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| Name: |
Rosy
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Age: |
Four years old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Long-haired Chihuahua |
| Home: |
Raytown, Missouri, USA |
Rosy
is a four-year-old long haired Chihuahua whom we adopted through
rescue three years ago. When you see her playing and happy today it is
hard to imagine her terrible start to life.
In late January 2004 there was a terrible fire at the property where she
lived. The house burned down, and the woman who owned it, along with 9
pregnant dogs inside, died. Outside in the snow in the backyard, firemen
found rabbit hutches with 57 dogs crammed inside of them in freezing
temperatures. Rosy was one of those dogs rescued by them that day and
taken to a shelter where a rescue group in our area, came and took
numerous dogs from the fire back to Kansas City. I was contacted the next
day to foster her. My husband drove out in a snowstorm to get her and she
was all dirty and scared because rescue hadn't had chance to clean her up
yet. To us she was beautiful and after three baths we finally had her
"shining." She only weighed 3.5 pounds and it was obvious that she was
starving. We discovered her to be around seven or eight months old when we
took her to our vet and two days after she arrived we adopted her. There
was no way this little lady was going anywhere else!
It was quite a sight to see Rosy enjoy her new found freedom. She began
running through the house, nonstop, and once the snow melted outside, she
would literally fly around the backyard with her legs straight out behind
her 'til she would just drop down and take a nap, like puppies do. It was
then we decided she would never be kenneled again.
Today she is very loving, although she can't remain still if you pick her
up. She prefers for you to sit down at her level so she can climb all over
you and give kisses. We now have three other adopted chi's and she is
definitely the social butterfly of the "pack". At 4 1/2 pounds she is
healthy and living life to the fullest.
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