Timmy

Meet Timmy

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Hi Friends! I’m Timmy and welcome to my Timmy Talk!

Hello again Friends! I am very excited to join you for another Timmy Talk and this will be one of my favorites because it’s all about ME! That’s right, this is my Timmy Talk where I begin my search for my forever family! I have some VERY specific requirements and there will be NO exceptions. I am a very special little pup with special needs. I will be honest upfront: If you submit an application for me and do not meet the qualifications because you did not pay full attention to my Timmy Talk, it will be ignored. I know I am going to be a very popular pup, obviously, and the humans here already have their hands full with me and the other pups so they do not have the extra time to teach my friends out there reading comprehension. All my friends are super smart, so certainly you got this. By now all of you, my friends, should know me. I’m Timmy! I am a 1 year old Yorkie. I identify as a neutered male and I weigh about 6 pounds, depending on the time of day and if the humans have properly served my meals.

When I arrived here in rescue, I was very sick. It took a lot of testing a great medical team, but the amazing team  sorted out that I had a rare type of liver shunt and some extra veins connecting to it. It took almost 6 months of special medications, special diets and a LOT of me training the humans in order to get me healthy enough for my liver shunt surgery. My surgery was a success and I am feeling AMAZING! I now get to live like a normal puppy and do all the fun puppy things that I couldn’t before. However, I do have a special diet (just a certain kibble, non prescription) that I do well on and will need to stay on. I can’t have ANY human food (I have filed grievances with the doctors but they say it could kill me and I kinda like living so….) and my treats must be strictly regulated. For a lot of my life, the food I ate had to be strictly measured as well as what it became when I was done with it in order to make sure my liver was doing OK. Because of all of this, my housetraining is a work in progress.

I do really well with a consistent schedule, but any variations and welp, it throws me off. I am trying hard, but I will need my humans to try hard too and be very patient with me. NO negative reinforcement! I don’t like it and I won’t stand for it and I will be VERY vocal about it. Speaking about vocal, I do like to talk. I mean, I give Timmy Talks regularly, so a home with no shared walls is a must. I don’t need the neighbors getting all upset if I need to have a talk at 2pm and they are on a WiFi zoom or trying to watch General Hospital. I have been told by the humans here that I need to learn this whole “leash” thing, but I find it insulting and I am not giving in so easy to them. I may come around to it, but you are definitely going to have to be patient with me and work with me on this. Also, please know I do NOT enjoy tiny humans and do not want them in my forever home. I also do not wish to be treated like a tiny human with clothes put on me, I do not find it cute. I do however enjoy regular grooming by a professional. I would ideally like an active family - maybe with some older young humans (teenagers I believe they are called?), but where I am the only furkid. I know the other pups here and I enjoy visiting with them, but I am just not sure yet how I feel about sharing a human forever. I can not guarantee I will ever be up for that.

As I previously let you know, I am neutered, all my vaccines are current, I am heartworm negative and microchipped. I do, however, have a follow up check this fall at the 1 year checkpoint from my surgery, and it MUST be done at UF. It will be an entire day of you there with me, on a weekday, and the estimate is $1200-$1500 for all my tests. My new family will be responsible for this, so please take this into careful consideration before you apply for me. I already have a lawyer retained should you fail to follow through on this so that I can go back to the humans who will make sure I am cared for. They have worked really hard to keep me alive and get me healthy. Honestly, if my forever family had previous experience with liver shunts, that would be incredible, but as long as you are understanding of all my requirements, and want to love me forever, I can work with that. My Timmy Talks are pretty informative and I am happy to teach you!

I am fostered in the Orlando area and my adoption donation is $500. If you are interested in applying to adopt me, please visit the website to read the adoption process and complete an application! Please note that emails simply asking "Is this dog available" will not be returned, as applications are worked in the order received and availability largely depends on when you apply:) Please also know we do not adopt out of state! Thank you!