Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
Not good with kids,
Good with dogs,
House-trained,
Story
Meet Mochi, a sweet, adorable Chiweenie who's ready to find the family she belongs with. At around 3 and a half years old, Mochi is happiest when she's learning, exploring, and spending time with her people. She loves sniffing adventures, food puzzles, training sessions, cozy naps under blankets, and chewing on her favorite Nylabones. She already knows an impressive list of cues, is crate and house trained, and thrives with positive reinforcement training.
Mochi is incredibly people-oriented and enjoys meeting new friends, especially when introductions happen thoughtfully. She currently lives happily with another dog and loves to wrestle, play, and snuggle with doggy friends she knows well. Mochi can be selective about sharing high-value resources (treats, bully sticks, etc.) so any introductions to another resident dog should be done with that in mind and feeding should continue to be managed separately.
Mochi is looking for an active, adult-only home where she can enjoy plenty of enrichment, daily walks, and opportunities to use her amazing nose. She would be an excellent candidate for scent work, trick training, or other dog sports, and she loves having a job to do. A calm, predictable home with people committed to continuing her positive reinforcement training will allow her to truly flourish.
Like every dog, Mochi has a few things she's still working on, including feeling more comfortable around unfamiliar dogs while on leash and settling around visitors when they enter the home. Because she has shown discomfort around young children, she is seeking a home without infants or toddlers. In return, her future family will gain an incredibly loyal, intelligent companion who is eager to learn, loves to cuddle, and has so much potential to become an amazing lifelong adventure partner.
We'd like to place Mochi in a home where she'll get consistent stimulation, exercise and love. A (virtual or in-person) positive reinforcement training class promotes great behavior, bonding and confidence. Training is so important in the future behaviors of every dog. It's for this reason that we're unwilling to adopt to a family that doesn't make this loving choice. Farfel's is happy to provide a list of both in-person and virtual positive reinforcement / force- free trainers in your area.
Mochi is up to date on her vaccinations, has been fully vetted, is healthy, heartworm negative, and is spayed.
Farfel's Rescue is a fully foster based rescue, and offers a one week trial with every adoption. We feel that this is much more beneficial to not only the dog, but the adopter too. We believe that only getting 20-30 minutes with a dog before deciding on a lifetime commitment is not a fair amount of time to the adopter, or the dog. Therefore we give adopters one week with the dog to assure it is the right fit, and offer a full refund of their adoption fee should it not workout within the week trial.
Farfel's Rescue has been doing adoptions this way since 2005 and is thrilled to adopt out 400 dogs each year.
Applications are currently being accepted for our wonderful pup. If interested in this gorgeous, very cuddly/sweet and loving best friend, please fill out an application completely at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/ and submit.
**PLEASE NOTE** If you're truly interested in adopting from us, please be sure to fill out our Farfel's Rescue adoption application found at the link above or at farfels.com. Adoption site applications such as Petfinder and Adoptapet don't provide enough information and therefore aren't useful. Our Farfel's application is the only initial tool that we have to determine a great match for this very deserving dog. We're sorry, but in many cases, we're unable to get back to those that don't submit our Farfel's Rescue adoption application. Thanks very much for choosing rescue.
