Nina #2 (LF)

NAME: NINA
Breed: Labrador Retriever mix girl
Age: 9 months to 1 year old
Weight: 34 pounds
Spayed: 2/19/09
Vaccinated: 2/19/09
Nina has successful completed heartworm treatment with no complications

My name is Nina and I'm a petite yellow girl. I've been in my foster home since February 17 and I just can't understand why nobody has ever submitted an application to adopt me. I'm housetrained, crate-trained (i sleep in a crate at my foster home every night), I play really well with all the other dogs here, I completed heartworm treatment five months ago, and I can't even begin to tell you how badly I want my own family to love me forever. My foster mom tells me that I'm such a good girl and that someday I'll get a home but it sure is hard to be hopeful after waiting so long. I love to run and play if you want me to do that and I'm content to snuggle against your leg on the couch while you watch TV. I'm young and so happy just to be alive -- it just hurts my feelings that nobody thinks I'm good enough to adopt. Will you give me a chance and let me be your new baby girl?

Poor Nina was dumped was dumped by her loving owner (SARCASM) at a very high-kill shelter because he didn’t want to deal with her “having any more babies” – she obviously had recently given birth to some babies but we have no idea what happened to her babies. So there she sat in that awful “place” for almost two months before our rescue group had foster space to be able to get her out of there. She was very depressed during her time in the clink – probably because she had no idea what she had done wrong. The shelter staff felt sorry for Nina and thought she was such a nice girl, so they let her live there that long (which is unheard of because they have such limited space and such a high number of unwanted animals that they take in). Every week, they’d ask “can you take Nina soon so we don’t have to euthanize her?”

Nina is now in a foster home, along with numerous other dogs of all breeds and sizes. She is very sweet, friendly and affectionate with people and loves playing with her pen-mates at her foster home!

Adoption donation: $400

If you have any questions please email this dog's adoption coordinator: [email protected]

If you are interested in adopting or would like more information about PAWS New England, please check our website:

http://www.pawsnewengland.com/

The adoption donation covers all pre-adoption vet costs (vaccinations, spaying/neutering, HW test/treatment, etc.) and includes their transportation up to New England. PAWS New England is not shelter but a rescue and thus is not funded by any city or state organization - we rely solely on the donations of our adopters to help defray the costs associated with saving these precious lives. Unless otherwise stated, all of our dogs are located in Tennessee at our vet clinic's boarding facility or in foster care. If a dog is "local", that means he or she is at one of our foster homes in New England.

We know you are wondering, "Why would you charge ‘so much’ for a rescue pet? Why not just place it in a good home?" The answer is because we need adopters who are willing to support all rescue pets, not just the dog they adopt. A young, healthy dog might cost us $150-400 in (discounted) vet care, and many people will want to adopt it. An older one with health issues can easily cost $500-1500 in veterinary expenses, and it may require months of foster care for rehabilitation; yet we can only ask a minimal adoption fee, and it may be a long time until anyone comes forward to adopt it. Fees from the younger, more adoptable dogs help offset the cost of caring for the others. Most of our dogs have a sad story to tell, and some have suffered through years of neglect or abuse. We hope that you too are willing to give an opportunity for a better life to ALL of our dogs by supporting them through adoption fees. Without these funds, our rescue efforts would not be possible.

ALL KNOWN INFORMATION IS LISTED HERE. We do our best to give accurate information, but most of our dogs are rescues and don't come with a known history.

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Please remember these are rescued dogs, not dogs coming from a breeder or behavior academy. They may have issues that can be worked with - we do our best to determine these ahead of time. Please do not expect them to be perfect. They are not, neither are we - that's why we love them so much!!!