Well, like many people on BYC, my family is heavily involved in animal rescue. I've been continuously seeing Craigslist ads lately saying how urgent one of the local shelters is with pictures of all the cute dogs, and because I adopted my corgi from this shelter a little over a year ago, I know how hard-pressed this shelter is for attention, resources, etc. All of the kennels are very cold with concrete floors, making it hard especially for the small dogs with short coats. So, off we went to bail a dog out of there. We're just fostering, but of course it's very rewarding.
We came home with a little chihuahua (maybe?) mix pup, around 3-5 months old. She is very thin and seems to have an upper respiratory infection. She looks larger in the pictures than she is--really she's only about 7-10 lbs, and will not be getting much bigger than she is. Once she's over her illness, spayed, and vaccinated, she'll be up for adoption. She seems very intelligent, and extremely sweet. She crawls into my lap at every chance she gets and responds well when I talk to her or whistle. She follows at my heels everywhere! I named her "Tippy" because she has little white toes and a white tip to her tail.
(Sorry for the grainy pictures, I can't find my camera so I just used my cell phone pictures.)
(She's even thinner in real life than she looks in this picture. Poor little thing!)
She's been huddling up with a blanket since her bath when we brought her home, even though she's totally dry. Not much fur to keep her warm!
Any ideas of what sort of mix she is? Anyone in northern California or thereabouts interested in adopting in a few weeks, or know someone who might be?
(If not interested in adopting Tippy, I highly recommend going to get a dog or cat out of the Sutter County Animal Control. They're quite full with very nice animals of all shapes, ages, and sizes... I wish I could have taken them all.
And if you're not in northern California, take a trip to your local shelter regardless. You might just fall in love!)
We came home with a little chihuahua (maybe?) mix pup, around 3-5 months old. She is very thin and seems to have an upper respiratory infection. She looks larger in the pictures than she is--really she's only about 7-10 lbs, and will not be getting much bigger than she is. Once she's over her illness, spayed, and vaccinated, she'll be up for adoption. She seems very intelligent, and extremely sweet. She crawls into my lap at every chance she gets and responds well when I talk to her or whistle. She follows at my heels everywhere! I named her "Tippy" because she has little white toes and a white tip to her tail.
(Sorry for the grainy pictures, I can't find my camera so I just used my cell phone pictures.)
(She's even thinner in real life than she looks in this picture. Poor little thing!)
She's been huddling up with a blanket since her bath when we brought her home, even though she's totally dry. Not much fur to keep her warm!
Any ideas of what sort of mix she is? Anyone in northern California or thereabouts interested in adopting in a few weeks, or know someone who might be?
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