Ava

About Ava (Hound) in Paramus

Ava is waiting for you at Friends for Life Animal Rescue in Paramus, NJ 07652. Ava is estimated to be 2 years old and she weighs 44 pounds. She appears to be a hound/ shar pei mix. She is up to date on her vaccinations and has been spayed. She is friendly with other dogs - check out the video of her greeting the other dogs at the kennel. Ava's background (see below) is one of survival, and we hope she will find an amazing forever home! If you are that home, please apply to adopt her. She's currently with a foster in NJ and is available for a meet and greet (once approved). Personality: friendly Good with: people, and dogs Estimated date of birth: January 2024 Weight: 44.8 pounds Training: crate trained, close to being potty trained Medical: vetted, up to date on vaccinations, spayed, microchipped Location: Currently with a foster in NJ and is ready for a meet and greet (once you are approved to adopt). ​Background: When we first heard about Ava she was in a kill shelter in TX. She had a horrible skin infection that covered most of her body. We knew we couldn't let her suffer like that so we arranged for her to be seen by a vet. The vet discovered that not only was she suffering from the skin infection, but to make matters worse, she was also positive for heartworm as well as a few other tick-borne diseases (which are common in the south when the dogs are not taken care of). We treated her skin infection, tick-borne diseases, and heartworm. ​ A wonderful person came to the shelter every day to give her the necessary medications. What is so sad is that while in treatment, no one in TX offered to foster her. So despite how uncomfortable and painful the skin infection must have felt for her, she had to spend her days and nights on an old concrete kennel floor. Happily she has finished her treatments for the ringworm infection and h er skin is now healed and her fur has grown back. She has also finished up her painful heartworm treatmen