Nino needs your help.
Nino is an 11 year old 5 1/2 lb Handsome cafe au lait colored retired show Toy Poodle.
This is the sweetest little you guy could wish to meet. He loves people and other dogs and food and treats and the world in general, he smiles constantly and his little tail shakes with pure delight at everything. DON'T let his age put you off if I had not told you how old he is you would not be able to guess. He is an active, happy soul. He wants to go to a home with a retired person who understand that walking a little slower and maybe taking a nap in the afternoon is allowed, and watching T.V on the couch is great snuggle time and when you are ready for bed he will snuggle right up to you.
Nino needs to find that special person who will not discriminate against him for his age but will look past that to see how much love he will bring. Poodles live very long lives these days and unfortunately there are no retirement or assisted living homes for Poodles so they need us.
Nino has been neutered, had his teeth cleaned for great kissing value and is up to date on his shots. He will go to his new home with a bag of his favorite all natural food, a blankie, his bed, a collar and leash.
Please consider giving Nino his forever home. To see how wonderful it is to adopt a senior Poodle please go to our seniors for seniors page and read all about Tiffany and the very reason why we rescue Poodles from young to senior here.
Poodles need to go to a professional groomer every 6-8 weeks at a cost of about $50, so please factor that into the costs associated with dog ownership.
To apply to adopt a Poodle, go to our website
Toy Poodle Rescue
and fill out our Adoption Application
If you require more information
please call 508-533-8251
All calls and applications will receive a response.
Please do not call to ask if he is available, if it does not say adopted he is available.
We do not have time to respond to availability enquiries.
We ONLY adopt to homes that fill out our Application
Update 1/23/09:
Nino has had his appliance taken off and is doing well and will remain here while convalescing to be monitored to make sure he heals well from having the pins removed from his jaw bone. We want to thank Joel Woolfson our orthopedic surgeon (just the best surgeon, we love him) who took over Nino’s care and gave him back his smile.
Update 12/30/08:
Nino has been several times to see Dr Benson at Vetcision who has been continuing Niño’s care while Dr Powers is away in Iraq. We love Dr Benson, what a great, gentle and kind vet he is!!
Nino is doing great and will get his appliance off in three weeks probably, as long as the new x-rays look good. Nino cannot wait, I think he sees juicy big bones in his dreams just waiting for that day. Nino has been such a trouper during this time, he never complains and his tail shakes with delight at any attention. He is such a good boy. Please continue to donate to Nino’s care we have a big bill to pay, but we also have to acknowledge and thank everyone who so graciously donated at a time when our economy is not great and extra money is scarce, we could not have done this for him without all your help, we are so grateful. Thank you.
Please tell your employers about us and what we do here at Toy Poodle Rescue, many times they will match donations made by their employees.
Nino update 10/19/08:
Nino suffered a set back over the weekend and his jaw broke due to extreme bone loss from never having received dental care during his life.
When Nino came to us we did a lot of dental work on him and he had several procedures done to save what teeth we could and to close a hole from his palate to his sinus. Unfortunately his bone loss is severe and his jaw broke due to lack of structural support.
It was never a question whether we would repair this and give up on him. If you could see him run around the garden and roll in the grass you would not give up on him either. Nino has lived all his life in a breeding kennel doing his job servicing females and we believe at 11 years old he is just starting his life of freedom and can run and roll in the grass as much as his little heart desires, so we had a surgeon repair his broken jaw immediately. They repaired it by placing pins along his jaw line and then externally attaching them to a piece of very attractive green hard acrylic to keep the jaw in place. We still think he looks so handsome and he is eating little homemade meatballs like a champ since he came home. BUT……. Our bill so far is $2600 and we will need follow up appointments.
If you have it in your heart to help Nino please donate what ever you can, we are grateful for anything. We can only help to save these older Poodles with your help.
We Thank you.
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