Sweetie is a 5 year old miniature poodle. She came to us from a commercial breeder who was closing down . We have been to that facility 3 times and, although commercial breeding is always wrong in our book, this place was clean, the dogs were clean, the food and water were clean and all of the 27 dogs that we brought out on our last trip were fairly well socialized. Sweetie was pretty skittish when we first brought her into rescue but it turned out that she was pregnant so the close daily contact after her pups came socialized her quickly and she now seeks affection from people. Sweetie had 3 puppies and raised them all well. When her puppies were 4 weeks old, we took in 3 motherless three week old chihuahua puppies who still needed to nurse for a couple of weeks. We asked Sweetie to foster them and she did that happily. The minute we introduced the new babies to her, she started to clean them. She raised those chihuahua puppies with her own. All of her pups (and foster pups) have been adopted and now it's Sweetie's turn to find a great home. She is 5 years old and weighs 15 pounds. Sweetie is spayed, up to date on all shots, heartworm negative, on heartworm preventive, is microchipped and had had a dental. She has a wacky underbite with some wonky teeth showing but they are healthy, clean teeth and we think she looks very cute. Also, when we got her, she was apricot, when we had her groomed, she was white. One of her pups had similar coloration with the apricot on the tips of her hair only. Please consider meeting this wonderful and loving girl. She's a real treasure.

All of our dogs are in fostered in our homes. They are fed premium dog food, temperament tested, altered, vaccinated, heartworm tested, on monthly heartworm preventive, and fecal tested prior to adoption. RCCR does not adopt out dogs on a first come, first serve basis. Because we want this to be a permanent adoption, we will place the dog in the home best suited for him/her. We can not hold dogs for homes that are not ready to adopt yet or have not yet been approved. RCCR is 100% spay/neuter prior to adoption. We do NOT make exceptions so please do not ask. If we have puppies available, they will not be available to go to an adoptive home until they are spayed or neutered.

If you receive an error message while accessing our application via Google docs, please send a blank email to: rccr.app@gmail.com to our application email address rccr.app@gmail.com and you will get an automated response containing our application. You can fill it in and hit reply and send to: rivercityrescue@gmail.com and we will respond as soon as possible.

In August, 2006, we branched off from a long association with Chihuahua Rescue and Transport in order to have a more local focus. We love CRT and are modeling ourselves after the high standards of that wonderful organization. You may have noticed that we have also branched out from chihuahuas. As we were doing shelter pulls, it became harder and harder to pull chihuahuas for rescue and leave behind other small breed dogs that we knew were highly adoptable. So we started taking them also. Chihuahuas are first in our hearts but we have been very successful in finding wonderful homes for doxies, miniature pinschers and various terriers. If we have the means, the desire and the drive to rescue them as well, how could we not? I guess we should start calling ourselves River City Canine Rescue.

River City Chihuahua Rescue is a non-profit organization in the state of Missouri with 501(c)3 status through our association with Rescue Alliance of Hairless & Other Breeds, Inc., a nationwide 501(c)3 non-profit animal rescue organization. We have no paid employees. We are a local, internet-based organization dedicated to the rescue, medical care and adoption of stray and homeless small breed dogs in need. We help control the growing overpopulation by spaying and neutering all dogs in our care. We provide all necessary veterinary treatment and place them in foster homes until they are adopted into forever homes. Whenever possible, RCCR also raises public awareness regarding the abuse and neglect of small breed dogs as well as overpopulation caused by not spaying and neutering.