Scottish Terrier Club
of
Greater Washington D.C.

Our rescue organization has served the needs of homeless Scotties in the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia areas for over fifty years. Click here for Rescue Stories. We are a non-profit group that is funded and managed by the The Scottish Terrier Club of Greater Washington, D.C., Inc. (STCGW). We are a 501C7 corporation registered in Maryland and our Federal Tax ID number is 23-152268. We are also an AKC sanctioned rescue. We maintain a list of candidates who are investigated prior to approval. Our approval process includes a home visit by the rescue coordinator where all members of the adoptive family must be present and a veterinarian referral, when one is available. Our rescues are placed in homes based upon compatible circumstances, never on a first come first served basis. We do not practice euthanasia and we absorb the expense of housing the pet until a suitable home is found. However, we always have a waiting list of approved homes for Scotties. We do not accept third party applications and each applicant must be at least eighteen years of age.

Our spay/neuter policy requires us to have the surgery performed while the dog is in our care. Only in cases where, for age or medical reasons, it is prudent to delay surgery, we require that our adoptive family agree to the date by which the surgery must be performed and we require proof that the procedure was completed. In these cases, we will not place the dog in a home with an opposite sex animal that is not altered.

We also absorb all costs of medical and corrective treatments required for our dogs before placement. It is our goal to ensure that all placements are healthy before they leave our care, regardless of the amount of time required to do so. Some of our rescues suffer from chronic non-life threatening illnesses. Our policy is to provide full disclosure of all known medical conditions prior to placement.

When a placement is made, the adopter is required to sign a contract agreeing to provide adequate care for the rescue. We ask a minimum donation of $400 to cover rescue expense. This donation is not tax deductible.

If you would like to provide a home for a rescue Scottie, please complete an application by clicking on the rescue section at the website for the Scottish Terrier Club of America .