Adoption Area: East Tennessee
Annie needs:
- An active home
- Children at least 12 years old
- Someone home part of the day to continue potty training
- Someone committed to giving her a Phenobarbital twice daily to keep seizures controlled
- ONLY TOPICAL FLEA/TICK PREVENTION, no oral preventives because of seizure history
- No apartments/condos
- Fenced yard
- No cats
Hi! My name is Annie! I am an active, smart 3 year old 10.8 lb female Chihuahua (possible MinPin) mix. I was surrendered by my owner for possible seizures. Turns out, I was having seizures, but the fine folks at SBRET know how simple that is to fix. Their vets put me on Phenobarbital twice a day and my seizures are now controlled. Phenobarbital is super affordable too. I take my medicine in a pill pocket with no problem at all. My new people need to be committed to giving me my medicine twice a day to keep me happy and healthy. See, easy peasy!
When I first came to my foster home, I was peeing in the house. I am now potty trained and even take myself out the doggy door into the small secured potty area here if I need to go. Like many small dogs, there is one exception to this… rain. You have to take me out and make sure I potty outside or I will come back in and potty when it is raining. There may be some backsliding when I first get to my furever home, so I will need someone home part of the day to keep my potty training on track. I walk well on a leash too.
I ride well in the car in a crate. I sleep in a crate at night in my foster parents’ bedroom but I imagine I would love to be snuggled in the big bed with my people too. I do not like being in a crate when my foster people leave the house though. It upsets me and I cry. My foster people have discovered I do better out of the crate.
I love to run at top speed in the fenced yard and get my zoomies out. I like playing with all the toys in my foster house and even play fetch with them, and I love chewing on Nylabones! I am very food motivated and could probably learn all sorts of cool tricks and good behaviors with someone with the time to teach me. I get along fine with the other dogs in my house most of the time, but I will guard food. I’m not very nice to the kitty that lives here, I chase him and try to grab his hair, so no cats please. I love to snuggle next to my people on the sofa too, but I lap guard my humans from the other pets and my foster people are working on that with me. I respond very well to verbal corrections as well as praise. I just want all of the attention.
I absolutely LOVE my Mister Man (foster dad)! I follow him everywhere. He is the apple of my eye. My foster mom is cool too, but when my Mister Man gets home, I am beside myself with joy and am very vocal about it. I am a vocal little lady, I bark my alerts and I will talk back to you when you talk to me and I will sing along with you if you sing to me. I don’t incessantly bark but because I like to use my voice, no apartments/condos.
I am spayed, microchipped and up to date on my flea and heartworm preventatives. By the way, I cannot take oral flea/tick prevention due to my seizure history, I have to use the topical varieties. I am also up to date on my Rabies, Distemper/Parvo and Bordetella. My adoption fee is $175.
I am a super smart, high energy little lady looking for her active furever people. Is it you who I’m waiting for?!!!
