Lucille Ball

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Lucille is in New England!

She arrived on 3/27 and the first few day was very scared, unable to walk on leash and scared to be touched. Despite this, she is just the sweetest and gentle girl - she absolutely adores all of the foster dogs in her home and tries so so hard to get them to play with her! Her foster family started working with her right away to get her used to being touched, and in ~3 days she was approaching them carefully and allowing them to pet her. She will likely be a bit shy in general since her early socialization period was spent away from people fending for herself. Thankfully though, she is amazingly sweet and gentle and really enjoys being around her people - she will follow you everywhere!

She sleeps in an expen at night, she whines for ~5 minutes and then sleeps through the night. She has had ZERO accidents since being in her foster home and gets let outside to a secure fenced area ~4-5 times a day to do her business.

We really have no idea what her breed is, but wonder if there is some type of “bark-less” breed in there somewhere - because she does not bark. She makes a sort of raspy whining noise, but zero barking so far!

These sweet babies were dumped and fending for themselves for a couple of months. Some really nice people were feeding them. They asked if they caught them, would we take them in. OF COURSE!!

The are all in need of socializing with people. They are warming up, but need individual attention. They are all happy to see us coming and wag their tales and dance around, but are timid and fearful to be touched, but are improving every day. They will benefit to have someone with them to finish their socializing needs.

They will each need an owner understanding and willing to work with them to get past their fears and help them blossom into an amazing dog! They will also need another confident dog in the house to follow their lead.

Name: Lucille Ball
Breed: Chihuahua/Pomeranian/Min Pin Mix
Sex: Female
Age: 16 weeks as of 3/24/2020
Weight: 6 pounds as of 3/24/2020
Spayed/Neutered: Too young - Spay/Neuter Contract will be required and strictly enforced
Vaccinations: Up to date
Heartworm: Too young (testing is done at 6 months of age)
Houstrained:  Not usually
Microchipped: Yes

PLEASE - Think long and hard before adopting a puppy - consider the lifestyle change this puppy will come with - he cannot be crated for more than 3-4 hours at a time until he’s older, puppy proofing your home will be necessary, puppies scratch and nip so if you have small children, can they handle this?? Training will be so important in this puppy’s life, do you have the time??

Please review this checklist for socializing puppies - do you have the time - ask yourself!!!
https://drsophiayin.com/app/uploads/2015/12/Socialization_Checklist.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2pO6dNeaYtlGHI_N90XHWRYZU3qJMB58LzhJgFSdrvxpcPI8Oi7i7q7As

Puppy Donation:  $525.00  (includes spay/neuter surgery to be arranged by Paws New England at a partner veterinarian in several locations throughout New England).  If adopter wishes to have his/her own veterinarian perform the surgery, $100 will be reimbursed upon proof of spay/neuter.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Interested in a specific dog, please fill out an application if you are interested in a dog. The number of individual inquiries is overwhelming and we are finding it difficult to respond to each one. We cannot guarantee you will receive a timely response.

Paws New England is a rescue, not a shelter, and as such we do not have our dogs housed in one location - they are in foster homes both in New England and in our southern foster homes.   If you’re interested in a specific dog, please complete a short online application and you will receive a reply within 48 hours so you can ask questions.

At present, if a dog is listed on our website, the dog is considered still available HOWEVER, may have applications that have come in before yours but it’s still too early to know if any are a good match; therefore we encourage you to apply.

NOTICE WITH REGARD TO LOCATION OF DOGS:  Please note: Paws New England is a foster-based rescue. We do not have a brick and mortar building to house the dogs we rescue. We have found that dogs in foster homes are much more adoptable because they have been observed in a home setting. Dogs listed with Paws New England typically reside in various locations throughout the south (primarily Tennessee, Texas, and Arkansas) and New England (not necessarily in the state of Rhode Island). You will be notified by the adoption coordinator of the location of the dog you are interested in so you have the ability to decide whether to pursue adoption or not.

Dogs transported to New England are done so at a fee of $150.00 paid directly to the transporting company by Paws New England; no additional transport costs are responsibility of adopter. This fee is included in the adoption donation.

Adoption donations cover pre-adoption vet costs (including vaccinations, spay/neuter when age appropriate, and heartworm testing/treatment when necessary), a microchip, and transportation to New England if necessary.

Donations for our young, healthy puppies and dogs support their fellow canines of advanced age or suffering from injuries and abuse whose donations are reduced but whose veterinary costs are typically much higher. We appreciate your understanding that your dog will help others in need.

All known information about the animal is listed above. We do our best to give accurate information, but most of our dogs are rescues and do not come with a known history.

Paws New England abides by the dog importation regulations set forth in the states of MA, CT, NH and RI.