My name is Pixie!

12/2/15 - I'VE BEEN ADOPTED!


Adoption Fee: $325


Fostered in Louisiana


Age: 5.5 years


Weight: 3.6 lbs.



9/15/15 - Pixie had a good breakfast today, an awesome nap and woke up feeling like typing an update on herself for everyone:

I am a sweet, yet still timid little girl that loves attention. I love to sit in a lap, be help and sleep right by my humans head. I don’t jump, so will need to be put on and off the bed. I’m a hearty little eater. I eat Royal Canine S/O soft food. The soft food is because I only have 3 teeth left and the brand is because I tend to get urinary tract infections and when tested, they have found crystals in my urine. So this food helps with that. Speaking of tinkling, I do my business everytime I’m brought outside, but since my bladder is so tiny, I do tend to make mistakes. They are so easy to wipe up, if you think I’m worth it. teehee

I have learned confidence since I entered my foster home. I know bark at foster mom when she is fixing meals and not getting it done quick enough. My routine now is to bark, run a lap around the breakfast table, stop, bark, run a lap, and so on. I do this the whole time food is being prepared. I will also bark if foster mom puts me in the bed and has to walk away for something. Not because I want down. Just because if I’m in bed, she needs to be there.

Even with the confidence that I have learned, I still hunker down even when I’m being talked to sweet. I will probably never lose this bit of uncertainess, but I do know what it feels like to be full, clean, happy and healthy now and there is no going back for me.

I co-exist fine with other dogs, but will not play with them. I don’t even understand toys. I’m just content to be petted and loved on. I tend to buddy up with the one in my foster home that tends to like to lay around quietly as opposed to the busy bodies.

All in all, I’m a great little gal that wants a quiet, non stressful home with a mom and/or dad, a fursibling or two, maybe a cat, no children of any age, comfy beds all around the house, and, oh, ...... I’m used to ice in my water now. Thanks for listening.

P.P., Pixie or P. Pie

5/8/15 - Pixie has been in her foster awhile now and is just getting to where she isn’t too shy to speak. So we asked her to update everyone on what’s been going on.

I’m still a scared, timid little girl who pretty much scurries everywhere I walk. I am deathly afraid of loud noises, quick movements and fast moving objects. When I first came to my foster home, I took up refuge in the office in one of the dog beds for safety. I loved when foster mom or dad would come in and talk sweet to me. This makes me automatically roll over on my back for belly rubs. Now I have graduated to one of the dog beds in the living room or kitchen so I can see what is going on, but I’m an anxious girl just waiting on something to scare me. If I get afraid, I dart to the office or foster mom’s bathroom to the dog bed there.

When you pick me up, I curl in a little ball. I do good with potty training if brought out multiple times a day, but still have some accidents. I am scared to go out the door, but foster mom walks out first and sits on the ground holding the door open for me and talks sweet to me until I scoot out. I will go back in on my own, but you have to walk in ahead of me so I know it’s ok.

I know a lot of this sounds bad, but I’ve been through a lot and I deserve the patience and delicateness of someone so I can come out of my shell on my own time. I love eating, but like everything else, bowls scare me. I currently drink and eat out of a very shallow plastic dish. Not a fan of ceramic, glass or stainless. I eat soft food with a couple pieces of hard kibble and some warm water. Since I only have 3 teeth left and a jaw that isn’t totally secure, I pretty much lap up my food with my tongue which sometimes sends food flying in different directions. Foster mom informed me that this is ok since she doesn’t mind waiting on me and cleaning up after me and so will my next mom.

Speaking of my jaw, I’m ok, but you will have to be very careful around my mouth when wiping some of the food that tends to stay on my bottom lip, giving me a bath or brushing me. I don’t need a big yard, but I do need a fenced yard since I am way too timid to do my business on the end of a leash. And the thought of getting a harness put on me every time I need to go out, almost gives me a heart attack. I do not play with other dogs, but have learned from them.

With all this being said, I’m in the market for a new mom and dad. Someone very special like me.

3/24/15 - Pixie had a rough day. She went back to the vet and had all but 3 teeth removed. We are so glad that there were no breaks while completing the dental. The wire that was put in place was removed, but there seems to be too little bone to be able to heal correctly. It is trying to form together, but is still shifting a little, so the wire was taken out and a suture put in place to let it continue to heal if it is going to. Either way, it is fragile, as is she and she will need to eat soft food from now on. They were very proud of the little weight she gained and how she looked from the first time she was in. She will have to return in 4 weeks to monitor the sutures and recheck the jaw.

2/27/15 - Pixie was surrendered to YHR because she was in a home with Great Danes and a very timid, shy, scared little girl. About a year and a half ago, her human mom passed and her human dad was not able to take care of her, so she was somewhat neglected. Some family members found out about Pixie's living situation and went and got her to try to help. They kept her for a year and a half, but she was still not in the correct environment for her. She was petrified of the active home, did not eat very well, and wasn't able to get the medical attention she needed. We just assumed that when she came in, she would need the typical, shots, heartworm test, fecal, bloodwork, dental, etc. (her teeth were awful). Well, come to find out, the reason she wasn't such a great eater is because her bottom jaw was broken and her remaining teeth that she had were horribly infected. Periodontal disease in these babies are common. Seems the jaw break was not from trauma, it was from unattended dental issues. Well, the vet wired the jaw for now in hopes that it will heal. She is on antibiotics for 30 days and will then return to have her remaining teeth removed since they aren't salvageable and hopefully remove the wire to a healed jawline. They did not want to take the teeth out on the initial dental date since the broken jaw needed to be attended to first. She is so tiny and since her mouth is in such bad shape, the jaw lines are paper thin. There is the chance that when extracting her existing teeth, her jaws could be in jeopardy again. She has been a trooper so far.

She is a sweetheart. Still shows the signs of a timid little baby. She is so small and probably felt scared for so long, she doesn't have any confidence. she does love sleeping in the bed though and loving being had fed. She is definitely on the road to a better life and has put on some much needed weight.

Pixie will not be ready for awhile as we complete her dental issues and help her learn to a spoiled little baby. What she deserves and what she will get.

We will update her bio as we learn more about her personality and as her vetting continues.