Whether it is a Weim eating out of a garbage can or a Weim that the owner ‘just no longer has time for’, the number of Weimaraners in need of new homes is growing at staggering rates. In 2000, WCA Rescue Committee placed over 600 Weims in new homes. Some of the reasons for turning family pets over to WCA Rescue include divorce, new home, lack of knowledge about the breed, new baby, and the list goes on and on. Weims are becoming more and more popular among the general pet owner population. Why the increased popularity? Weims have been shown in television commercials, Sesame Street, and in calendars dressed up in human clothes. To support the increased popularity, breeders are breeding for quantity not quality. Without adequate education from breeders and local Weim clubs, dog owners find themselves in a situation they can not handle. The only good news is that there are families that want to adopt these unwanted Weims.

WCA Rescue Committee is a varied group of Weim lovers that help find unwanted Weims new homes. The rescue committee is responsible for taking dogs from homes that no longer want them and from shelters that can not place them. The volunteers foster these dogs, transport them, care for them, and eventually place them in their new homes. All dogs entering the rescue program are given a health check and have an AKC Companion Animal Recovery microchip implanted in them. This microchip helps to ensure that if the dog is lost or stolen, it can be returned to its owner or returned back to WCA Rescue.