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My name is Elvira!

Posted 1 week ago | Updated 1 week ago

Adoption process
1

Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

2

Meet the Pet

3

Sign Adoption Contract

Adoption fee: $189

This helps Austin Pets Alive! with pet care costs.

My basic info

Breed
American Bulldog/American Staffordshire Terrier
Color
White/Merle
Age
1 year 1 month old, Adult
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
46 lbs (current)
Sex
Female
Pet ID
187785

My story

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

Elvira — Pocket-Sized Perfection!

Elvira is a petite, joyful pocket bully mix whose DNA revealed she’s a blend of Staffie and Bulldog — all wrapped up in an adorable, compact frame. This girl radiates happiness. Her tail is always wagging, her eyes sparkle with enthusiasm, and she approaches every moment with sweetness and curiosity.

She’s not a barker, prefers love over noise, and is incredibly eager to please. Elvira has been a dream to foster — calm, polite, clean, and respectful in the home. She knows basic commands, is very smart, and wants nothing more than to make her people proud.

Elvira was an exceptional mom to her six puppies and is now ready to be someone’s baby. She’s fantastic with children, wonderful with other dogs, and has zero aggression or resource-guarding tendencies. Belly rubs are her love language — she’ll roll right onto her back and keep that nonstop-wagging tail going the whole time.

If you’re looking for a gentle, affectionate, happy little sidekick who brings sunshine everywhere she goes, Elvira is your girl. She’s the total package! 💛🐾

This tiny Staffie/Bulldog mix is pure JOY in dog form. Her tail literally never stops wagging! Elvira is sweet, smart, not yappy, great with dogs, great with kids, and was the best mama to her 6 puppies. She knows her basic commands, has no aggression or resource guarding, and is an absolute angel in the house.

She lives for belly rubs (will flip right over and wag upside down 😂) and wants nothing more than a family to love. Compact, wiggly, happy, and ready for her forever home! 💛🐾
Shelter

Contact info

Pet ID
187785
Contact
Phone
Address
1156 West Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78703

Their adoption process

1.

Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

Take a look at our Available Dogs page or our Available Cats page, depending on which kind of pet you’re interested in! Make note of a few d

2.

Meet the Pet

Visit our shelter locations every day from 12-6 to meet our on-site animals or get matched with an adoptable pet. New pets everyday!

3.

Sign Adoption Contract

Our application is more like a conversation. Come meet us today!

Additional adoption info

We are open to the public to visit available animals at our adoption locations. Visit us daily for same-day adoption or meet our dogs and cats.

Click the 'adoption inquiry' button in an animal's profile or email adopt@austinpetsalive.org with the name you’re interested in for the next steps on setting up your meet & greet.

If you need help finding the right match email matchmaker@austinpetsalive.org for dogs and catmatchmaker@austinpetsalive.org for cats with a short description of what you’re looking for and what your home environment is like.

Go meet their pets

Open 7 days a week from 12 PM - 6 PM.
Please inquire through an animal profile or by emailing adopt@austinpetsalive.org if you are interested in meeting one of our available animals.

Town Lake Animal Center
1156 West Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78703

Tarrytown Cat Adoption Center
3106 Windsor Road
Austin, TX 78703

Tarrytown Dog Adoption Center
3118 Windsor Road
Austin, TX 78703

More about this shelter

Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is a nonprofit animal shelter and rescue organization pioneering comprehensive, innovative programs designed to save the most at-risk homeless companion animals and educate others to do the same through its American Pets Alive! nationwide education and outreach division.

A leader in No Kill sheltering in America’s largest No Kill city, APA! helps more than 10,000 dogs and cats annually in Central Texas and beyond get a chance at the life they deserve.

To learn more about APA!, visit austinpetsalive.org.

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