Benji Terrier & Wirehaired Terrier Mix Closter, NJ

7/21/24 Exciting UPDATE!! Benji has come out of his shell...Yay!!! He has become little Mr. Affectionate.... He kind of LOVES people now! He sits on his foster mom's lap and even cuddles up to sleep next to her. When people come over he jumps in their lap too! He loves belly rubs and gives kisses too.....it's a miracle! We're about to start leash training him so wish us luck! In the meantime, we do feel he can be adopted....there would be an adjustment period in a new home of course but we know he would really love to find his actual FOREVER home. As we are dedicated to ALL of our foster dogs, we would continue to be a part of his life in his new home when needed... we are happy to help whoever decides to love and adopt him. We have wonderful trainers plus his foster mom is available and ready to help him adjust into a new home. Please consider this little guy.... he's come such a long way and we all want the best for him! Be the last part of Benji's story and give him a happy and loving home!

2022 - Look at this little shaggy boy! Benji is a wire haired terrier mix and weighs about 10 pounds. He's about a year old. Benji is what we call one of our "harder to adopt" cases. He needs someone with patience and understanding who can devote some time to bringing him out of his shell. Benji came in from a hoarding case back in April of this year with 14 other dogs all similar to him. They were all petrified when they came in and all took time to begin to come out of their shells. Most have since been adopted but we still have a few left- Benji being one of them. He has never let his foster mom actually pet him. He will come up and take food and treats and will follow her around right at her feet but when you try to touch him he runs. We have held off on posting him up for adoption as he would be hard to show to people when we cant even get a leash or collar on him. However, his foster mom saw a little miracle happen so we decided to start letting people know he is up for adoption. Benji has suddenly decided to let the foster mom's husband pet him! He goes directly to him and sits by him like he's known him for years! So it just may be that Benji is more comfortable with a man than a woman. He will still need a lot of work, time and patience but we now see that he has made a big step and just might be ready to make even more progress!! If you think you might be up for the challenge and you have the time to put into this little dude please reach out to us at clawsadopt@yahoo.com.
A quieter household and no children may be best for him.

ADOPTION PROCESS:

1. You must begin our adoption process by applying to adopt on clawsadopt.org. Please do NOT inquire via Petfinder, social media messengers or in our comments. We will only be looking at applications!

2. Please make sure you fill out our adoption application COMPLETELY. We may not be able to respond to applications that are not completely filled out with the proper information. Side note: on our applications, the more details you provide = the better.

3. We prefer applicants live within 60 miles of Closter, NJ. (Applicants who live farther away may still apply. However, please note we do prioritize local applications as we try our best to serve our local community first.)

4. Please respect our organization, our volunteers and our process. As a reminder, our organization is a nonprofit. We receive no money from the state. We have no paid employees! This is a polite reminder that we are doing our best to make the right decisions for the animals in our care. Thank you.

Website - clawsadopt.org
Email - clawsadopt@yahoo.com
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