Sunshine is now about 18 months old and was part of a backyard breeder's "stock" - we pulled both Sunshine and her son, Gizmo, out of the shelter after they were both seized by Animal Reg.   Puppies get adopted quickly so her son found his furever home, but Sunshine is still with us.  She is non-descriptive and just does not show well at adoptions.  Sunshine is not overly friendly initially and people just pass her on by for more overly friendly little ones - TLC usually has a wide selection of these and Sunshine just keeps getting left behind!

It has taken months of rehabilitation and coming to adoptions for Sunshine to learn what most dogs know normally... what belly rubs and treats are for, not all humans will hurt her, etc.  She's a major UC (undercover) Chihuahua who would do fine as an only dog, or with other small dogs.  While she would prefer to sleep in her foster parent's bed, she is also crate-trained, house- and doggie-door trained now as well.

Sunshine has the typical Chihuahua personality - while she deeply loves her foster family members and is very well behaved with them, Sunshine tends to be a bit snarfy with strangers and is a 'slow-warmer-upper' towards new people.  It is a process to socialize one of these little ones - especially when they were not socialized at an early age but just bred until they could no longer breed any more.  When we rescued Sunshine, she could not make direct eye contact with a human... now she is interested in what is going on around her, enjoys 'watching' TV with her foster family and gets along with the other small dogs she lives with.

Sunshine (like most small Chihuahuas) does not do well around small children who can be excited and run around with 'outside voices' - so for her safety and your children's, we cannot place her in a home with little ones who could accidentally fall on her.  We would prefer to place Sunshine with someone who has experience with Chihuahuas and/or rehabilitating one who has been through such a background as Sunshine has.  She has a lot of love to give the right person, but just got a slow start in her life as she was being used as a breeder instead of being someone's companion snuggle-bunny.

See more pictures and keep up with Sunshine's story by her foster mom at her blog HERE.

Sunshine is:

• Spayed

• Up-to-date on her shots including rabies

• Licensed for the County of Ventura

• Micro-chipped

• Has a 1-year paid subscription to IDTag.com

• License, micro-chipped activation fee and IDTag subscription transfer to the new adopting owner

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To adopt, please download the adoption application from our website here and fax it to 805-578-2604.  TLC dogs can be seen and interacted with on Saturdays from noon to 3PM at the PETCO located in Moorpark.  During the week, an appointment to see the dogs can be made by calling either (805) 405-2765 or sending an email to TLC - we do home visits, 'greet & meets' and place dogs throughout the week by appointment only.

Puppies are not brought to adoptions until they've had their puppy shots for their own protection, safety and health reasons.  TLC is not a petshop - we are a rescue and ALL TLC dogs are living with our foster families until they are adopted.

Not the right dog for you?  Look through the TLC list
 of other dogs and puppies up for adoption HERE
~~ OR ~~ read through their blogs for more details and photos HERE

• Interested in adopting?  Are you within the areas TLC services?  CHECK HERE
• Adoption applications can be download HERE and then faxed 24/7 to 805-578-2604.
• TLC - Tiny Loving Canines, Inc. holds adoptions each Saturday between noon and 3PM at the PETCO located in Moorpark - 742 New Los Angeles Ave - (805) 552-0370 - you can get directions HERE