Penny – Long Coat – Needs Experienced Adopter

This dog is being fostered in Dallas TX and must be adopted within the Dallas or the North Central Texas area.

NAME: Penny
GENDER: Female (Spayed)
AGE: About 2 years
WEIGHT: About 9 pounds
DOGS/CATS: Would be best as an only dog, Unknown with cats
CHILDREN: Recommend an Adult Only Home
COAT: Long Coat

Meet one of our newest CRT fosters – Penny. The name Penny is derived from the Greek name Penelope, known for her loyalty. This is a perfect name for this sweet girl because she is very loyal and loving. And her copper colored reddish coat – well, she definitely looks like a penny!

Penny has had quite the journey over the last 12 months. She was originally found as a stray in Ft Worth and found herself in the shelter. After her stray hold was over, she was adopted from the shelter, then rehomed to another family. They were working 10 – 12 hour days and crating her that entire time. They realized this was not the best life for her, and reached out to CRT to ask if we would put her into our program. We are happy to have her in a stable CRT foster home where she can relax, grow and become the amazing dog that she was meant to be.

Penny loves her foster family, but it was not immediate. When Penny meets new people, she is slow and cautious. If you are patient with her, she will warm up. But it has to be at her pace. With strangers, Penny is initially not sure if she can trust them to pet her. You can see it in her eyes that she WANTS to trust you but just doesn’t know if she should. We have introduced her to numerous new people. With some of those people, she will let them pet her fairly quickly after meeting them. With others, she is more wary and wants to go slower, even giving a warning snap to let them know to slow down. She has not bitten – just the warning if she does not know you and if you are going too quickly. Penny will happily walk among strangers that visit her home, and even gently take treats out of their hand while being just a little cautious. For some reason, Penny wants to know you before she takes that final leap of faith and lets you pet her. We don’t know her history so we can only speculate. Our hearts hurt for her because of this. She is such a good dog, and just wants time to build trust. That is a fair request.

And once Penny knows she is safe with you, she relaxes and loves you. Penny loves her foster family. Penny spends her days happily bouncing around her foster home. She walks with her tail up and wagging all the time. Her favorite thing is sitting on the couch with her foster family watching TV. Her foster family says she literally melts in their arms and shares her love with them. Penny’s improvement from the day we got her until now has been remarkable. And we know with the right family, she will continue down this path. Someday Penny will trust everyone but it will take time. With the right family, and a little patience this girl will make a wonderful loving companion.

We think Penny would be happiest as an only dog. She craves attention and doesn’t not want to share her parents with the other dogs! She loves toys and will play with them for hours. Her favorites are the squeaky toys. Penny is very athletic. She also loves to run in the yard and bark at squirrels or anything else that might be catching her attention. She does daily zoomies in her backyard and we love the way her coat blows in the wind as she runs!

Penny is smart. She has learned commands such as “sit”, “stay” and “down”. We are working with her on her potty training. She takes direction and correction well. Sometimes when she thinks she has done something wrong, she will go hide (which breaks our hearts). At night, Penny sleeps quietly in her crate. She is also doing well walking on a harness and leash.

Penny is a long coat Chihuahua and she is gorgeous. She has flowing locks and pointy triangular ears. She has a reddish brown, black and white coat. She is a light-to-moderate shedder and isn’t hypoallergenic. She is striking! Penny is about 2 years old. She weighs about 9 pounds (and we think most of that is her beautiful fur – lol). CRT did have a complete dental done on Penny so her teeth are white and pretty.

The perfect home for Penny would be one where the parents (or parent) was an experienced owner. We recommend an adult only home. She has high energy. She does react (bark) when she hears noise she is not familiar with, but settles down fairly quickly. We do not think she would do well in an apartment environment. With a little patience she will make a wonderful companion. She is the sweetest girl, and just wants to be cuddled and loved.

Penny is being fostered in the Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas) area. Our CRT adoption form can be found at: http://www.chihuahua-rescue.com/adoption-application/

Penny is spayed, microchipped, up to date on shots, heartworm negative and on heartworm prevention. She is ready for adoption.

This dog is a CRT rescue. Reference checks, adoption contract and $300.00 adoption donation required.

As part of our mission to reduce the number of unwanted and sick dogs, we require that all current pets are spayed or neutered, current on vaccinations and taking heart worm prevention. Applications will not be considered if one or more of these requirements are not met.

After filling out an adoption application (found at http://www.chihuahua-rescue.com/adoption-application/), please email DFWCoordinator@chihuahua-rescue.com if you are interested in this dog. Please be sure to read about our adoption process and then fill out an adoption application before emailing the contact person.