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Meet Fiona!
This girl is healthy, spayed, and up to date on her medical. She is a full grown Baja mutt who resembles a small breed terrier and possibly a Schnauzer mix. We do NOT know if she is hypoallergenic and she does occasionally shed slightly.
This sweet girl was rescued from Ensenada Mexico and is currently being fostered in San Diego. She is a very happy, social, and loving small breed dog, who is mellow and snuggly but also can play and be active. She is good with dogs, but she is better with people! She adores children and anyone who wants to approach in order to love her. She seems to rotate and prefers small breed friends. After all, what small breed dog doesn’t? Small dogs hate being trampled by the bigger dogs, but of course she is good with larger breeds. Ha, ha!
Fiona enjoys cuddle time and car rides. Like most small breeds, she can get attached quickly to her new people. Therefore, her best match would be a large family that always has people around. Ideally her family members would work from home, are retired, or can take her to work or afford doggy daycare. If you are someone that leaves home for school or work and would be leaving her alone for 3 or more days a week for long periods of time, she may not be the best match for you. However, if you have a large home (versus an apartment) and are actually planning on enrolling her in dog training from day one, she might be comfortable in that type of setting. She is crate trained, which means she won’t go potty inside her crate. She doesn’t bark nonstop or have a high pitched bark, but she does make “noises” when she is excited until she calms down after a bit.
This sweet girl was fostered at Casa de ARWOB for a week where she lived with multiple foster dogs and cats. She slept in her crate at night and was able to tolerate short stints inside her crate during the day. Otherwise she would be in the yard playing with her doggy friends. Her BFF was June, another ARWOB rescue, who is a small breed senior dog.
Since mid-September, she has been fostered as a single pet in a house by a young student who has a part-time job and is renting an apartment with a small patio. This is what her foster has to say about her as of 10/4/25:
"Fiona is a happy and social dog who loves to go on walks, sit on the couch, and give kisses. She’s great with other dogs, cats, and children. She is really good at reading other animals energy and will leave them alone if they want to be. She looks like she is most likely a scottie mix. She sheds a tiny bit but with consistent brushing it’s even more minimal. Her right front paw looks like it might have been broken at one point, and later healed crooked. It does not cause her any issues and she walks on it normally.
Fiona rarely barks, she will mostly only do it if other dogs in her pack are barking. She also does great on a leash. She doesn’t pull and mostly ignores other dogs on the walk. She is about 75% house trained. She will use the bathroom consistently when she goes on a walk but will sometimes have an accident after eating or drinking a lot of water and not being let outside right away. She is a bit anxious in the car. She wants to be pacing around or on owners lap the whole time. She does well with positive reinforcement and pets when she is behaving calmly in the car. She will eventually warm up to the idea of the car, especially when she associates it with something good like the dog park. She’s working on being crate trained and making the crate a safe space for herself. She never goes potty in the crate. She does okay in the crate if you are home, but if you leave the home she might chew up her bed or blanket a little bit. She doesn’t bark when in it, only whines a little bit. when you first leave. She has been destructive only one time when being left home alone (scratching at door), but it was not serious damage at all. She has been left outside of the crate home alone multiple other times without being destructive.
Ideal home for this baby would be someone who is home most (if not all) of the day. Retired family, work from home, lots of people around, kids to keep her busy, other dogs (she’s a bit scared of bigger dogs ant first but warms up quickly), doggie daycare, etc. She gets separation anxiety and wants to have comfort from humans. She would also do good in a home with other dogs or multiple other humans to keep her company. She is very easygoing and does great going out in public (grocery store, coffee shop, friend’s house). She needs lots of reassurance, pets, and physical contact. She prefers to sleep in bed with owner, but could learn to be crate trained for nighttime if preferred."
If you are interested in this adorable girl, please submit an online adoption application at .arwob right away. Don’t wait!
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