Spike - Chihuahua Dog For Adoption

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t if I’m available to meet during the week. I was adopted from MM’s last year, but my family split up and can’t take me with them, so I find myself looking for a new family to love. I’m looking for a home where there’s a stay or work from home family member as I just love the company and don’t think I’d be happy if you were gone all day. I’m also a good traveler, so you can take me places with you. I love being right next to you, usually cuddled up in a little warm blanket. I’m sweet and lovey, and I’ll give you some kisses too. I have a few medical challenges, so a family that can help me with these is what I need. They are, some arthritis in my back which I’m on a medication for. A grade 3 heart murmur, so I take a daily pill for that which I like in peanut butter. I was also diagnosed with Megaesophagus. So, I take medicine for that too. I must eat standing up, so my foster Dad feeds me in a Bailey Chair which is a chair designed for dogs with Megaesophagus. I have to stand in this chair for about 10 minutes. I’ll need to be on those medications for the rest of my life. I sleep a good bit, and I don’t need exercise as anything more than a short potty walk tends to make my back hurt. I do well with the calm dogs in my foster home, though I sometimes get a little cranky towards them if they don’t give me my space. However, I really didn’t like a larger dog I met, and I went after her a couple of times. Not too smart, I know, but I had to tell her I did not want to play! I’d be perfectly happy being an only dog too, as I bond with my people and nothing makes me happier than one on one time with my favorite person. I coexist fine with the dogs in my foster home but will leave the area if they want to join me and my human, so I don’t need a relationship with them. Nice kitties should be fine with me as I’ve napped in a doggie bed with 2 at the MM shelter. If you have other calm and gentle pets, let’s meet! I met a gentle 12-year-old girl and we had a nice time together, so older gentle kids like her could be a good fit, let’s meet. I don’t like playing or being picked up due to my back pain though. My potty manners are getting a refresher in my foster home and I used to be great at using pee pads if you lay them down for me, so that may be a good option again. Sometimes I confuse smaller throw rugs for pee pads, though, oops! My former family reported that I could dig out from their fence, so please don’t leave me unattended in the yard. Since I’m so tiny, the birds of prey could also carry me away if left alone outside. Energy level: 1-2. I'm current on vaccinations, micro-chipped, neutered and my adoption fee is $100.00 which also includes an engraved name tag, Martingale collar & leash.

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