Good with Cats?    Yes

Good with Dogs?        Yes

Best with older children

Crate:

Pat at RainTeam@onebox.com

Every Dog Has a Tail!

04/12/2007:  Junior would like a new home please!  The "big guy", since he is the biggest of the 3 Chi's in his foster home, is doing fabulously!  His cold is gone, he is doing great on housebreaking (he uses newspaper in an emergency) and he crates wonderfully.  Junior is very talkative at the adoption events, but in his foster home he is very well behaved.  Like any good Chihuahua; however, he is a great alert barker when he needs to be.

03/25/2007:  Junior is extra lucky.  He was eating one of the foods that was recently recalled.  It gave us quite a scare.  Both he and Piglet began to have the symptoms, but we caught it just in time and switched foods only days before the news.  It was lucky for both, any more time on the food and they might have had liver damage.

Our vet had thought that Junior had non-regerative anemia, which would have meant that he would not survive.  But it was due to the recalled food.  When Junior began vomitting, we switched his food and he immediately showed signs of improvement again.  His values are all almost normal, except for a slight infection (cold) he is one happy and happening dude again!

Update: Junior is doing SO much better.  After lots of tests and a much needed dental, it seems that being so extremely skinny has made Junior anemic and he was missing an enzyme that helped him to gain weight from eating.  After the addition of a powered supplement, the weight packed on and he is almost to a normal weight!  

Junior is a different guy, happy and zippy, wanting to play and snuggle.  He is just a joy to be around.  The doctors want to run one blood workup on him and then he should be able to find his new and forever home!

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Junior is from Animal Welfare League where he ended up as a stray.  He was there with 8 other Chihuahuas who all had some things in common.  They were all boys and they were all adults and they were all intact.  Should we guess that their owners tired of them marking in the house but did not want to spend the money to neuter them?  

Chihuahuas are all the craze, especially a few years ago.  Sadly, not everyone that acquired one did so with the intention of keeping them 20 years or providing them with the home they needed and wanted.  Junior is no exception.  He is severely underweight, was desperately in need of a dental and was a bit scared and unsure at the shelter.

Interested in meeting or adopting?  Want to speed the process up?
Please download one of our applications and complete on your PC or by hand and send to us via e-mail to RainTeam@onebox.com (as a Word Doc attachment, no jpg, gifs, etc..) or fax to 630.372.1366.  
It generally takes 24-72 hours to review a completed application and we will acknowledge receipt and completion of review.  
We then set up appointments based on first qualified applicant. 
Or drop by one of our events and see us!!!!

Adoption fee includes spay/neuter, Heartworm Test (if over 6 months, else on prevention), current on vaccinations (including rabies if over 4 months) test/treat for parasites (ie worming, flea preventative, etc…), AVID microchip, leash and collar. 

See the Adoption Information for more information and an application or check the Events page for our next show date/time/map.  Our general e-mail is RainTeam@onebox.com, but please get in touch with the contact listed for your best and quickest response!