Basset Rescue of Old Dominion
Our Mission
Basset Rescue of Old Dominion (BROOD) promotes the humane treatment of homeless, stray, and abandoned basset hounds by providing food, shelter, expert medical care, and placement in loving adoptive homes. We are dedicated to ensuring these special hounds receive the compassionate care they deserve as they transition to their new lives.
Our Story
Since our founding in 1996, we have been a dedicated community of hound lovers committed to rescuing bassets and basset mixes in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Delaware, and parts of southern Pennsylvania. Now in our 30th year of rescue, we are proud to have helped over 3,555 hounds find the homes they truly deserve.
How We Operate
BROOD is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, foster-based organization, meaning we do not operate a central shelter facility. Instead, our rescued hounds are cared for in a network of loving foster homes where they receive personalized attention and medical evaluations in a safe, home-like environment. This allows us to learn each dog's unique personality, temperament, and health needs before they move to their forever families.
A Meaningful Match
We believe that adoption is a joyful, lifelong partnership, and we are committed to making the best possible placement for both the dog and the adopter. Our team of volunteers works closely with you to understand your lifestyle, ensuring that we match our hounds with a home where they will thrive. By carefully reviewing applications and conducting house visits, we create lasting bonds that bring years of happiness to families and their new Basset companions.
Join Our Mission
Whether you are ready to welcome a new four-legged friend into your family or want to support our ongoing efforts, we invite you to get involved. Please visit our Available Dogs page to meet our current residents, or explore our membership and volunteer opportunities to help us continue our vital work for the hounds we love.
10/16 - The KING OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL wants you to enter BROOD’s 2026 Howl-O-Ween costume contest! 👻 Facebook: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tUUnCnWqEWM1vsdq5 🍁 Instagram: link in bio 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners take home prizes from the BROOD store! (Featuring Guinness of @the_pub_puppies as Elvis Presley at the 2026 Ramble costume contest) #bassethound #bassetrescue #dcdogs #broodva #nothingbetterthanabasset
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10/14 - We need fosters! We have 7 new dogs we just rescued that do not have a place to go yet. Please consider fostering for us so we can continue to help hounds in need! #Bassethound #dcdogs #bassetrescue #broodva #dmvdogs
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10/12 - Enter our HOWL-O-WEEN contest from now until 11/2 (without leaving the comfort of your own home!!!)🤩🎃 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners take home prizes from the BROOD store 🥇 FB: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tUUnCnWqEWM1vsdq5 IG: link in bio 👻 #bassethound #dcdogs #bassetrescue #halloweendog #broodva
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10/10 - A true athlete 🏆🥇🌟🐾 📍 2026 BROOD Ramble Frying Pan Farm Park Herndon, VA #Bassethound #bassetrescue #broodva #bassetsofinstagram #dcdogs
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10/9 - @brood_va care packages are the sweetest! We have the best members 🥰🥰🥰 Beefy, Lola, Maggie & Lilly send their thanks and love their toys/treats!! #bassethound #bassetrescue #cleftpalatepup #bassetsofinstagram #broodva
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10/7 - 🌈 Rainbow Bridge Memorial 🌈 For the first time at the 2026 Ramble, BROOD held a Rainbow Bridge Memorial to honor the bassets who may no longer be by our sides, but will always be a part of our favorite story. These are the bassets who changed us, made us laugh, taught us how to love a little bigger, and left paw prints that never fade. We were so lucky to know them, and even luckier to have loved them❤️ Thank you to everyone who shared the stories and names of the special bassets who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Seeing so many of them remembered together was incredibly meaningful!! This is a tradition we hope to continue for many years to come. 🌈🐾 Thank you for sharing such a special part of your life with us! If you’d like, tell us your basset’s story in the comments and share a photo of them, too. We’d love to continue honoring them here!❤️🌈🐾 #Bassethound #bassetrescue #rainbowbridge🌈 #broodva #nothingbetterthanabasset
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10/3 - BROOD Bassets are the key to happiness 🥰 📍Ramble 2026 #bassethound #bassetrescue #dcdogs #broodva #nothingbetterthanabasset
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10/2 - Recap of our 2026 contests & the winners! We had so much fun with you & your hounds. Thanks for making this year such a success!! 📸 Want to see all the Ramble photos? Click the link in bio (for IG) Or click the link in the comments section of Facebook #broodva #dcdogs #bassetrescue #bassethound nothingbetterthanabasset
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