Rita The Chia

About Rita The Chia (Chihuahua) in Cuba

Rita The Chia is waiting for you at Joyful Rescues, Inc. in Cuba, NY 14727. Rita was born about January 17, 2016 and weighs about 8 lbs. She may be little, but her love is mighty and we love her mighty back! She is adorable and just as sweet as she could possibly be! None of that nippy Chihuahua behavior with this girl. She is wonderful with all sizes of dogs here, she is good with cats and we don't have an of those pesky test kids ( ; here, but she should be fine with them too although the gentler the better. As with most of these tiny dogs house training especially when it is single digits is a challenge and it will just be easier for everyone if floor potty pads are kept available. She was fine on her two hour car ride here from Rochester where she ended up alone with her "brother" on the street and taken into the city shelter. Her brother had a microchip registered to an elderly woman who said she gave them away to someone she could not recall awhile back and she was unable to take them back at this time. That is quite the story and we are so honored to be the ones able to make a good decision for their lives going forward. Rita's vet appointment at Encompass went pretty well and it's a good thing Rita came to us and then went to the vet quickly as she had fluid in her uterus (so common for unspayed elderly females) that after a time could have turned into infection (pyometra) that is deadly if not addressed quickly. Now that she is spayed there is nothing more to worry about for this condition. They did make note that she has normal aging nuclear sclerosis/clouding of her eyes and what RAS (Rochester Animal Services) thought could be mammary tumors turned out to be "normal fat deposits around caudal mammary glands, no tumors appreciated by palpation". YAY!! While she was under being spayed the veterinary staff did some dental scraping of tarter and pulled several small teeth that were loose. Rita doesn't mind having her teeth brushed and it wou