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My name is HIGGENS & HEIDI(SO SAD-READ!!

Posted over 6 years ago | Updated over 6 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Shih Tzu/Miniature Poodle
Color
Tan/Yellow/Fawn - with Black
Age
Young
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with kids
Checkmark in teal circle Good with dogs
Checkmark in teal circle Good with cats
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered
Checkmark in teal circle Housetrained

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

HIGGENS & HEIDI**CONTACT KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com HIGGENS & HEIDI LOST BOTH OF THEIR "BEST FRIENDS"--A SAD SAD STORY!! WE RECEIVED AN URGENT CALL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF AN EXTREMELY HIGH KILL SOUTHERN SHELTER LETTING US KNOW THAT TWO OF THE MOST ADOPTABLE TINY LITTLE "SHI-POO" PUPS HAD JUST BEEN SURRENDERED TO HER SHELTER.***THEIR STORY*** THE LITTLE PUPS NAMED HIGGENS & HEIDI OWNERS WERE A LOVELY RETIRED COUPLE, HIGGENS & HEIDI WERE EVERYTHING TO THIS COUPLE, THEY HAD BEEN A PART OF THEIR OWNER'S LIFE SINCE THERE WERE TINY TINY LITTLE ROLY POLY PUPPIES. IT ALL WAS VERY SUDDEN FOR THE PUP'S OWNERS WERE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH, THEY TOOK THE LITTLE PUPS WALKING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, THE PUPS WENT ON DAILY CAR RIDES, THEY PUPS PLAYED IN THEIR YARD WHILE THEIR OWNERS WORKED IN THEIR GARDEN, HEIDI AND HIGGENS AND THEIR OWNERS WERE INSEPARABLE. THEN ONE DAY TRAGEDY STRUCK THE WOMAN HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND PASSED AWAY. WE ARE SURE THAT HER HUSBAND ALTHOUGH GRIEF STRICKEN DID RECEIVE SOME JOY FROM HAVING LITTLE HIGGENS AND HEIDI WITH HIM BUT SOMETIMES WHEN A COUPLE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SO MANY YEARS THEY BECOME ONE AND MANY TIMES ONE CAN'T GO ON WITHOUT THE OTHER THIS WAS THE CASE HERE. IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE HUSBAND'S HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL, THE FAMILY REALIZED HE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO CARE FOR HIMSELF AND OF COURSE HEIDI & HIGGENS. THE FAMILY MOVED HIM TO A NURSING HOME. WE WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE HIGGENS AND HEIDI BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE, THEY TOOK THE LITTLE PUPS TO THE SHELTER SIGNED THE PAPERWORK GIVEN THEM UP TELLING THE DIRECTOR THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR TWO DOGS, THEY FELT SURE THE SHELTER DIRECTOR COULD FIND THEM A HOME!! THE FAMILY HANDED THE TWO LITTLE PUPS TO THE DIRECTOR TURNED AND WALKED AWAY!!! WE RECEIVED THE URGENT CALL TELLING US THAT THE LITTLE PUPS WERE SO FRIGHTENED, THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY WERE AND WHY EVERYONE THEY LOVED WAS GONE. "THEY DON'T BELONG HERE, THE SHELTER IS VERY LOUD A SCARY PLACE FOR THESE TWO PRECIOUS PUPS PLEASE CAN YOU HELP THEM?" WAS THE DIRECTOR'S PLEA TO US. THE MINUTE WE HEARD THIS SAD SAD TRAGIC STORY WE WERE ON OUR WAY WITH IN MINUTES TO HELP, WHEN WE FIRST SAW HIGGENS AND HEIDI THEY WERE SO SCARED, ALL CUDDLED TOGETHER IN THE CORNER OF THEIR KENNEL. WE WENT TO THEM GAVE THEM A PAT AND A TREAT THEY BOTH LIFTED THEIR TINY LITTLE HEADS THEIR LITTLE TAILS BEGAN TO WAG EVER SO SLIGHTLY. WE SCOOPED THESE TWO TINY PUPS UP AND OUT THE SHELTER DOOR THEY WENT, WE PUT A SOFT BLANKET IN OUR CAR THEY BOTH SNUGGLED IN, GAVE US A LOOK THAT TRULY SEEMED TO SAY "THANK YOU FOR HELPING US" AND OFF HIGGENS & HEIDI WENT ALL READY TO BEGIN THEIR NEW LIVES.

*****HIGGENS--THE SWEETEST LITTLE FELLOW EVER!! HIGGENS IS A PRECIOUS, 18 MO. OLD, 15 LB., SHIH-TZU/MINIATURE POODLE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A "SHI-POO"! HIGGENS TRULY IS BEYOND ADORABLE. IF YOU PUT TOGETHER A "WISH LIST" OF EVERY TRAIT YOU COULD EVER ASK FOR IN A COMPANION PUP CHANCES ARE IT WOULD BE HIGGENS. AS WE SAID HE IS BEYOND ADORABLE!! HIS COAT IS "CUDDLE" SOFT, A MYRIAD OF BEAUTIFUL COLORS, A PALE PALE CHAMPAGNE COLOR, HIS EARS ARE A SOFT DOVE GRAY TIPPED IN BLACK !! ALTHOUGH HIGGENS WAS DEARLY LOVED WE FEEL DUE TO HIS OWNERS FAILING HEALTH THAT HE WASN'T GROOMED AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. WHEN HE CAME TO THE SHELTER THERE WERE SOME MATTS IN HIS COAT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GROOM HIM TO REMOVE THE MATTS THE SHELTER SHAVED HIS COAT!! YOU CAN SEE BY THE SHELTER PICTURE BEFORE HE WAS SHAVED HOW BEAUTIFUL HE WILL BE ONCE HIS COAT GROWS BACK. YOU WILL WANT TO HOLD AND PAT THIS LITTLE FELLOW WITH HIS "LOVE ME" FACE ALL DAY AND AS MUCH AS HIGGENS LOVES TO BE CUDDLED AND PATTED THIS IS JUST FINE WITH HIM. NEXT THOSE EYES THEY ARE HUGE, A DARK CHESTNUT COLOR THEY TRULY SPARKLE LIKE A MILLION STARS WHEN HE FIRST SEES YOU. DON'T PLAN ON KEEPING YOUR HEART WHEN YOU SEE HIGGENS BECAUSE ONE LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE AND YOU'LL BE A GONNER!! THE MINUTE YOU CALL HIS NAME OVER TO YOU HE'S COMING, HIS LITTLE PAWS MOVING AS FAST AS HE CAN GO WHICH IS PRETTY FAST. HE IS A LITTLE FELLOW THAT LOVES TO BE PATTED. THIS LITTLE PUP IS ALSO "MR. SOCIAL" HE NEVER MEETS A STRANGER, CHILDREN TO SENIORS ARE IMMEDIATELY HIS NEW BEST BUDDY, HE ALSO ADORES ALL DOGS DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SIZE THE ONLY REQUIREMENT HE HAS IS THAT THEY WILL PLAY WITH HIM!!! HE'S EVEN FINE WITH CATS). IN FACT HIS DAYS ARE SPENT PLAYING WITH HIS "BEST FRIEND" HEIDI HIS SISTER(ALSO ON OUR SITE)TO WATCH THIS LITTLE HAPPY FELLOW, RUN, CHASE HIS TOYS, PLAYING WITH HEIDI WILL INDEED BRING A HUGE SMILE TO YOUR FACE. THIS LITTLE GUY WITH THE BIG HEART HAS A HAPPY, LOVING, GENTLE PERSONALITY AND DISPOSITION. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO MAKE HIGGENS HAPPY, THIS LITTLE "GO WITH THE FLOW" PUP WOULD FIT INTO ANY FAMILIES LIFE STYLE. NOT ONLY AN ADORABLE LITTLE GUY NOW LET'S ADD SMART TO THE MIX. HE IS AN EXTREMELY FAST LEARNER, A BRIGHT LITTLE PUP WHO LISTENS WELL, IS EAGER TO LEARN, WANTING TO PLEASE. HE IS A TRUE "OPEN BOOK" READY TO LEARN ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TEACH HIM. HE IS SUCH A SOCIAL LITTLE FELLOW,YOU COULD TAKE HIM ANYWHERE AND HE WOULD FIT RIGHT IN. TAKE HIM TO THE PARK SO HE COULD MEET SOME NEW BEST PLAY BUDDIES. IF IT WAS YOUR DAY TO RUN ERRANDS AROUND TOWN HIGGENS WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED TO GO ALONG. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU AND HIGGENS HAVE GONE TO THE PARK, RUN ERRANDS, PLAYED IN HIS YARD WITH ALL OF HIS TOYS, WHEN YOU SETTLE IN TO WATCH A MOVIE OR READ A BOOK YOU WILL FIND THIS LITTLE LOVER SNUGGLED UP AS CLOSE TO YOU AS HE CAN GET, WHEN IT'S BED TIME HIS TRUE SLEEPING ARRANGEMENT OF CHOICE IN ALL NESTLED IN BED WITH YOU!! ONE THING ABOUT IT THIS "LITTLE" FELLOW DOESN'T TAKE UP A GREAT DEAL OF ROOM. HIGGENS IS A PUP THAT HIS FIRST DAY WITH YOU YOU WOULD THINK HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIFE. OUR DIRECTOR FEELS THAT THE PERFECT HOME FOR HIGGENS WOULD BE WITH A FAMILY WITH GENTLE CHILDREN, A SINGLE WOMAN OR GUY, OR A RETIRED COUPLE, AN OWNER WHO WOULD ADORE LOVING AND PLAYING WITH THIS LITTLE SWEET PUP. IF YOU ARE HOPING TO ADD TO YOUR FAMILY A LITTLE GUY WHO IS PLAYFUL--LOYAL--HAPPY--FUN--SMART AND OH YES ABSOLUTELY SOOOOOO ADORABLE WITH A FACE THAT WILL MAKE YOU MELT THEN LOOK NO FURTHER YOU'VE FOUND HIGGENS. WE GUARANTEE THAT EVERYDAY HIGGENS IS A PART OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU WILL PLAY A LOT, LAUGH A LOT BUT MOST OF ALL LOVE THIS PUP A LOT--HE IS A DOLL!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO HIGGENS & HEIDI WAS NOT THEIR FAULT JUST A VERY SAD AND TRAGIC SITUATION. IT IS OUR WISH THAT THESE TWO "BEST FRIENDS" CAN SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES TOGETHER WE FEEL MANY TIMES TWO IS AS EASY AS ONE, THE TWO PUPS EAT TOGETHER, PLAY TOGETHER, SLEEP TOGETHER THEY WILL KEEP EACH OTHER COMPANY IF YOU WERE AWAY SOME DURING THE DAY AND YOU WON'T HAVE A LONELY PUP. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT ONE OF OUR ADOPTION APPLICATIONS WHICH IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START TO ADOPT ONE OF OUR DOGS, PLEASE CONTACT ***KAT katkylabrescue@gmail.com ***FOR AN APPLICATION. HIGGENS & HEIDI ARE WITH THEIR FOSTER FAMILY IN KENTUCKY THEY WILL ARRIVE IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA ON A PET TRANSPORT ONCE THEY ARE ADOPTED. THEIR ADOPTION FEE WHICH INCLUDES THEIR TRANSPORT FEE IS $850(ECH). HIGGENS & HEIDI ARE ALTERED, THEY ARE CURRENT ON THEIR VACCINATIONS, THEY ARE HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, ON HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE, DEWORMED AND ON FLEA AND TICK PREVENTATIVE. HIGGENS AND HEIDI ARE MICRO-CHIPPED.

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