A4845759 Kiki | Applehead Chihuahua Mix | ADOPTED!
Channel: United Hope for Animals
Date: 27/06/2015

A4845759 Peke is a cute-as-a-button 5-year-old tricolor (black, white, tan) female Applehead Chihuahua mix whose owners surrendered her to the Baldwin Park Animal Care Center on June 19th without stating a reason. Weighing a bitty 8 lbs, Peke is quite frightened and trembly in the shelter environment. She does fine with her little kennel mate and with other small dogs, but getting her out of her kennel proved to be a chore: she became snappy when she felt “cornered” in her kennel, and was having nothing to do with a big human trying to get her. Once our handler did get Peke on leash and then in arms, however, the nippy mouse turned into a Velcro baby, cuddling against her handler’s body and putting up no defense to being touched, pet, and talked to by both her handler and everyone else! She has a wonderfully healthy coat, a delightfully turned-up nose, and the enchanting 90-degree “stop” where her forehead and muzzle meet that is characteristic of Appleheads. Peke is beyond cute! We’re thinking that her initial behavior on being approached in her kennel means she will do best as an inside pet and love-puppy for any person or adult family with breed experience. We’re also thinking that once she’s safe with a new, forever family of her own, she’ll not need to feel protective of herself, and thus won’t have any use for a nipping defense!