When you adopt 1 you save 2. The one you adopt and the one you make room for!

CITY, STATE:  Sarasota, FL

NAME:  Roxy

AGE:  5 yrs.

SEX:  Female

WEIGHT:  12 lbs.

COLOR:  Black and Tan

COAT:  Smooth and shiny ... gorgeous!

UP TO DATE:  Yes

SPAYED/NEUTERED:  Yes

ADOPTION FEE:  $300

HOUSETRAINED:  Doing great on a schedule

CRATE TRAINED:  Yes... to an x-pen

LEASH TRAINED:  Yes

FENCED YARD NEEDED:  No, but ALWAYS leashed while outside

SPECIAL NEEDS:  No

HOME W/ SMALL CHILDREN:  No, possibly 12+ years who know how to respect a dog’s space

HOME W/ OTHER DOGS:   Yes, although she’d love to have your undivided attention!      MALE:   Yes    FEMALE:  Yes (submissive only)

HOME W/ CATS:  Unknown

MICROCHIP #:     HomeAgain  #985112000203411

MONTHLY HEARTWORM DATE: 1st of each month

FOSTER HOME:  Meg, meg1709@comcast.net

RESCUE #   2017-10-31-01

BIO:   ***Florida families only unless you are willing to make several visits to Sarasota prior to adoption***

This BEAUTIFUL young lady with the shiniest back coat and bright brown eyes is Roxy!  Roxy was given as a puppy to an elderly woman as a gift.  We never suggest giving puppies as gifts since it takes a LOT of time and patience to train a puppy.  Although we are certain Roxy’s owner loved her, Roxy was not house-trained or taught proper house manners. We’re quite certain that Roxy ruled the household.  Fast forward 5 years.... Roxy’s owner is hospitalized several times, enters rehab, and later passes away.  For the past 9 months, Roxy’s world has been rocky at best!  She has moved back and forth between several homes and several caregivers.  Imagine how you would feel if you didn’t know where you’d be sleeping tomorrow or who would be feeding you your next meal.  You’d be a little confused ... right?!?

Roxy has been in her foster home for three weeks.  She is learning the routine and starting to trust her foster mom, but she is still a work in progress.  Roxy is doing very well at house-training and going outside on a schedule to poop and potty.  She has figured out that she gets a small but awesome treatment for doing her business outside.  She sleeps peacefully in an x-pen in the master bedroom each night... no crying and no accidents.

Like many dachshunds, Roxy can be very headstrong.  She obviously ran the household in the past.  She will snap at you if you want her to do something she doesn’t want to do.  She wears a slip lead around the house now so that her foster mom has control of any situation.  Roxy’s behavior has improved ten-fold since coming into foster care.  She is accepting of the new rules and the structured routine in the household.  She is learning to trust her foster mom.

Due to the instability in Roxy’s past, AADR is looking for a doxie savvy home that will continue with the structure provided in her current foster home.  We want Roxy’s adoption to be successful, so we would like a family to be able to meet her in person prior to adoption.  We do not want to add to Roxy’s confusion by putting her on a transport to an out-of-state adopter.

If you think this beauty is the girl for you, please fill out an application at www.allamericandachshundrescue.org and then contact Roxy’s foster mom (Meg) with any questions at meg1709@comcast.net  Roxy will be sooooo worth the time to continue her training!  Are you ready???

AADR does not recommend dachshunds for families with children under 5, or families planning to have children during the dog's lifetime. Dachshunds are often not patient with little kids, and kids can accidentally hurt a dachshund's back or get bitten.

Please don't let the distance stand in your way of finding your newest best friend. We have volunteers that will help your "new friend" get up and down the East Coast and mid-west. We just can't get them from one coast to the other. For now, please look for dogs on your coast.