All she wants for Christmas is a home!

We got a new temporary member of our household, a foster dog who only wants a home for Christmas.  Coco is a two year old long haired chihuahua who weighs 8 lbs. 

Coco was used by a back yard breeder to produce puppies but through not fault of her own, some how she became disposable.   At the shelter, her puppies were adopted, but not Coco.  Coco has fear issues and the shelter felt her lack of socialization made her "unadoptable".  Those of us in rescue know what those words mean...for those of you who don't, unadoptable translates to being euthanized.  Although you may want to, you can't blame the shelters.  They are poorly funded, overcroweded and short staffed.  They save many...but they can't save them all.  The day Coco was scheduled to be euthanized, one of her puppies was returned and Coco came out of her shell, so happy to see her pup, so the shelter put off her scheduled demise for a few days.

Lucky for Coco, I belong to a rescue group that transports dogs from the southern states to upstate NY and she came to their attention and a transport was already organized so Coco was able to be added to that transport, saving her life.

Coco is now safe and sound but very traumatized by her terrible beginnings and the ordeal she has been through of late.  When she came here three days ago, she was terrified.  A terrified, traumatized dog only wants to hide and stay away from humans, the ones that inflicted the hurt on them in the first place.  To touch her, it takes two people to corner her.  She would literally try to climb the wall to get away from us.

People ask me all the time how can I stand to foster and give them up?  My answer is how can I not?  Were it not for rescue groups and the people who foster, the Coco's of the world would not be here today.  My motto is "Saving One At A Time....Until There Are None".

Today, three short days later, Coco is running through the house, her tail up and wagging.  She is part of the pack who greet me at the door.  She took her first treat from my hand tonight.  She is laying at my feet in a puppy bed.  She now knows what it means to be held and loved.  She still has some issues that need working on, but she now has tremendous potential...this is the same dog that was scheduled to be euthanized two weeks ago. 

So now, this dog who had no idea two weeks ago what it meant to be cared for and loved, now only wants a home for Christmas!

Carol & The Yorkie Crested Cavalier Castle

Tags: dog adoption, rescue, chihuahua