"Everyone in the world should adopt their puppy from Responsible Rescue of Uruguay. 
​It's that simple."    Dra. Maria Andrea Silveira Mauri

The goal for Responsible Rescue of Uruguay is to bring the adoption systems that have been proven to reduce the homeless dogs on the street in first world countries, here to Uruguay. For this reason, every puppy must be vaccinated and castrated before they leave our care. Our program takes ten weeks (from birth).  Because a well behaved puppy is much less likely to be abandoned, we begin their housebreaking as soon as they open their eyes (typically 14 days). Our puppies live in the house with us and learn to be part of a family.  We believe this pre-training plays an important role in the long term success stories we have.
While the average cost of raising these puppies with this level of care is about $250 U.S.D. each, we insist on an adoption donation of just $1.000 pesos Uruguayos (about 24 USD). We find this helps protect our puppies against impulse adoptions which later lead to abandonment. Those who do not understand the incredible value of this minimum donation are not likely to either vaccinate or spay/neuter their puppy or, be responsible owners.  Those who cannot afford this donation may find it difficult to care for the puppy /dog long term.
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                                             "Will you love me forever?"                             "Yes, my little puppy. I WILL love your forever."

Harley is only 18 days old and like her siblings, she already knows  to "use the bathroom."  Our vet was fascinated at this when she visited. Once puppies are three weeks old, we begin waking them up every two hours to take them outside.  If we wait until they wake up on their own, we won't be able to get them outside in time.  Our puppies are fully housebroken when they leave our care at 9 weeks. Of course new adoptive families have to help by taking up water 3 hours before bed and taking the puppy out last thing at night and the very first thing in the morning.