Meet Maggie!  Maggie is a very sweet and gentle Shih Tzu girl who is 7-8 years young. Maggie has very cute black & white markings with a white gorgeously-plumed tail that wags when you give her the slightest bit of attention! She has adjusted amazingly well since her little world was turned upside down with the passing of her owner and then being rescued by Ohio Fuzzy Pawz. She has a very even temperament and is very tolerant of other dogs and cats.  She is well behaved and crate trained.  She loves to lie on the couch next to you with her head in your lap and is content to stay there for however long you do.  Maggie is a very well-adjusted dog who needs someone to love her AND rub her!  She truly LOVES to go for walks and acts quite lady-like on a leash.  She will bark when someone knocks on the door or when she gets oh-so-excited at dinnertime, but otherwise she is a quiet girl.  Maggie is a little on the "full-figured" side at 25 lbs (down from 27!) and could really use some good exercise and a well-controlled diet...Don't we all need a little "portion control"?!  She is not food aggressive at all and is quite food-motivated for tricks (as in she'll do ANYTHING for a treat)!  She knows her name and basic commands like "Sit", and she is very obedient.  Maggie would be the perfect pet for a calm, lower energy level person(s).  She is also fine with older children, but she has not been around small children, so it is an unknown. But with as low-key and sweet as she is, we do not foresee a problem with this. Please help Maggie find her furever home, because all she wants is your love!

Maggie has been spayed, is current on her rabies, distemper/parvo and bordetella vaccines, tested negative for heartworm and started on prevention.  She will also receive a dental prior to adoption.  She is being fostered in the Central Ohio area and her adoption donation is $200.

5/25/12 Maggie Update:  We had been treating Maggie for a UTI that she had when she came into rescue.  Additional testing determined that she had a bladder stone.  We scheduled her for surgery to have the stone removed.  She only one stone but it was rather large, so no idea how long she’d had this stone and been in discomfort.  But she has been given a new lease on life.  Maggie has rebounded from surgery like a champ and you can tell she feels so much better than she did previously.  Maggie’s stone was analyzed and we have placed her on the urinary diet to delay any return of future stones.  She will need to remain on this diet and have her urine checked several times a year to ensure that the diet is keeping her pH balanced and UTIs haven’t developed. 

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.