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Maltese (long coat) : : Male (neutered) : : Adult : : Small
Gilbert's adoption donation is $300 and he is being fostered in Central Ohio. He has been neutered, microchipped, received his rabies, distemper/parvo, bordetella vaccines, tested negative for heartworms and started on prevention as well as flea prevention. Gilbert also had a dental cleaning. Gilbert is a very sweet guy and will need a family with breed experience as he is one tiny little Maltese boy. Due to his size, we will not adopt him to any family with children under the age of 10, and will have to be a family with a strong vet reference. While he looks like a puppy, he is not.................he is just very small. He is doing ok with the other dogs here at his foster home and due to his size, I can't imagine he would not do well with kitties. His potty manners are coming along, but will need continued work. He is crate trained and does not potty in his crate. For whatever reason, his leg muscles are very weak so will need to have continued work to strengthen them. At first we thought it was due to him being carried around, but he struggles with being held at times so we don't know what his former life was like. He is learning to walk on a leash, which he really doesn't like, so he will need continued work. He does eat hard food so long as the chunks are small. He is very frail and thin, so we are working to put some much needed weight on him which we also hope will give him more strength. He does play a bit with doggie toys and tries to play with the other dogs in his foster home, however, he does have some fear of thedogs that are larger and will hide at times for protection. He might do best as an only dog or with only one other dog of similar size in his forever home. Updates will be made as appropriate. More about Gilbert Franklin (ADOPTION PENDING)Good with Dogs PLEASE NOTE:
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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.
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.
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.
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