Popcorn

There's nothing quite like puppy energy and silliness! Popcorn is a tiny, almost 8-week-old Chihuahua mix puppy who currently weighs just 2.5 pounds. We expect him to be a small adult, likely around 10-12 pounds when fully grown, though that's just our best estimate. Popcorn's mom is full-grown at 10lbs.

As for breed? Your guess is almost as good as ours! Mom appears to be a Chihuahua and Italian Greyhound mix. We suspect the pups could have some Pug in them too. Popcorn's story began in rural New Mexico, where his mom was adopted from a shelter that unfortunately does not spay or neuter dogs before adoption. Her adopter had no idea she was pregnant. When life circumstances changed, mom and her litter of six gorgeous, 4-week-old puppies were surrendered to one of our rescue partners shelters, and we were able to step in and bring this little family to safety. Popcorn is finally ready to go home with his forever family now!

Ideal Home

Popcorn is looking for a family ready for all the fun, laughter, training, and occasional chaos that comes with a young puppy. Puppies require patience, consistency, socialization, training, and lots of love as they learn about the world around them. In return, you'll get the incredible experience of watching a tiny puppy grow into your best friend. We feel that Popcorn would do great in a home with someone who works from home, and has the time and energy to train a young puppy. We would be comfortable with him going to a family with kids 6+ years of age.

Ongoing Health

Popcorn, being so young, will only have his first puppy shot at the time of being ready for adoption. It is VERY important that his adopter get him the 2nd and 3rd shot when those are due. It is SO important to know that Popcorn cannot go out on public ground until he has his last 2 booster shots. Popcorn is also too young to be neutered at this time. We cover the full cost of his neuter when that time comes. Neuter is REQUIRED to finalize any adoption. Per the state of Colorado, you will be legally considered a foster until the dog is neutered. Neuter must be done before or by the time he turns 1 year old, NO later.

Training & Support

Since Popcorn is just a puppy, he's a blank slate just waiting for a kind and patient human to show him the way. We are not willing to adopt to someone who is unable to commit to taking Popcorn to puppy socialization classes and training.

Application Details:

• Applications start by contacting us through Wags.
• Please be sure to fill out our Wags adoption application. Adoption site applications such as Petfinder and Adoptapet don't provide enough information and therefore aren't useful. Our Wags application is the only initial tool we have to determine a great match for this very deserving pup.

Transportation

Popcorn is available for adoption now! If interested in this gorgeous, very cuddly/sweet and loving best friend, please fill out an application completely through Wags. We are a fully foster-based rescue and offer a one-week trial with every adoption. We feel that this is much more beneficial to not only the dog, but the adopter too. We believe that only getting 20-30 minutes with a dog before deciding on a lifetime commitment is not a fair amount of time to the adopter, or the dog. Therefore, we give adopters one week with the dog to assure it is the right fit, and offer a full refund of their adoption fee should it not work out within the week trial.