, after reviewing your references, you will be contacted by the foster family for a phone interview. At this time the foster family will be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have about the dog, our adoption process as well as ask you a few questions that they may have. If it is determined that your home is a good match the next step will be to perform a home visit. Please understand that we are all volunteers and depending on our workload and resources available in your area, this process can take two weeks or more. Again, our goal is to find the best possible match for our rescued dogs.