RRUFF Information

RRUFF (Rescued Rottweilers United with Friends and Family, Inc.) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization composed of volunteers who all have a love of the Rottweiler breed and a desire to help homeless Rottweiler dogs find their *forever* families. RRUFF was founded in May of 2004 and is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as of June 2004. RRUFF rescues unwanted and abandoned Rottweiler dogs from shelters in New England. We also take on a limited number of owner surrender cases where there are exigent circumstances. Each dog is put through a rigid temperament evaluation to test their suitability for placement with a family. Once the dog passes the evaluation s/he is accepted into our program and placed in foster care. While in foster care each dog learns basic obedience, house manners, crate training and how to live harmoniously with a family. We list biographies and photos of the available dogs on our website and hold events at local pet stores to gain exposure for the dogs in our program that are looking for forever homes. We have a detailed adoption application process which ensures that adoptive families meet our qualifications for adoption. Subsequent to adoption we follow-up on the dogs we have placed to make sure they are thriving in their adoptive homes. We also offer training and behavioral support to adoptive families. If, for whatever reason, the adoption does not work out we require that any dog adopted from RRUFF be returned to RRUFF. RRUFF is staffed solely by volunteers. Each and every volunteer is an integral part of the operation of our organization from the evaluators who test dogs for suitability for inclusion in our program, to the foster homes who provide TLC, training, food and shelter for the dogs, to our adoption application processors who review and process applications to ensure adoptive families meet our criteria for adopting, to volunteers who staff educational booths who gain exposure for our organization and help educate the public on responsible Rottweiler ownership, to volunteers who generate fundraisers to collect funds so that we are able to provide the dogs with medical care and the supplies necessary to nurture them while they are in our program. This brief summary only touches the surface of the manpower and dedication that our volunteers provide to support our organization.