Ella - LOCAL

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Meet Ella
🐾 2-Year-Old Terrier/Chihuahua Mix
📏 Long-legged, 12 lbs of pure devotion
📍 Currently in a foster home

Once Ella decides you’re her person, she’s all in—like the sun rises and sets just for you. This petite, leggy sweetheart will happily cuddle up next to you for movie nights and quietly soak in your love.

Ella spent over a year at Protector of Animals, where shelter life didn’t allow her true personality to shine. Now, in a foster home, she blossomed within just two days. It’s clear: home life suits her beautifully.

Here’s what we’ve learned about Ella:

💖 Affectionate & Loyal: Deeply bonded once she trusts you. Sensitive to tone—she responds best to kind, calm correction.

🚶‍♀️ Leash Savvy: A dream to walk… until another dog appears. She can be reactive on leash, but with continued training and consistency, she’s already improving. Once she knows you, she's phenomenal OFF LEASH!!

🏠 Crate & House Trained: 100% success rate. She even uses pee pads when the weather’s bad!

🧠 Food Motivated & Smart: She learns fast (very fast!) and is eager to please, especially when treats are involved.

🥣 Resource Guarder? She was described as a food resource guarder, but her foster mom has not noted this, at least with humans. She can take treats and be fed next to other dogs. The issue is that she eats relatively fast and then goes right to the other dog's bowl, getting annoyed if you try to move her.

🐶 Dog Dynamics: While currently living with three other dogs, Ella gets easily overstimulated when they enter the home. We think she’d thrive best as an only dog.

👶 Home Requirements:
• Adults only (no kids)
• Calm household (single person or couple preferred)
• Experienced dog owner who understands boundaries and positive reinforcement

🌿 Health Note: Ella has allergies—likely environmental—and is doing great on medication and a limited-ingredient, no-chicken/beef diet. Testing is underway for better long-term care.

Ella is the perfect size, full of heart, and simply waiting for the right person to see her for who she is. With patience and love, she’ll reward you tenfold. 💛

Ready to meet the dog who will think you’re the center of her universe?


Name: Ella
Breed: Rat Terrier/Chihuahua
Sex: Female
Age: 2 years (estimated)
Weight: 12.0
Spayed/Neutered: Not yet - had skin conditions that prevented this from occurring but it is scheduled.
Vaccinations: Up to date
Heartworm: Negative on recent testing
Microchipped: Yes

BASED ON OUR OBSERVATIONS:
Good with Children: Teenagers but a quiet home is best
Good with Dogs: Small dogs are doable - big dogs are not her thing
Good with Cats: Unknown

Adoption Fee: $400.00

Location of dog currently: New England

IMPORTANT INFORMATION -

Paws New England is a foster-based rescue; our dogs reside in various locations throughout the south & New England.

Adoption donations cover pre-adoption veterinary costs (including vaccinations, spay/neuter procedures 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 newly adopted dog will help others in need.