Ollie Chihuahua Clinton, ME

Ollie is an adorable, energetic, neutered male Chihuahua terrier mix who is approximately 2 years old and weighs 15 lbs. Ollie was saved from an overcrowded shelter by our rescue partners in Florida.

Here's what our rescue partners in the South sent about Ollie:

Here is Mr Ollie. Such a cutie. He was hit by a car and had to have surgery to remove his hematoma & fix hernia that developed from it. But now you would never know he went through all of that. He is a typical chi and loves his person carry him around.

Note the shelter had him as a girl at first and named his Alice so you see that in his shelter notes but we had them correct it as clearly he is a boy :)

>> Dogs: we have no information on how Ollie gets along with other dogs. Please bring any resident dogs to the shelter for a meet and greet as part of the adoption process.

>> Cats: We have no information on how Ollie reacts to cats. As a result, a cat free home, or one that can initially **separate** cat from dog to do slow on-leash introductions, is required.

>> Children: Olliie would do best in a home without small children.

Ollie is neutered and up to date on vaccines. He tested negative for Heartworm and is on monthly prevention. Please consider opening your home and heart to Ollie!

*** IMPORTANT!***

IMPORTANT As a “southern” dog and due to the high rate of heartworm infection in the warmer climates, it is critical that Ollie be kept on monthly heartworm prevention ALL YEAR LONG not just in the summer months. It takes 6 months for heartworm larva to turn into adult worms that then are visible on a heartworm test.

Monthly prevention will kill any larva. Adoptive parents must commit to this prevention schedule as well as heartworm testing every 6 months for the first year and annually after that.

Heartworm prevention costs about $120 a year. Compare that to treating a dog for heartworm (a deadly disease) an expense of thousands of dollars for a treatment that is dangerous and difficult for the dog.

*** ADOPTION PROTOCOLS ***

>> Please complete and return our adoption application to charleysstrays@yahoo.com prior to arranging a meeting between your family and dog of interest. Link to application below.

>> Copy & paste into the body of an email, or WORD/text document to complete.

ADOPTION APPLICATION
https://charleysstrays.us/application.htm

>> AFTER the application has been received AND you hear back from Charley’s volunteer, Gabi. Please schedule a time to visit the shelter to meet the dog of interest. 207-426-9482.