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My name is Polo, and I'm a sweet little Shih Tzu/Poodle mix puppy who just came out of a shelter with my brother Marco. We are about 6-7 weeks old and were loaded with worms and fleas. Thanks to SBRET we are still alive although it has been a rough road for us. Each of us is a little under 2 lbs. but the shelter neutered us, even though we were awfully small and young. Animal shelter's work so hard to try to stop animal overpopulation and their policy of not releasing animals unless they have been altered is a very good one but, in our case, it was hard because we were pretty fragile to begin with. My brother Marco had to spend his first night of being rescued at the weekend emergency vet clinic (we are just like human children in that bad things seem to happen on evenings or weekends). He would not wake up from his surgery and had gone into shock. The emergency vet kept him overnight and saved his life but it was very expensive. Then we both got very listless and wouldn't eat so my foster mom took us to our SBRET vet where she gave us fluids and a special tube of food with lots of calories and vitamins, yum! We are really perking up and everyone thinks we have turned the corner and will be just fine. Neither of us will be available for adoption until sometime in July since SBRET wants to be sure we did not pick up anything yucky at the shelter, plus we want to be very good and healthy. I don't think I've mentioned that we are both exceptionally sweet and LOVE to be held. SBRET has a lot of special needs dogs right now and, as you might not be aware, the adoption fee almost never covers the expenses they have incurred in vet care. That will be the case with us as well so we sure would like you to consider donating some money for our care - any amount would be really appreciated. When SBRET agrees to rescue a dog they also are agreeing to do everything possible to be sure we are as healthy as possible before we are adopted. If you would like to make a donation to help with our medical expenses, we'd sure like that!
7/2/09 update: I am one cute pup - don't you think? After a rocky start, I am now healthy and ready to be adopted! My foster mom just loves me and my brother, Marco. She says that we are both very social and friendly little guys. We are ready to start to explore our new world. I have discovered how much fun it is to play with my brother and beginning to enjoy chewing on toys and will even shake a sock in play. My tail is now curling over my back! No one knows for sure how big I might be as an adult but, from the size I am right now, the guess is that I will be under 10 lbs. Because of that and, especially because I am so young, a family with young children would not be the best match for me. I do like kids but they often do not know how to be very gentle with a little tyke like myself and might even try to pick me up. I am going to go through a chewing stage and you will need to house train me - that is what being a young pup is all about. If you have the time to work with a young pup, I promise to bring a lot of joy into your life. You see, it is hard not to smile when you look at me! My adoption fee will be $200. If you adopt me, you will be required to complete my puppy shots. Be sure to check out my new picture! 7/24/09 update: My foster mom calls us her "Butterball Boys" because we are so nice and fat and happy - just like puppies ought to be! We are now 12 weeks old and my foster mom's family adores both of us. They are all really picky about the kind of home we are going to get to go to because they think we are such perfect little pups. You see, we are fun, playful, adorable, sweet - you get the message. We would love to be adopted together as we have such a good time playing and sleeping together, plus pups need someone to play with. If you can't adopt both of us, we would really like to go to a home that has another dog we could play with. We are working on our house manners but don't have the hang of the "pottying outside all the time" thing but we love to do our "business" outside, it is just a timing thing with our mom (that means it is HER fault because she doesn't time it right to get us outside!). We do so love going outside and playing under bushes and among her tall plants. She says we have camouflage coloring so you have to really watch us or you will lose sight of us. For that reason and because we love exploring outside, we would love to go to a home with a fence. Mom hasn't worked on leash walking yet with us, we are still pretty little. Speaking of little, brother Marco is 3.7 lbs. and brother Polo is 4.1 lbs. Mom tells everyone who asks that there are no guarantees as to how big we will ultimately become or even our breed combination although the best guess is still under 10 lbs. and Shih Tzu/Poodle. Bottom line - we are guaranteed to be cute and to be very original in our looks! If you have time to work with very sweet natured boys, the joy that you will receive will be tremendous. We are two very special pup companions. 
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