I may adopt this precious girl

Ronni

Ronni

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I have the opportunity to possibly adopt this sweetheart. 😍 A friend’s ex purchased this sweet girl with no idea about how to care for a tiny chi. The dog didn’t do well on the ex’s camping and backpacking trip, so now he wants a more rugged small dog. His loss my gain is the way I feel!!

Isn’t she lovely? 💕🐾 Obviously you have to be a small dog person to appreciate this, and I get that not everyone is. Still…..cute huh??
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We LOVE our small dog. Even he loves her.

She now weights about 5 pounds and is so cute and easy to care for. Course she is hard to potty train and I have to watch her like a hawk cause she has decided she likes her poop 🤮better than her dog food. And it’s too cold to walk her outside. And she is a crazy picky eater, except for her poop 🤮. And she pees when she is excited, and she is always excited. And I do not take her out cause I am afraid she will get Covid, or stepped on, or eaten by a German Shepard.

But, other than that, yup, she’s great dog.
 

Aneeda72 said:
We LOVE our small dog. Even he loves her.

She now weights about 5 pounds and is so cute and easy to care for. Course she is hard to potty train and I have to watch her like a hawk cause she has decided she likes her poop 🤮better than her dog food. And it’s too cold to walk her outside. And she is a crazy picky eater, except for her poop 🤮. And she pees when she is excited, and she is always excited. And I do not take her out cause I am afraid she will get Covid, or stepped on, or eaten by a German Shepard.

But, other than that, yup, she’s great dog.
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I heard if you sprinkle MSG on her food to keep her from eating her poop. (My mom had a couple of dogs that did that and it seemed to work.)
 
Ronni said:
Isn’t she lovely? 💕🐾 Obviously you have to be a small dog person to appreciate this, and I get that not everyone is. Still…..cute huh?? 💕
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We are small dog persons, that's such a cutie! A good friend runs Save a Small Dog Rescue, we support her in her tireless attention to, and unconditional care of small dogs.

We are sponsoring Hannah, has not been adopted yet, such a sweetheart.

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Ronni said:
I have the opportunity to possibly adopt this sweetheart. 😍 A friend’s ex purchased this sweet girl with no idea about how to care for a tiny chi. The dog didn’t do well on the ex’s camping and backpacking trip, so now he wants a more rugged small dog. His loss my gain is the way I feel!!

Isn’t she lovely? 💕🐾 Obviously you have to be a small dog person to appreciate this, and I get that not everyone is. Still…..cute huh?? 💕
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She;s adorable Ronni, you're so kind for considering giving her a loving home. Anyone know if you go camping outdoors, you need a larger dog that can walk in the woods and get over fallen trees, etc. That's why we got a medium sized Labradoodle, and not smaller. I hope you decide to keep her.
 
She is cute, but if we were going to have a dog it would be a big dog! The problem with any dog, is here in our Senior park we are not supposed to have a dog taller than 13 inches at the shoulder and of course they would have go be walked twice a day. Right at this moment it is 15 F..............supposed to get much colder starting tomorrow. We are not fond of walking anything in winter!
 
Ronni said:
I have the opportunity to possibly adopt this sweetheart. 😍 A friend’s ex purchased this sweet girl with no idea about how to care for a tiny chi. The dog didn’t do well on the ex’s camping and backpacking trip, so now he wants a more rugged small dog. His loss my gain is the way I feel!!

Isn’t she lovely? 💕🐾 Obviously you have to be a small dog person to appreciate this, and I get that not everyone is. Still…..cute huh?? 💕
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Oh look at those big fluffy ears!!! :love::love:
 
mrstime said:
She is cute, but if we were going to have a dog it would be a big dog! The problem with any dog, is here in our Senior park we are not supposed to have a dog taller than 13 inches at the shoulder and of course they would have go be walked twice a day. Right at this moment it is 15 F..............supposed to get much colder starting tomorrow. We are not fond of walking anything in winter!
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Walked twice a day? Little dogs have little bladders.😂. @Ronni how many dogs do you have now? How many are you allowed?
 
horseless carriage said:
Painful though it is, when we said farewell to Rosie, we agreed that another dog might outlive us, so we are now permanent staff to a couple of spoiled Birman cats, both of whom, like us, are getting on a bit.
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I've been giving that a lot of thought because I’ve seen too many abandoned or surrendered senior animals at the shelter at which I volunteer. They are sad and bewildered to have lost their home and their people, and because they’re old it’s harder for them to get adopted and harder for them to adjust when they do.

A smaller dog has a longer life span, so it can be a 15-20 year commitment. It would be irresponsible of me to take on that kind of commitment without a contingency plan. My daughter Paige is very active in the shelter at which I also volunteer. She and I have done this kind of volunteer work for many years, have rescued and fostered countless dogs, so placement of any animal I leave behind isn't a problem. Even so, I talked to Paige specifically about this little chihuahua because she is so young still, so should something happen to me sooner rather than later, Paige would have to be prepared to take her on for some time. Of course she was completely willing, so I feel confident that the little chi wouldn't find herself homeless and abandoned in some noisy busy shelter.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Walked twice a day? Little dogs have little bladders.😂. @Ronni how many dogs do you have now? How many are you allowed?
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We have 3 currently. Jazz is the 4 pound chihuahua I've had for 14 years who I rescued when she was 11 weeks old. Hope is the little 13 pound senior JRT mix I found running down the road in a storm earlier this year. They're both mine. We are also currently looking after Racer, Ron's daughter Sheri's big black senior dog who is also around 14. He had some health issues and Sheri was considering putting him down. I felt that they could be resolved, so she left him with us and I worked on his diet primarily, tweaking his food, adding supplements, and in the last 3 months he's gained back most of the 12 pounds he lost, his hair has grown back, he's no longer unsteady on his feet or incontinent.

We live in a house in an older neighborhood with no HOA, so we don't have to comply with any HOA rules. The City's mandate on dogs is no more than 6 per household, so we're covered there too!
 
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Ronni said:
We have 3 currently. Jazz is the 4 pound chihuahua I've had for 14 years who I rescued when she was 11 weeks old. Hope is the little 13 pound JRT mix I found running down the road in a storm earlier this year. They're both mine. We are also currently looking after Racer, Ron's daughter Sheri's big black senior dog who is also around 14. He had some health issues and Sheri was considering putting him down. I felt that they could be resolved, so she left him with us and I worked on his diet primarily, tweaking his food, adding supplements, and in the last 3 months he's gained back most of the 12 pounds he lost, his hair has grown back, he's no longer unsteady on his feet or incontinent.

We live in a house in an older neighborhood with no HOA, so we don't have to comply with any HOA rules. The City's mandate on dogs is no more than 6 per household, so we're covered there too!
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Then you should take the puppy. My daughter has 6, I think, and enjoys them so much.
 
Aneeda72 said:
We LOVE our small dog. Even he loves her.

She now weights about 5 pounds and is so cute and easy to care for. Course she is hard to potty train and I have to watch her like a hawk cause she has decided she likes her poop 🤮better than her dog food. And it’s too cold to walk her outside. And she is a crazy picky eater, except for her poop 🤮. And she pees when she is excited, and she is always excited. And I do not take her out cause I am afraid she will get Covid, or stepped on, or eaten by a German Shepard.

But, other than that, yup, she’s great dog.
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@Aneeda72 I didn't keep up with your dog situation. I remember your husband made you get rid of the little .. corgi? you had that you were training? What do you have now, I must have missed that post.
 
She is an adorable little dog, Ronni.
I lost my little miniature Schnauzer a while back, she had pancreatitis....I said then that she'd be my last dog.....but I so miss having a dog.

No matter their size, dogs bring such joy to our life.
 
I bought a Yorkie and named her Stella. He plays with her every night at 7pm for half an hour in his room. Otherwise she is with me all day. I can hear him talking to her. Now, when 7 rolls around, Stella starts whining for dad to come get her. I still don’t trust him him totally with her, but maybe I am wrong.

Time will tell.
 

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