Rat Terrier: An adopted dog in Memphis, TN

Celine is a 2-3 year old, 10-12 pound Rat Terrier. She was picked up as a stray by Memphis Animal Services and landed in the noisy, crowded shelter along with her sister/friend Sabrina. There, they were noticed by an MAS technician who contacted Real Good Dog about taking these two sweetie pies. They are approximately 2-3 years old. Celine has a small white mark on her head and her body is mostly white ticked with spots. She has tan points and a docked tail.

Both rattie girls were totally overwhelmed by their animal control experience and literally spent the first three days in their foster home sleeping off the trauma, rising only to eat and go outside briefly to do their business.

Celine suffers from flea allergy hair loss, but is on preventive. Her hair and skin are clearing up after her 'spa' bath. Celine is heartworm negative and has been de-wormed. She is micro-chipped, spayed, ...

Celine is a 2-3 year old, 10-12 pound Rat Terrier. She was picked up as a stray by Memphis Animal Services and landed in the noisy, crowded shelter along with her sister/friend Sabrina. There, they were noticed by an MAS technician who contacted Real Good Dog about taking these two sweetie pies. They are approximately 2-3 years old. Celine has a small white mark on her head and her body is mostly white ticked with spots. She has tan points and a docked tail.

Both rattie girls were totally overwhelmed by their animal control experience and literally spent the first three days in their foster home sleeping off the trauma, rising only to eat and go outside briefly to do their business.

Celine suffers from flea allergy hair loss, but is on preventive. Her hair and skin are clearing up after her 'spa' bath. Celine is heartworm negative and has been de-wormed. She is micro-chipped, spayed, and up to date on all her vaccines.

Celine is completely housetrained and gets along well with the other dogs of all types in her foster home. She, like any rat terrier, much prefers her human's lap and attention! If fact, she was named for the singing diva Celine Dion because she wants to hog all the attention her foster mom has to give, pushing her sister out of the way for pets.

Celine's best home will be one that is calm and has a flexible schedule where she can get as much lap time as possible with her human. A well-established veterinary history and fenced yard are required for Celine.

AN ADOPTION FEE OF $150 IS REQUIRED FOR CELINE.

If you are interested in adopting, have a look at our adoption website, read the online adoption agreement, complete the online adoption application, and submit it.
If you are unable to adopt at this time, you may sponsor the care of this pet.

We adopt dogs from Memphis Animal Shelter when we can. The shelter has an 83% euthanasia rate, one of the highest in the country. Unfortunately, any dog coming from Memphis Animal Shelter, and most other shelters for that matter, will have been in contact with contagious illness. Even though the dogs have been in foster care and appear to be in good health, they may become stressed when changing environments and exhibit signs and symptoms of illness. If you have other pets, they need to be up to date on vaccines before bringing a shelter dog into your home. We will take the adopted animal back, but we are not responsible for your other animal's vet care. We always disclose where the dogs have come from. Please ask for any information about the dogs and exercise due caution if you have immunocompromised animals.