Chewy

About Chewy (Bichon havanais) in Cuba

Chewy is waiting for you at Joyful Rescues, Inc. in Cuba, NY 14727. Chewy was born about September 10, 2010 and weighs about 21 pounds. Please understand Google helped us with the breed choices, we are really guessing!!! Chewy is good with other dogs and cats alike. He has been around visiting children as young as 2. He does fine on leash, but the last few years the owner has not been able to walk him and he has used potty floor pads in the home. She felt that if he happened to get off leash that he would hang around his human. He did ride beautifully in the car on the two hour trip here. He is not a chewer and hasn't seemed to enjoy toys or maybe had not had access to any for some time. He is not a lap hog but does love to sit nearby and enjoys his humans companionship. Considering all the changes in a short amount of time he moved in here rather easily and should do so again when he finds another forever home. He has had some vet care over the years. He was overweight upon arrival but is now slim down beautifully. Also, upon arrival he was a drastic mess of mats and had to be shaved down and his teeth were a bit much with 6 having to be pulled. Please know that with the lack of dental care for so long another dental may be needed sooner rather than later. Chewy does have some normal old dog cloudiness in his eyes and his hearing is diminished some but he can both hear and see, This cutie is ready for a new start in life! We received a plea from a social worker in a city a couple hours away that an elderly lady had been released from the hospital a couple of days ago and went home to her two dogs who had been shut in the bathroom of her mobile home for a month when she had emergency surgery and a neighbor stopped by to give food and water. Yes, there were relatives not far away, but as we see day in, day out, family disappoints when it comes to an elderly human's pets. The social worker explained the lady needed to go into assisted care but she refu