Cupcake
Shih Tzu mix | Female | 6 Years Old | 8 Lbs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Good with other dogs! ✔️ Good with cats! ✔️ Can free roam when alone! ✔️ Potty trained! ✔️ Crate trained! ✔️ Good in the car! ✔️ Good for beginner dog owner! ✔️ Walks well on a leash! ✔️ Could live in an apartment! ✔️ Loves to snuggle!
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Cupcake is a sweetheart of a dog who was rescued from a busy shelter in Texas. She settled right into my home in a matter of minutes and she is the sweetest, happiest little girl. She loves people and likes to hop up on her hind legs and wave her front paws around when she meets new people. When she’s especially happy, she rolls around on the floor and rubs her face on the carpet and makes happy little grunting sounds. She loves to be carried around and told how cute she is.
Cupcake currently lives with 6 other dogs ranging in size from 8 to 50 pounds and she gets along great with all of them. She happily shares food bowls with them and cuddles with them on the couch. She is not really interested in playing and she will just stand there if one of them tries to initiate play. She loves to sit on my lap and will sometimes growl at the other dogs if they try to encroach on her lap space, but I just reassure her that there is plenty of lap to go around and then she’s fine. She is great with cats and just ignores them.
Cupcake seems to be completely potty trained and has not had any accidents in the week I’ve had her, although I do take her out every few hours and I crate her if I have to leave for awhile during the day. She does have some trouble navigating the deeper snow drifts because she’s so tiny, but she’s quite the little trooper and goes bravely out to do her potties and then comes back inside. She’s getting used to sweaters; the first time I put one on her she was sure she could not walk and stood completely motionless for awhile, but she’s gotten much better. We take a walk every day about 1-2 miles and she seems to enjoy it, but she also would be just as happy cuddling with you on the couch all day. Cupcake loves cuddling most of all and she would love to sleep on the bed with you at night. I have let her sleep with me a few times and she is a great bed partner. She cuddles right up by my feet and doesn’t budge till I get up, even one morning when I slept in till 10 am. I have also crated her at night just to get her used to that, and she doesn’t like that so much. She will cry and paw at the crate door for about 10 minutes before she gives up and goes to sleep. She isn’t that loud, but she sounds very sad. Once she gives up though, she is perfectly silent for the rest of the night.
Cupcake’s second favorite thing, after cuddles, is human food. She is an expert beggar. She will wake up from a dead sleep on the couch to run over if she hears you start to cook or get yourself a snack. She will sit at your feet looking adorable or stand up and hop on her hind legs. It’s very cute and hard to resist! She’s game for sampling everything, even a slice of cucumber. She clearly is used to sharing food with her human.
Cupcake is a gem and she has the best little personality. She’s happy, gentle, sweet and quiet. She would be a great dog for someone who wants a snuggle buddy and doesn’t want to do the puppy stage.