Success Stories 

Dalia was one of the Cleveland 6 dogs rescued by CRT. She came to our home as a foster dog recovering from a mammary tumor, removal of two bladder stones, the loss 14 teeth (two of them broken off at the root), and having two different kinds of hernias repaired. There were all kinds of adhesions and a hole through her abdominal wall, all results of giving birth to too many litters. She weighed almost 10 pounds which was far too heavy for her delicate frame and for her rear knees that are very bowed from bad patellas.

You would never know her knees are bad from the speed with which she races through the grass and the impish way she tries to convince the other dogs her to play with her. After fostering her for a year my husband and I decided that Dalia should stay with us so we adopted her.

This is the second older Chihuahua we have adopted and if you have always felt that you didn’t want an older dog think again. There is sweetness and appreciation for life these wise animals have that makes them an extremely special part of your family.

I have several dogs that I love very much but none fill me with appreciation watching them enjoy a sunbeam like Dalia. She seems to cherish those moments instead of taking them for granted since those moments were not part of her early life. Even with her ailments that require special foods or maneuvers on our part, the joy of spending time with her far outweigh those small inconveniences.

We recently traveled to warm Atlanta with our dogs (including Dalia) during the cold months and Dalia spent every afternoon sunning on the screened porch. When the other dogs were ready to come back in the house Dalia was still rolling in the warm, green grass.

An older dog may not be with you as long as a younger one but the special moments spent with an older, “wiser” dog are priceless. We are blessed to have Dalia join our family.

Hello! My name is Patti and you might remember me as part of the Cleveland 6. I have some great, great news just in time for Spring. I went to be a foster at Tamale's home in February when my good friend Ms. Chris had to take on another dog friend. I was such a good girl and everyone loved me so much at my foster home, that I have been ADOPTED!!!!! I am very, very excited to be in my forever home where I have my good friends Toby and Molly with me.

We have a great time in our backyard--the only problem is that it is Michigan and they get alot of snow. Today, we had 10 inches and my mom had to clear a path for us to even get outside. This really interferes with my daily job of checking out all of the bird feeders. But, you know what they say in Michigan "If you don't like the weather, wait until tomorrow -- it will be different."

I would like to thank everyone at CRT who has fostered me along the way and made me the very sweet (and considerably thinner) girl that I am today. We won't say what I used to be called but it rhymes with Patti! It is also my Easter wish that every other dog at CRT find a forever home just like me! Thank you CRT for making my dreams come true.

Debby & Patti 

Hello Everyone!

My name is Lucha, it's means 'to fight' in Latino. Some of you may remember me from the CRT adoption list where my story was told about my long life in a wooden box, my profession at the time was puppymill breeder having two litters a year, then at last I was rescued after 9 long yrs and placed into foster care where my life made a miraculous change for the better..

After two wonderful years in great foster homes I finally found my forever family who were on the verge of giving up any kind of hope of being able to adopt from other rescues due to the fact that they had a small child and a large older dog (whom I might add were both raised with teeny- weeny four legged pets) but CRT looked past that and by sheer luck and chance meeting fell in love with me at a Chicago Pet Industry show in March of 07.
 
My life now exists of happily greeting all customers daily at my forever mom's work, which I just love to do, and who owns a pet related business, which means plenty of cool pet stuff, great food, lots of attention, watching cartoons with my human brother, playing with Nina my Papillion sister, getting a massage every other Sat. from Kathy Drelicharz, my personal massage therapist, and snuggling under the bed covers with those that truly love me. My new profession?  Telling my story and helping to raise some funds for CRT to help my other Chi relatives.
 
My 12th birthday and 1yr forever home anniversary is coming up in March, 08, and I cannot wait for the surprise that may be in store for me.
 
The gratitude that the entire family feels for the work that CRT does is beyond words, and the love that we have for each other will go on until the end of time.

God bless Rick & Janice (Foster Parents and wonderful people-especially Rick) and Saundra for making this just a perfect ending to a not so perfect beginning.

Lucha xoxoxox

Hello!

My name is Tamale but my new forever mom calls me Molly. I was adopted in December of 2007 by my new family in Michigan. I have a brother who is a Toy Fox Terrier named Toby. He is a pretty nice guy and we have our morning routine of clearing the yard of squirrels and birds. We have a great yard that is partially wooded and fenced in but we have our work cut out for us with those pesky squirrels!!!

We also have a new foster sister named Patti. Patti is fun and likes to eat a lot just like me!!!!! It was a race to the food bowls this morning. We are on diets.....just like real girls. This is a picture of me in my favorite place on the bed. Toby wanted his picture taken too, but I told him that this site was about me (TFT can be so bossy!!!!! He needs to get his own site!) I also have a new Chihuahua friend named Cinco de Mayo that lives at a nearby home.

My new vet made me get my teeth cleaned in January. I made it through the procedure, but I was not a very happy girl for a couple of days after that and hid under the bed. Of course, Toby couldn't mind his own business and.....well, that is another story.

I would like to thank my foster mom, Sarah and my transportation person Chris for taking such good care of me until I found my way to Michigan. I think it was meant to be because shortly after I arrived, my new mom's very old cocker spaniel died. I was here to help her out and make sure she had a new friend.

As much as we love Patti, she needs a forever home just as great as mine. She is on the site for the Midwest Region.

Thank you CRT for making my dreams of a forever home come true!

First off I want to apologize for not thanking CRT sooner. We adopted Violet on May 12th, 2007. Adopting her from CRT was a joy. Everyone was so nice and they really care about the Chihuahua's. Violet has been the sweetest addition to our family. We don't know how we ever lived without her. Violet moved in and stole all of our hearts right from the beginning. Even our other 3 chi's liked her right away and we have never had any issues.

Violet has an obsession with purses, obviously with one of her former owners she was carried around in a purse. She has a collection of purses and more outfits now and enjoys going to family functions in them. I discovered this because every time I would go to leave she would try to get in my purse no matter how big or small it was. She came with one but i did not take it serious on how much she loved them. She is a delight to be around and EVERYONE that meets her falls in love with her. Thanks CRT for saving Violet and taking good care of her till we could find her.

With much love, Michele, Shaun and Violet

I have attached some photo's of Violet at her new house. She loves her new backyard and protecting it with her buddy's.

I am so happy to share these pictures of Sady and tell you how glad we are to welcome her to our family. Sady brightens up the house and keeps us all entertained! Sady loves going for walks, playing with her toys and running around in her big back yard. I have to admit she has us wrapped around her finger....how could you blame us though? Just one glance at that loveable little dog will melt your heart.

Sady has a little buddy named Rickey (pictured above) and they are crazy about each other. We couldn't have been blessed with such a more amazing gift like her.

Thank you so much for the work that each and every one of you do and for the dedication, hard work, time and energy you put into each and every rescue. You are incredible human beings that will be richly blessed for opening up your lives and helping these helpless animals. May there be more people like you in this tough world.

God Bless,

Molly and Melissa