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Posted over 7 years ago
| Updated over 7 years ago
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My basic info
Breed
Chihuahua/Brussels Griffon
Color
Brown/Chocolate - with Black
Age
Young
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Male
Pet ID
–
My details
Good with kids
Good with dogs
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
Hey guys, my name is Howie and I am a 1 year old Chihuahua/Brussels Griffon mix. I look a little bit like a Chihuahua but I am much taller and I have a curly tail. I am the happiest dog in the world! I should be because one day I was a stray, picked up by Animal Control and was living in the shelter for a week. I couldn’t escape. Then one day the Animal Rescuer, IAR, came for me and I was just I was so happy when they came for me I gave everyone kisses. I have some nicknames: Happy Howie and Houdini Howie. See, because I was a stray I was really skinny. I weighed less than 5 lbs. so I can squeeze thru anything. No fence can keep me in and I can run. I run like the wind but my foster Mom is smart. When I go thru the posts and run she just sits down on the ground and waits for me to come back. She knows I want to give her kisses and that’s what I also like to do – give kisses. Would you like to have a little boy to make you happy, laugh and give you kisses all the time? I can be your little boyfriend. I wouldn’t say I would make a good purse dog because well, I am a boy but how about a backpack dog? I have a friend here in my foster home and even though he’s much bigger than me I get along with him. I am very friendly with other dogs. I am house trained and am not food aggressive. I now weigh 7 lbs. but can still gain a few lbs. – I’m so lucky. My foster Mom is taking such good care of me. When I sit on the couch with her and my playmate she tells me I am such a good boy and I am going to make a family really happy. Maybe my family will have kids or no kids. I think wherever I go, as long as someone loves me forever and makes sure I have a secure fence so that I don’t become a stray again I can be the happiest boy in the world. Please come meet me. Kisses, Howie.
Howie's foster home is in Aurora. Please visit our website at www.illinoisanimalrescue.org to view our adoption process and our adoption fees.
