Tink's adoption donation is $375 and she is being fostered in Central Ohio.  She has been spayed, microchipped, received her rabies, distemper/parvo, bivalent canine influenza, and bordetella vaccines, tested negative for heartworms, started on prevention as well as flea prevention.  She has also had a dental cleaning. 

Tink is a little dog with a huge personality. She loves walks, cuddling, and your attention. She wants to be in all the action with you and will go where you do. She loves playing with her toys and loves to play ball with her person or by herself.  She loves to push the ball and then chase after it and she entertains herself for hours doing this.  Tink loves to snuggle under the covers and enjoys lots of cuddle time with her people. She came into rescue from a local kill shelter where she was not doing well and beginning to shut down.  Tink is an approximately 6 year old Yorkie or Shih Tzu mix and 100% adorable.  Tink wants to be the center of attention and loves her person with her whole heart, but she does get jealous of other dogs in the home.  She is working on this and has made a lot of progress but we do believe that adopting her as an only dog is the best way to set her up for success at this time.  We do prefer a fenced yard since she does like to play outside but he loves to take walks as well.  Tink does take some time to warm up to new people so a home with no children and an adopter with verifiable experience in dealing with reactive dogs is required.  She's a great little dog but she isn't for everyone.  She will need an owner that isn't a "pushover" and understands that Tink needs guidance and structure.  With the right environment and continued work, Tink will continue on the path to living her best life.  

PLEASE NOTE:   If you are viewing this biography on a website other than the Ohio Fuzzy Pawz website like Petfinder, Adopt-a-Pet, or another search engine (the OFP website is www.ohiofuzzypawz.com), not all information transfers to partner websites in some instances.  If you go to the  individual webpage of our dogs , you will be able to get more information each dog.

Visual breed identification in dogs can be unreliable so, in many cases, we are only guessing at the predominant breed or breed mix.  We get to know each dog as an individual and will do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not by breed label.

Our Adoption Process

The adoption process has several steps involved. Please review prior to submitting an application. Our adoption process is detailed here:  http://www.ohiofuzzypawz.com/info/adoption

Our volunteers work very diligently to process each application and we try to ensure that we are making the best match possible for each dog.  We do not schedule meetings with dogs until an application has been approved.  It can take up to a few weeks to process an application or as little time as a few days, from the time you submit an application, please be prepared to adopt as we cannot hold dogs.

Special Requirements

Some dogs may have special requirements (for example, medications, a fence) -- if you apply for a dog, please be sure to read over the biography completely to see if there are any special needs and if you're home would be suitable.  If we indicate on the dog's biography that a fence is required, this means your home must have a physical fence.  Other dogs may require a "strong vet reference" which indicates that we are looking for a home that has a documented history of veterinary care with previous pets. 

The first step in our process is to submit an online adoption application at www.ohiofuzzypawz.com/forms.  The application MUST include the personal references and veterinary, grooming, and landlord references (if applicable) and their respective contact information.  If you do not include the references and the contact information, your application will be delayed as it CANNOT be processed.  Once the references have been successfully completed, a home visit is then scheduled when a rescue representative can meet all members of the family or residents of the home.  No application is approved prior to the home visit being done.   At that point, the Directors will discuss any and all applications on a foster dog and make a selection--in many cases, there are multiple applications for each dog, so please be understanding that our only priority is the successful placement of each of our foster dogs.

Out of State Adoptions

We do adopt out of state to outstanding applicants, however, our process requires a home visit, so out of state adoptions can take longer.  We do not ship our dogs, adopters should be prepared to pick up the dog in Central Ohio.