Welcome to the Utah/Idaho Vizsla Rescue web site. Please feel free to look around by clicking on any of the links above. About Us will provide more information about who we are and what we do. You can look at Dogs Up For Adoption to see who needs a good home right now. To read some tear-jerking stories with happy endings, please visit the Success Stories. Finally, we have some important links for those of you who want to learn more about Vizslas or rescue dogs in general.
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The world of Vizsla rescue has lost possibly their greatest advocate. On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Frank Sherman passed away peacefully. Frank was the much loved husband of Penny Fenton and one half of Idaho’s rescue team for Vizslas.

Anyone that ever crossed paths with Frank immediately came to know and love him. He came across as a tough old soul on the outside but it was soon clear that he had a heart of gold. Frank often said dogs were ‘unadoptable’ but he never really believed that such a thing was true. The dogs just weren’t adoptable by anyone but him and Penny. He took the dogs camping, fishing and for long runs in the fields. He and Penny could be found most weekends on long drives taking not just Vizslas but many other types of dogs to safety, love and comfort with foster or forever homes. Frank has left behind many friends, family and dogs who will miss him terribly. Frank always said that Penny did rescue, not him, but we knew better. Penny rescued the dogs and Frank rescued their souls.

Because Frank was always willing to have his so-called ‘unadoptable’ dogs stay forever, we have started this fund. The purpose is to use the money donated to provide for vet bills, boarding, day care and other services to those rescue Vizslas that don't have a great chance of being adopted either due to age, illnesses or issues such as separation anxiety.

The funds will be available to those special foster homes that share Frank’s vision and will provide a place for these special needs dogs to stay until their days are gone. We are all still in shock over this news but there is one thing we know for certain – there was one hell of a party at the Rainbow Bridge when Frank showed up. The world was changed when Frank entered it. It will never be the same now that he has gone from it.

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