Ruff Ruff! My name is Bart

I was a stray out on the streets with my tiny Dachshund friend, Lisa one day. We were eating old yucky food in the middle of the street. Some nice people saw us and brought us some yummy sausage to eat instead and we were so desperate that our hunger outweighed our fear of strangers. BAM! Before we knew it we were grabbed up and rescued. We were brought to a foster home while we waited for our forever families to adopt us. Little Lisa found her forever family, but I’m still waiting for mine.

When I got to my foster house I was scared of a lot of things. It took me almost a week to be confident enough to walk in the door from outside on my own four feet. Now I’m doing it without even thinking. I love to be loved and even though at first I was afraid of the human hands now I seek them out to touch me. My foster mom said that I’m one of the smartest dogs she’s fostered… she calls me “smart as a whip”. I learned a lot of commands… sit, stay, come and down… in just a few days. I am crate trained, although my foster mom doesn’t crate me anymore because I’m such a good boy in the house even when the family is gone at work.

In my forever home I need a kind, gentle family and a small dog brother or sister (or two!) who will play like crazy with me. I would like people who will never holler at me or use rough hands on me. And I would love it if my new family will take me to the dog park and play fetch with me often. I love to play and run around so, so fast (see my video!)! Not only am I energetic but I also know how to relax. I’m NOT a hyperactive dog who can’t settle down. One of my favorite things to do here is snuggle on the couch with all of those other warm furry dogs and my foster humans under a cozy blanket. Sometimes I lay in foster mom’s arms like a furry baby.

I will be treated for heartworms in the summer (of 2013) but that won’t stop you from adopting me now if you are the right home for me and I’m the right dog for you. AAT will pay for my treatment at their vet in Richardson and all you would have to do is keep me quiet in the crate for a month after my treatment and give me some medicine which AAT will pay for. Heartworms are not contagious, so your pets cannot catch it from me (and humans don't get it). Pets can only get it from a mosquito that is carrying Heartworms if they are unprotected by a preventative.

If you are interested in adopting a sweet, young, cuddly, dog park loving, ball fetching, funny boy like me please fill out an application at http://www.animalalliesoftexas.org/adoption-application/ today for me, BART! Thanks!