The BMDCA and the BMD Regional Clubs maintain rescue programs. It is not commonplace for BMDs to he available through rescue, but rescue dogs are occasionally available. With the increasing popularity of the BMD, dogs in need of rehoming will continue to increase. Please contact a Regional Club's Rescue Chair (listed on Regional Club's websites) about rescue dogs' availability in specific areas of the country. There is also a rescue organization that removes dogs from precarious circumstances such as dog auctions, puppy mills and pet stores. BARC, Inc. at times has rescued dogs available for adoption as spayed or neutered companions. BARC can be found on the web at http://www.barcinc.net/pages/1/index.htm

Club rescue programs provide experienced foster homes that are able to evaluate the needs and character of rescued dogs. Not all rescued/rehomed dogs and adoptive homes are well suited to each other. Rescuers, with the responsibility for choosing a home for a rescued dog from available adoptive families, base their final placement decisions on making an enduring and rewarding match between dog and owner. Please keep in mind there is a wide variety of reasons a dog may come to find itself in need of a new home, death of the owner, a change in living situation and an owner must place a much-loved pet that can no longer be kept, breeders often hold a puppy until they can determine its show and breeding potential or a bitch that has been bred once or twice may be retired, a BMD is lost and ends up far from home in a dog pound, scheduled to be euthanized after 10 days, but is taken into the rescue program. Often dogs coming into rescue can make simply wonderful companions for a new owner with a little patience and time for new owner and dog to acclimate to each other. Some rescue dogs may require different degrees of rehabilitation if the situation they have come from was not ideal. Always make sure you are well advised about the character and past of any dog you are bringing into your home, particularly if you have children.