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Illinois Birddog Rescue

Dog rescue in Wood Dale, IL

Who We Are...

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Our Mission Statement
It is our mission to provide a temporary safe haven and rehabilitation for field bred English Pointers and English Setters found homeless in shelters. In an effort to find the dogs homes, we also hope to educate the public on dog health and training. We also work to dispel such myths as “a neutered dog won’t hunt” and “you ruin a hunting dog by letting him live in the house.”

About IBR
Illinois Birddog Rescue, Inc. is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to saving, transporting, vetting, fostering, and adopting homeless American Field-bred English Pointers and English Setters - a group of canines commonly known as BIRDDOGS. We are funded solely from adoption fees and donations. Since our slow beginning in October of 2001, we have placed over 500 dogs and puppies.
Most of our rescue dogs are in foster care in the Chicagoland area with a wonderful group of volunteers who dedicate their free time and energy to help the dogs get ready for their forever homes. While in foster care, the rescues live in a home and are socialized with other dogs, people, children, and cat tested if possible. To assure that they will make good house pets, our rescues are also taught basic manners, are housebroken and crate trained. Unfortunately many of the rescues that come in have been abused or are in poor health. We take care of any medical issues and give these dogs lots of TLC.

On occasion we test the dogs hunting instinct using planted pigeons or quail to see if they have any scent pointing ability. Seeing one of our birddogs pointing a bird by scent alone is a beautiful thing. We have successfully adopted out our dogs to hunters as long as they are spoiled rotten house pets first.

While our organization focuses on pointers and setters, we also work in conjunction with other birddog groups across the country who save Brittanys, German Short-haired Pointers, and Setters by helping them transport their homeless hunters to safety.

Contact
Address
PO Box 364
Wood Dale, IL 60191
Donation
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Adoptable pets at Illinois Birddog Rescue

We'll also keep you updated on Winston's adoption status with email updates.
Special Needs
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Winston

English Setter

Male, 1 yr 2 mos
Wood Dale, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Ingrid- URGENT!'s adoption status with email updates.
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Ingrid- URGENT!

German Shorthaired Pointer

Female, 1 yr
Wood Dale, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Poppy- PATIENT ADOPTER!'s adoption status with email updates.
Bonded Pair
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Poppy- PATIENT ADOPTER!

Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Terrier

Female, 3 yrs 3 mos
Wood Dale, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Rowdy- URGENT Foster's adoption status with email updates.
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Rowdy- URGENT Foster

Beagle

Male, 4 yrs
Wood Dale, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Bono- Foster to Adopt's adoption status with email updates.
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Bono- Foster to Adopt

Labradoodle/Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Male, 3 yrs 1 mo
Wood Dale, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Allie-PATIENT ADOPTER's adoption status with email updates.
Bonded Pair
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Allie-PATIENT ADOPTER

Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Terrier

Female, 2 yrs 10 mos
Wood Dale, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Libby- Foster to Adopt's adoption status with email updates.
Special Needs
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Libby- Foster to Adopt

English Setter

Female, 6 yrs 3 mos
Wood Dale, IL
We'll also keep you updated on George's adoption status with email updates.
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George

English Setter

Male, 8 yrs
Wood Dale, IL

Rescue FAQs

Our foster home network is based out of Chicago- but we have additional foster homes all over central Illinois IL, St. Louis, MO, and Indianapolis, IN.

Additional adoption info

Illinois Birddog Rescue, Inc. requires all of our dogs to be placed first and foremost as pets. We will place dogs into hunting homes, but they must live indoors as part of the family. We also require fenced in yards for all of our purebred dogs so that they may self-exercise safely.

All of our foster homes give the rescue dogs lots of TLC. While in foster care our dogs will be:

socialized with other dogs, people, and children
cat tested if possible
crate trained and housebroken
evaluated for hunting potential by scent pointing planted game birds
We take great pride in making sure all of our rescue dogs are healthy before being adopted. All of our rescues will have been:
spayed or neutered
tested for heartworm and treated if necessary
protected from parvo/distemper and vaccinated for rabies
de-wormed
microchipped
We ask for a $425 non-negotiable adoption fee for our dogs, puppies that have not been spayed or neutered are $475 with a $100 spay/neuter refundable deposit.
When adopting one of our rescues, we want to make sure both you and the dog will be a good match. Here's how our procedure works:

Complete and submit the online adoption application
Your application will be reviewed by all board members and the foster care provider.
You will receive a call for a phone interview
If approved, we will then arrange for you to speak at length with the foster care provider and meet the dog you are interested in.
A home check will be done to assure the safety of the rescue dog in its new home environment. Because of the intense hunting instincts these dogs posess, we require their forever homes to have safe fenced in yards.
Because we want to make sure our dogs live long healthy, happy lives, we will only place our dogs into non-smoking homes.
At the time of adoption, the fee will be collected and an adoption contract signed.
In the weeks following the adoption a member of our group will contact you and do a follow-up obedience or dietary home visit, if needed. We want to make sure you and your new family member are completely happy and healthy!

Adoption application

https://illinoisbirddogrescue.org/adoption_procedure.html

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We'll also keep you updated on Buttercup's adoption status with email updates.
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Buttercup

Domestic Shorthair

Female, Young
Antioch, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Malina's adoption status with email updates.
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Malina

Doberman Pinscher

Female, 2 yrs
Naperville, IL
We'll also keep you updated on “Freddy” Fettuccine's adoption status with email updates.
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“Freddy” Fettuccine

Rottweiler/Hound (Unknown Type)

Male, 9 mos
Willowbrook, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Saffron's adoption status with email updates.
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Saffron

Domestic Mediumhair

Female, 4 mos
Chicago, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Louise's adoption status with email updates.
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Louise

Labrador Retriever

Female, 9 mos
Palos Heights, IL
We'll also keep you updated on Pepper's adoption status with email updates.
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Pepper

Domestic Shorthair

Female, 5 mos
Palatine, IL

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