Wharton, NJ - Chihuahua/Papillon. Meet Fiona a Pet for Adoption

My basic info

Breed

Chihuahua/Papillon

Color

Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut - with Black

Age

1 year 8 months old, Puppy

Size

Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)

Weight

7 lbs (current)

Sex

Female

Pet ID

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My details

Good with kids

Good with dogs

Shots current

Spayed / Neutered

Housetrained

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

READ BELOW FOR ADOPTION APPLICATION LINK.
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MEET FIONA
North New Jersey

Fiona is ~12 months old, 7 lb. female chestnut with black Chihuahua-Papillon mix (best guess). This little girl was dumped by her family for biting but was reported to be extremely loving and friendly with her family. She also arrived at the shelter EMACIATED at only 4 lbs. She should be at least 7-8 lbs. Guess we know how they handled the biting thing. She INHALES her food, so she clearly wasn’t given any.

It also seems that she was never out of whatever h*ll hole she lived in and is terrified of everything. But she has made amazing progress while in our care and she has very quickly warmed up to her foster mom and foster fur friends. She LOVES to be on her foster mommy's lap getting scratchies and kissies. She was well behaved at the vet office too.

She lives with other pups in her foster home and is currently learning socialization. She is attending Puppy Kindergarten and doing fantastic with the other dogs and the humans! She has already learned to sit.

She has been spayed, brought UTD on vaccines, HW negative, dewormed, and chipped, and is housebroken.

Fiona will need a quiet home that is patient and willing to let her decompress at her own pace and will continue socializing her with the world, people, other dogs, etc., so she can learn to trust life and just enjoy it. Given her bite history, no small children living or visiting the home. Teenagers and up please.

Fiona’s adoption fee is $450

TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE FILL OUT OUR ADOPTION APPLICATION
We only process complete applications and providing false information immediately disqualifies you from adopting.
https://gingerbreaddogs.org/adopt-overview/adoption-application/

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https://www.facebook.com/gingerbreaddogs

ABOUT OUR PROCESS:
WE ONLY CONTACT APPLICANTS WITH WHOM WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. We typically get in touch within 24-48 hours, but it may take up to 10 days. Please watch your email and answer your phone (from 201 area code) after you submit an application. Unfortunately, we do not have the manpower to reply to all applicants.

We also do not have the manpower to accept phone calls. Everything we know about the dog is posted above. Our adoption process is on our website. You can see more about our daily operations on our Facebook page.

PLEASE give your vet office permission to speak with rescues if you are applying to adopt from any rescue. Ask them to mark your file. If they will not speak with us, we will move on to the next application and you will not be considered.

We consider out-of-area adoptions on a case-by-case basis. All meet & greets and adoptions are held in north New Jersey, and we do not transport our pups. You must come to NJ. We also do not “hold” dogs. It is “first qualified, first come” and our expectation is you will move quickly to conduct the meet & greet if you are approved. An approved application does not guarantee adoption of any dog from our rescue, and we reserve the right to deny adoption at any point during the process.

Please DO NOT be inappropriate when engaging with our rescue. We will not tolerate harassment, stalking, threats, slander, extortion, intimidation, or theft. This includes, but is not limited to, incessant emailing and social media posting to demand a dog, contacting our volunteers on their personal emails and phone numbers, showing up at our volunteers’ homes uninvited, publicly blasting on social media in an attempt to circumvent the process, volunteering as a guise to extort/steal a dog, slandering us online because you were not chosen for the dog, and/or contacting our Facebook followers about a dog.

While we greatly appreciate your enthusiasm and desire to adopt one of our pups, improper behaviors exhibited during the adoption process will disqualify your application. Our time and resources need to be focused on the dogs and cannot be spent on inappropriate behavior, nor should our volunteers be subjected to such, and we will take legal action if warranted. Thank you for your understanding and support with our process.

Note: adoption donations are not negotiable. Our typical investment in our dogs is $1,200 and it goes up from there so our adoption fees do not even cover their vet bills. If you cannot afford an adoption fee, you should not be adopting any dog. They are expensive, especially these little ones!