My name is Chela #tangy-girl!

Posted 1 week ago | Updated 3 days ago

Cared for by HOPE (Homeless & Orphaned Pets Endeavor)

Adoption fee: $150

This helps HOPE (Homeless & Orphaned Pets Endeavor) with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed

Chihuahua/Rat Terrier

Color

Tan/Yellow/Fawn - with White

Age

Adult

Size

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

Weight

–

Sex

Female

Pet ID

21357869-D25-0216-0012

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:

WHAT A RELIEF! SHE'S NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN CHEWING!

DOB 1/1/22, weight 19 pounds

Hey there, everyone! I’m Chela, a spunky, cheerful, and energetic blonde-and-white Chihuahua/ Rat Terrier mix gal who’s always happy to see my hoomans. Foster Mom says that I’m a “tangy” girl, so she christened me Chela, short for Chelada, which is a Mexican drink made by mixing lime juice, salt, and beer. I don't know about my being "tangy," but I do know that I'm pretty delectable and that my lip-smacking name is well-chosen.

Foster Mom rescued me as a stray who’d been dumped in her neighborhood. Fending for myself on the mean streets of Houston forced me to learn to hold my own when I encountered big dogs. The best defense is a good offense, right? This was put to the test when Foster Mom brought me home and introduced me to her resident 70-pound female dog. My foster family soon learned that I’m all bluster, and now the resident pooch and I are very simpatico. True confessions: it took me awhile – not too long – to bond with my foster family. Now that I know and trust them, they’re “in.” In fact, they've become the sun and the moon to me, so I seek them out for affection.

I recently heard Foster Mom bragging about how delightful it is that I don’t destroy things by chewing them like so many dogs in her experience. She says that it’s a hard-to-come-by trait that I’m not even being interested in chewing. I say that it’s one of the advantages of a dog like me who’s past the stage of puppy mayhem!

Now I’m ready to find my forever home! Could that be with you? If you’re looking for a friendly, outgoing, and cuddly small/ medium-sized pooch, I’m the gal for you! Arrange to meet me today, and I promise that I’ll leave tiny paw prints all over your heart.

HOPE ID D25-0216-0012

If you are interested in Chela and would like to fill out a Dog Adoption Application, please go to: http://www.homelesspets.net/adoption-forms/dog-adoption.php . Submitting an application does not obligate you to adopt from us but it initiates contact with us and gets the process started. If you have questions prior to filling out the application, email us at lisagilchrist16@gmail.com and a volunteer will get back to you.

WHAT A RELIEF! SHE'S NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN CHEWING!

DOB 1/1/22, weight 19 pounds

HOPE ID D25-0216-0012

Rescue

HOPE (Homeless & Orphaned Pets Endeavor)

Contact info

Pet ID

21357869-D25-0216-0012

Contact

Lisa Gilchrist

Phone

—

lisagilchrist16@gmail.com

Website

http://www.homelesspets.net

Address

Houston, TX 77005

Donation

Donate to This Rescue

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

Adopting an animal is a very serious decision and we want to be sure that our potential adoptive families have thought about the impact of this decision carefully. To adopt an animal through HOPE, we request that you complete an Adoption Application, a copy of which is available online for cats at http://www.homelesspets.net/adoption-forms/cat-adoption.php or for dogs at http://www.homelesspets.net/adoption-forms/dog-adoption.php. You may fill it out online or print a copy of the application and complete it prior to arriving at an adoption session. This will expedite the adoption process and will also assist our adoption counselors in matching you to a suitable pet.

We at HOPE make every effort to match our foster pets to appropriate homes. If you feel that we are too intrusive, please understand that it is because we care about their welfare.

Fees
All animals are neutered or spayed and have received age appropriate shots prior to being adopted. We ask that you provide a $100 donation for cats and a donation of $150 for dogs when you adopt your new family member from us. This donation helps us in defraying the costs of these and other medical needs of our animals.

Go meet their pets

Mobile adoption sessions are held on the weekends. All adoption sessions run from 12:00 - 4:00 pm at a variety of locations and days as noted on our website http://www.homelesspets.net/adoption-locations/. For more information, please contact us at hope@homelesspets.net

More about this rescue

Our mission is to end the homelessness of cats and dogs through foster to adoption, feral cat Trap-Neuter-Return, and education.

HOMELESS & ORPHANED PETS ENDEAVOR (HOPE) is an all-foster, no kill adoption group based in the Houston area.

HOPE covers the cost of general medical expenses for the animals in the program, such as altering, routine vaccinations and treatment for parasites. Our foster families are asked to provide food, shelter and love to the animals for which they care. They receive no payment for the services that they provide. Without them, and the other volunteers who so selflessly do what is necessary to keep HOPE afloat, it would not be possible to run this nonprofit corporation.

One aim of HOPE is to develop a network of area rescue and humane organizations which will facilitate the rescue and placement of a variety of animals. The goal is to never have to turn away an animal in need. By forming a coalition of humane and rescue groups in the Houston area, we could potentially place all animals who need a temporary home until they are placed into a permanent one.