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My name is Fred!

Posted over 2 months ago

My basic info

Breed
Dachshund/Chihuahua
Color
Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut
Age
11 years 2 months old, Senior
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered

My personality

My story

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

Have you met Fred?
His owner is dead. 😔
He was never well-socialized from what his owner’s relatives said.
But was devoted to his master and slept in his bed. 🛏️
He was scared and defensive and at first meeting strangers filled him with dread. 😱
But he is very food motivated and warms up as soon as he’s fed. 🍱 🍦 🍗
Fred has long lumpy body that looks like a loaf of bread, 🍞
Amazing big ears and a comically disproportionately tiny head.
He had not been to a vet in a decade and needed a dental and some meds, 💊
He is dangerously overweight from being overfed.
But at least he was already neutered and never bred.
He’s an 11 year old chiweenie- that’s doxie/chi mix and not a purebred.
We were warned he might be more of a jerky little butthead,
But he’s actually just a scared wimpy guy, and we are happy we were misled.
He’s currently peacefully living with other small calm dogs, there’s been no bloodshed.

We don’t normally write poetry, but a surprising number of things rhyme with Fred 🤷‍♀️
So we are hopeful our very bad literary work will help his story stick in your head.
Email njwoof@cs.com to come to Northern NJ and meet our cute little redhead!

Since COVID-19, we are no longer holding our Sunday adoption events until further notice, but we are scheduling meet and greet appointments with a specific dog or dogs at our meeting spots in Northern NJ. To streamline adoptions, all communication before, during, and after the adoption process is done through email only: we have limited volunteers able to return phone calls. Submit an application from our website www.secondchance.petfinder.com to speed up the adoption process and email any questions to us at njwoof@cs.com. Please check your email regularly for next steps. All our dogs reside in foster care in Northern NJ until adoption and we do not have a central shelter location. We are a small all-volunteer organization focused on rescuing local dogs from area shelters, as well as accepting some surrenders and puppy mill rescues.
Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID
Contact
Address
P.O. Box 221, Oak Ridge, NJ 07438
Donation

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

We request that adopters fill out a pre-adoption application either in person at our adoption day or through our website www.secondchance.petfinder.com. This helps us make sure the animal's personality is a good match for your household. Adoption fees vary according to the dog's age, breed, adoptability, and how much we have had to spend in vet bill on them. Adopters sign a contract at the time of adoption, and the animal must come back to us if they do not work out in the home.

Adoption application

Go meet their pets

Every Sunday at the Animal Clinic of Morris Plains from 12:30 to 3pm at 3009 Route 10 East in Morris Plains, NJ 07950. Call us at 973-208-0191 or during the adoption at 973-366-2568 for more info.

More about this rescue

We a small group of volunteers dedicated to rescuing as many homeless dogs as we can and keeping them happy and healthy in foster homes until they are adopted.

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