***WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTIONS APPLICATIONS ON HONEE AS OF 2/18/2012.  WE ARE PROCESSING THE APPLICATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED AND IF NONE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS RESULT IN AN ADOPTION, WE WILL REMOVE THIS MESSAGE.***

Honee is a cream and white Shih Tzu girl who is approximately 5 years old and 12 lbs.  She came into rescue because her owner could no longer care for her properly.  This girl is super sweet and definitely wants to please and be with her people.

She gets along with other dogs and is good around kids. She is very good with grooming, loving to be brushed.  She is a very quiet girl and loves good laptime. She just LOVES to be loved. Honee does well with housetraining if kept on a schedule. 

One of the first things we have done with Honee is to regulate her feeding so that she begins to lose some of the excess weight she has put on due to her previous owners' overfeeding of table food.  The good thing is that with some walks and a little genuine TLC, instead of table food rewards, Honee is working toward the size she is meant to be, which will make her a much more fit and happy dog!

Honee has been spayed, received her rabies, initial distemper/parvo, initial bordetella, heartworm tested negative and started on prevention.

Honee is being fostered in Central Ohio and her adoption donation is $250.

UPDATE: January 14, 2012:  We thought we had found Honee's furever home.  Unfortunately, she was returned because their vet convinced them that Honee had any number of ongoing, expensive medical issues.  We've run extensive bloodwork on Honee and everything has come back within normal limits, including kidney, thyroid, liver, urinanalysis and fecal.  When Honee came into rescue her skin was in extremely poor condition and she was overweight.  We've placed her on an OTC fish-based, grain free diet and have been giving her medicated baths 1-2 times a week and she has responded extremely well to the treatments.  She is a super sweet outstanding dog that would make a great addition to most any home.  She is not on any medications other than OTC medicated baths.

1/12/2011 Honee discovered the fish tank in her Foster home .. to funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzsIcP0IGFI&feature=player_embedded

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.