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My basic info
Breed
Bichon Frise
Color
White
Age
Adult
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Female
Pet ID
–
My details
Good with dogs
Purebred
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
My personality
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
Marie is another of the reasons we hate puppy mills so much 😡
This beautiful bichon girl with soulful eyes was kept in a cage used for breeding until she was no longer useful. She’s still struggling to understand that there’s a better life out there for her and scampers away from human hands and anything new and scary. Her only source of comfort is other dogs and she’s a follower, so she will definitely need a home with at least one other compatible doggie friend (or better yet, pack of doggie friends) to help her feel safe. Housebreaking, leash-walking, running in the grass, and being cuddled and loved are all foreign concepts to dogs like Marie and she will need a very patient calm person to help her feel safe. She is a major flight risk if she ever gets loose because of her fear and will need extra precautions to make sure she doesn’t have a chance to bolt or escape especially when panicked in a new place. She’s not been aggressive at all, just tries to flee or shuts down and tries to make herself invisible when scared, the classic learned helplessness mode that so many rescued mill moms go through.
If you have a calmer adult home, at least one other dog, and the patience to take on a project and enjoy the rewards of seeing a dog learn to relax and bond to humans for the first time, email njwoof@cs.com to meet Marie in Northern NJ
Since COVID-19, we are no longer holding our Sunday adoption events until further notice, but we are scheduling meet and greet appointments with a specific dog or dogs at our meeting spots in Northern NJ. To streamline adoptions, all communication before, during, and after the adoption process is done through email only: we have limited volunteers able to return phone calls. Submit an application from our website www.secondchance.petfinder.com to speed up the adoption process and email any questions to us at njwoof@cs.com. Please check your email regularly for next steps. All our dogs reside in foster care in Northern NJ until adoption and we do not have a central shelter location. We are a small all-volunteer organization focused on rescuing local dogs from area shelters, as well as accepting some surrenders and puppy mill rescues.
