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If you want to rescue a Bichon Frise instead of buying a puppy, good for you! You can keep checking your local animal shelters for Bichon Frise dogs, but that can be iffy at best. However, you could ask the animal shelter workers if they know of any Bichon Frise rescue groups in your area. There are breed rescue groups for almost every dog breed imaginable. Since the Bichon Frise is such a popular breed, the chances are there is a Bichon Frise rescue group within driving distance. You can find great Bichon Frise rescue groups on the Internet. You can also find scams that prey on kind-hearted dog lovers on the Internet. The most common are puppy mills that pretend to be dog rescues and a scheme called pay-ahead by the computer security firms. Using some common sense and the advice in this article, you should be able to tell the real from the fake in no time. There are many places online to find reputable Bichon Frise rescue groups. One is Petfinder.com, which can help narrow your search considerably. Another is the Bichon Frise Club of America's website, which includes a large section on rescue organizations in the nation. However, there is not a comprehensive national Bichon Frise list on the web. Be prepared to spend some time with your favorite search engine to find a Bichon Frise rescue group near you. You might find web sites that claim to be Bichon Frise rescues, but they are really just virtual fronts for puppy mills. If the rescue group offers more than two breeds, be wary, especially if those breeds don't have much to do with each other. Bichon Frise and Toy Poodle would be a logical rescue breed combination, as they have similar needs. But a Bichon Frise and an English Bulldog rescue group should make you very suspicious. If they offer to take orders for puppies it is defiantly a puppy mill and not a genuine humane rescue group. You should always be able to come see your potential Bichon Frise rescue dog before you hand over any money. In this way, you can see what kind of home the Bichon has lived in and check for sanitary conditions and no signs of abuse. There will usually only be adult male Bichon Frise dogs to adopt, as the waiting list for a female is considerable. Expect to have your home checked out just as thoroughly, too. Bichon Frise rescue groups will have a lot of free Bichon information on their web sites, so you can be sure you know what you are getting yourself into. People who have previous experience caring for Bichon Frise dogs before usually get preference when adopting from a rescue group. Also, overworked shelter workers can easily misidentify Bichon Frise dogs, so you should go check in person to be sure.
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Mary Stevenson is an avid lover of the Bichon Frise and owns a popular website that can teach you how to have a happy, healthy and well behaved Bichon Frise. Among other topics at this website, you will find out more about Bichon Frise Rescue plus a whole lot more.
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