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If you love Alaskan Malamutes, you're at the right site!  You've found Chesapeake Area Alaskan Malamute Protection.  Our mission is to rescue Alaskan Malamutes in Maryland, Pennyslvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and DC.  We rescue from dog pounds, puppy mills, and other bad situations, get the dogs healthy, and find new, loving homes for them.  Please take the time to read this website before contacting us!                                                            www.romanophotography.com

Chesapeake Area Alaskan Malamute Protection (CHAAMP) runs on volunteer power.   We've been rescuing Malamutes in our area since the early 1990's.  

CHAAMP is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and an affiliate of the national rescue organization, AMAL (www.malamuterescue.org). 

CHAAMP does not have a shelter.   All our dogs are kenneled or fostered in private homes over our rescue territory:  Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC.   In addition to getting Malamutes safe, providing vet care and love, then finding them suitable homes, we offer training tips, behavioral information, and support to Malamute owners who want to keep their dogs but need help.   Unfortunately every year we turn away more Malamutes than we rescue.  You may wonder why there are so many needing help.  We wonder that as well!

In the current economy many people who never intended to give up their Malamutes are losing their homes and thus have little choice.       We are taking as many of these Malamutes from owners as we can, or we help pay vet bills and pay for dog food when possible.   Many people refuse to understand that a dog is a lifetime commitment.  People dump their dogs at shelters, push them out of their cars onto busy roads, move away and leave the dogs chained up on their old property to die, or shoot them.    You may believe that only a sick person would do such a thing, but that's not the case.  Many people dump their dog the moment he or she becomes inconvenient.  Some of the "reasons" we've heard:      "We bought the dog for our son and he's going off to college so we don't need it any more."     "This dog's too damned old!"   "My puppy takes more time than I thought she would."  "We're moving."  "I didn't know they had to go outside every day!"  So now you know why we exist!  Interested in learning more and seeing some gorgeous dogs?  Read on!

Help us help!

Create a T-shirt, sweatshirts, mugs, postage stamps — or dozens of other items — through Zazzle.  All proceeds help CHAAMP when you order through the link below!

Or create items with your own photos.  Proceeds go to CHAAMP to help more malamutes.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

I Want to Adopt!    Great!  Check out our "How to Adopt" page and then look at our "Available Dogs".   (Please note that we often have dogs who are not yet up on our website.)  Email us for an application:  ChaampApplication@gmail.com.  

  Adoption isn't for you?  If you want to show your new Malamute in conformation, you'll need to buy a pup or adult from a reputable, professional, and ethical Malamute breeder.  Don't make a single call without talking to us first!  Please email the CHAAMP Director at MalamuteRescue@gmail.com.  We can tell you what to look for in an ethical breeder, who the reputable AMCA breeders are, what questions to ask, and what to watch out for.   We can also tell you what our experiences have been with local breeders.  Want to adopt but you're not in CHAAMP's area?  Go to www.malamuterescue.org/ rescue/listorg.html  to bring up a list of all AMAL rescue affiliates in the U.S.   We accept applications from residents of DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, & WV.  Is a Malamute right for you?  Click on “About Malamutes”  to find out.  Mals are certainly not the right breed for everyone, as they are extremely intelligent, independent thinkers, easily bored, and have a strong desire to be with their ‘pack', in this case their family.    If you need to find a new home for your Mal and you live in our coverage area, please email the CHAAMP Director at MalamuteRescue@gmail.com for help.   Please do not take your dog to a shelter without talking to us first!  Dogs given to shelters by their owners are the first ones to be killed.  (The shelters have to save room for strays in case their owners are looking for them.)   And whatever you do, please don't drop the dog off somewhere to give the dog a "better chance" to make it.   We will help you if we can.   But you have to give us some time to work — don't wait to contact us a week or a day before you move.