Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
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Story
Hello, my name is Polo and I`m looking for a new home. My last family didn`t pay much attention to me, and they didn`t treat me very good either. I didn`t realize it until I got to this shelter and people started being nice to me and doing nice things for me. It was then that I understood what I had been missing all along.When I got here, my hair was long and filthy, and it was full of knots. It was also full of nasty fleas! My hair was so long that it touched the floor! The knots were pulling on my skin and made it so sore! I`ll admit - I was a little grumpy with the girls when they tried to help me that first day, but it hurt and I didn`t trust anyone.They gave me some medicine to make me sleepy, and when I woke up I didn`t have any of those nasty mats anymore and there were no more fleas either! At first I didn`t understand and it felt strange, but it was good to be rid of all that! The girls said they try not to shave dogs in the middle of this cold weather, but they had no choice with me. Take a look at my `before` pictures, and you can see how bad it was.Right now I may be a little crazy-looking, but my hair will grow back, and when it does, I`ll be a very handsome young ShihTzu! I`m on the bigger side - around eighteen pounds - so you probably won`t trip over me like those wee little ones.Because I still have a few trust issues, I`ll need to go into a home with no little children. It will take me some time to learn to trust my new people, so bear with me. I never had toys before I came here, and now I`m a bit protective of the ones I have. Pretty soon, I`ll be playing ball and squeaking stuffies like a pro!I also HATE leashes. I hate the kind that go over your head, the kind that attach to your collar, and even the kind that attach to your harness. In fact, if I even SEE a leash, I`ll try to attack it! For that reason, I`m going to need a fenced yard, because no one is putting a leash on me if I have anything to say about it. You can draw your own conclusions as to `why` I despise leashes so much.I`ve learned to enjoy the attention of the girls here at the shelter because I know they`re not going to hurt me. When I get a new family, I will learn to love them just as much. It`s not going to happen in a day, and it might not happen in a week, but eventually I will trust and love them, and I will spend the rest of my life at their side.A lot has happened to me in my two short years of life on this
