I love these dogs, they really do have superior intellect.
Posted on 03/17/2008 8:17:07 PM PDT by RDTF
A frenzy of tiny-dog lovers has descended on an animal shelter that rescued hundreds of Chihuahuas from a filthy rural Arizona home, with some potential owners getting into shoving matches and others calling from around the globe. The nearly 800 small dogs, mostly Chihuahuas, and 82 parrots were found in a large mobile home northwest of Tucson last week. All that were old enough and healthy enough to leave the shelter were adopted by Monday, authorities said.
When news spread Thursday of the dog rescue, hundreds of people packed into the Humane Society of Southern Arizona in hopes of adopting the dogs, spokeswoman Jenny Rose said.
Tempers flared, and a few people got into shoving matches, Rose said. The sheriff's department cleared everyone out, and the shelter closed for the day.
The next day, Rose said, 500 people lined up to get the dogs, which included terriers, Pomeranians, Chinese cresteds and Lhasa apsos. The shelter passed out numbers and had everyone come back in groups of 100 each day.
"This has been uncharted territory for us," Rose said. "We would like to give everyone a dog who is interested in one, but we just don't have enough."
Rose said calls came in from Germany, Australia and across the nation. One man from Massachusetts found her cell phone number and woke her up at 8 a.m. Saturday.
"He said, 'I know it's 8 o'clock there, but I really want a dog,'" Rose said.
"Oh, thanks, that's sweet," she quipped.
The dogs were rescued from a home in bad condition with urine and feces everywhere, officials said.
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I love these dogs, they really do have superior intellect.
Glad they were adopted out, however.
Gross, but fitting.
wow! I had no idea that Slick Willy had a mousta.....nevermind!
They sent 100 up here to a local shelter in the Bay area, I think all of them are spoken for.. or will be soon..
Just from reading the article, I thought it wouldn’t take long, particularly since the dogs are small. I hope the parrots find homes very soon, too.
LOL!
Ah the little pooch.
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