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This helps Capital Area Rescue Effort (CARE) with pet care costs.
My basic info
Breed
Chihuahua
Color
Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut
Age
1 year old, Young
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
12 lbs (current)
Sex
Male
Pet ID
–
My details
Good with dogs
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
My personality
My story
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AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION - BUTTERSCOTCH
BREED - Chihuahua mix
SIZE - About 12 pounds
AGE - 1 year
GENDER - Male
MEDICAL CONCERNS - None known
BEHAVIOR CONCERNS - None known
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS - Meet Butterscotch, a lovely fellow who came to us from a central NC shelter. Why was he in the shelter, you ask? Unfortunately he had been hit by his neighbor's car and neither the owner or neighbor felt they had the financial ability to help him. A plea went out to rescues via a private email group, and our rescue jumped at the opportunity to serve this precious soul. The amazing supporters of CARE quickly donated funds to have Butterscotch assessed by both our veterinarian and a surgeon. The surgeon noted that while Butterscotch had a fractured pelvis, the bone might well heal on its own with strict cage rest for a couple months. A lovely foster family stepped up to provide the medical care needed, and Butterscotch is well on his way to being just about perfect! His injury has healed to the point that he could be neutered (and microchipped), and having been fully vaccinated he is now ready for adoption! Butterscotch is not only adorable, but he is super sweet and very playful. He loves the other small dogs in his foster home and loves people. Fully grown at just 12 pounds, he is a perfect size for most homes! We are seeking a home with an active adopter who has the ability to work from home or be at home the majority of the day to spend time with this wonderful dog! A home with a fenced, secure yard will give Butterscotch room to run and play safely and without worry that another car tire might be in his future. We require a home without small children or larger dogs who could accidentally re-injure him, and a loving set of arms and open heart is a must!
Our adoption process starts with your email to carerescue@aol.com or Adopt a Pet inquiry. After we receive it, we will email you our prescreening questionnaire. Your answers will help us determine that your home and lifestyle matches the needs of the dog and our adoption criteria. Once determined, we will set up a private meeting with you and the dog at a park near our private kennel just east of Richmond. After meeting the dog and determining that it matches your preferences for a pet, we will accept your application. A home visit by one of our trained volunteers is required for all adoptions, and we will speak with your vet to ensure that you are a responsible pet owner. More information on our website at www.carerva.com.
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AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION - BUTTERSCOTCH
BREED - Chihuahua mix
SIZE - About 12 pounds
AGE - 1 year
GENDER - Male
MEDICAL CONCERNS - None known
BEHAVIOR CONCERNS - None known
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS - Meet Butterscotch, a lovely fellow who came to us from a central NC shelter. Why was he in the shelter, you ask? Unfortunately he had been hit by his neighbor's car and neither the owner or neighbor felt they had the financial ability to help him. A plea went out to rescues via a private email group, and our rescue jumped at the opportunity to serve this precious soul. The amazing supporters of CARE quickly donated funds to have Butterscotch assessed by both our veterinarian and a surgeon. The surgeon noted that while Butterscotch had a fractured pelvis, the bone might well heal on its own with strict cage rest for a couple months. A lovely foster family stepped up to provide the medical care needed, and Butterscotch is well on his way to being just about perfect! His injury has healed to the point that he could be neutered (and microchipped), and having been fully vaccinated he is now ready for adoption! Butterscotch is not only adorable, but he is super sweet and very playful. He loves the other small dogs in his foster home and loves people. Fully grown at just 12 pounds, he is a perfect size for most homes! We are seeking a home with an active adopter who has the ability to work from home or be at home the majority of the day to spend time with this wonderful dog! A home with a fenced, secure yard will give Butterscotch room to run and play safely and without worry that another car tire might be in his future. We require a home without small children or larger dogs who could accidentally re-injure him, and a loving set of arms and open heart is a must!
Our adoption process starts with your email to carerescue@aol.com or Adopt a Pet inquiry. After we receive it, we will email you our prescreening questionnaire. Your answers will help us determine that your home and lifestyle matches the needs of the dog and our adoption criteria. Once determined, we will set up a private meeting with you and the dog at a park near our private kennel just east of Richmond. After meeting the dog and determining that it matches your preferences for a pet, we will accept your application. A home visit by one of our trained volunteers is required for all adoptions, and we will speak with your vet to ensure that you are a responsible pet owner. More information on our website at www.carerva.com.
CARE Rescue is a private, non-profit, all volunteer organization. We do not have a public facility for you to visit, so the only opportunity to meet our adoptable animals is at a private appointment. We update our Adopt a Pet listing daily, so animals advertised as available are available for adoption!
Our adoption process begins with meeting the animal via appointment. We do NOT have an online application, but will offer you one after you have met the animal(s) you are interested in adopting and have determined that it is a good fit for your home. We are happy to discuss, at length, available information on our animals in person. Because we are a volunteer organization, we cannot always answer and respond to telephone calls and emails.
After the potential adopters meet an animal and complete an application, our adoption committee meets to determine which applications it has that meet our adoption criteria. Our adoption criteria is thoroughly discussed on Page 1 of the application. We reserve the right to deny an adoption to any one for any reason. Please understand that we know these animals and their needs well and our goal is to place them in the very best situation for each one individually. We do not place our animals in homes with preschool aged children and are careful with size differences in animals. A constructed fenced yard will be required for most adoptions.
We will request, and rely heavily upon, a veterinary reference. Your veterinarian can give us the information we need to determine that you are a responsible pet owner. We will check to see if your previous and/or current animals were spayed or neutered, kept up to date with vaccines, kept on monthly PRESCRIBED heart worm medication, and if you gave your animal the care your veterinarian recommended. This is the first step to our process
A home visit is required for all adoptions. Generally we require that this visit be done by one of our volunteers, so often it is difficult to place animals more than 100 miles of Richmond in any direction, although sometimes it is possible. The purpose of the home visit is to ensure that the home is safe for the animal being considered for adoption. We prefer to have all family members present for the home visit.
Most adoptions take place within 7 days. We ask that you not seek adoption just before a major life change (job change, wedding, divorce, relocation) or just before a planned vacation. Our goal is that our animals have several weeks to decompress and learn their place in their new families without additional stress.
CARE Rescue is a private, non-profit, all volunteer organization. We do not have a public facility for you to visit, so the only opportunity to meet our adoptable animals is at a private appointment. We update our Adopt a Pet listing daily, so animals advertised as available are available for adoption!
Our adoption process begins with meeting the animal via appointment. We do NOT have an online application, but will offer you one after you have met the animal(s) you are interested in adopting and have determined that it is a good fit for your home. We are happy to discuss, at length, available information on our animals in person. Because we are a volunteer organization, we cannot always answer and respond to telephone calls and emails.
After the potential adopters meet an animal and complete an application, our adoption committee meets to determine which applications it has that meet our adoption criteria. Our adoption criteria is thoroughly discussed on Page 1 of the application. We reserve the right to deny an adoption to any one for any reason. Please understand that we know these animals and their needs well and our goal is to place them in the very best situation for each one individually. We do not place our animals in homes with preschool aged children and are careful with size differences in animals. A constructed fenced yard will be required for most adoptions.
We will request, and rely heavily upon, a veterinary reference. Your veterinarian can give us the information we need to determine that you are a responsible pet owner. We will check to see if your previous and/or current animals were spayed or neutered, kept up to date with vaccines, kept on monthly PRESCRIBED heart worm medication, and if you gave your animal the care your veterinarian recommended. This is the first step to our process
A home visit is required for all adoptions. Generally we require that this visit be done by one of our volunteers, so often it is difficult to place animals more than 100 miles of Richmond in any direction, although sometimes it is possible. The purpose of the home visit is to ensure that the home is safe for the animal being considered for adoption. We prefer to have all family members present for the home visit.
Most adoptions take place within 7 days. We ask that you not seek adoption just before a major life change (job change, wedding, divorce, relocation) or just before a planned vacation. Our goal is that our animals have several weeks to decompress and learn their place in their new families without additional stress.
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Capital Area Rescue Effort (CARE) is a foster-based rescue in Richmond, VA. All our dogs are housed in private homes and kennels and are not available to the public except via appointment.
Capital Area Rescue Effort (CARE) is a foster-based rescue in Richmond, VA. All our dogs are housed in private homes and kennels and are not available to the public except via appointment.
More about this rescue
CARE is an organization comprised totally of volunteers who donate time, talents and energy to placing homeless and abandoned dogs in loving forever homes. Our volunteers are a diverse group of people with many different skill sets who come together to form a very successful collective. We welcome volunteers 18 years and over to help at our adoption events and lend their talents to other areas such as grant writing, publicity, fundraising, transport and the like. Please let us know if you have an interest in volunteering with CARE.
CARE is an organization comprised totally of volunteers who donate time, talents and energy to placing homeless and abandoned dogs in loving forever homes. Our volunteers are a diverse group of people with many different skill sets who come together to form a very successful collective. We welcome volunteers 18 years and over to help at our adoption events and lend their talents to other areas such as grant writing, publicity, fundraising, transport and the like. Please let us know if you have an interest in volunteering with CARE.
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