Chimmy Up For Adoption In Boulder: 'Gentlest Soul Around'

BOULDER, CO — A five-month-old black and white pup is up for adoption in Boulder through the animal welfare organization RezDawg Rescue. The group rescues stray, feral and abandoned dogs who are struggling to survive on Native Reservations in the Four Corners Region. The rescued animals are then vaccinated, spayed/neutered, treated for any medical issues and placed into a foster home.

The organization said Chimmy has "the gentlest soul around."

"Chimmy would love a home with a confident dog to help her brave the sometimes overwhelming world. She LOVES other dogs. But no dominant types as Chimmy is a submissive pup who wants to be friends with all the dogs but will not stand up for herself. Have you got a cat? No worries there. Chimmy's gentleness extends to cats and frankly she may be just a little afraid of them," the center said in Chimmy's bio.

Chimmy is still learning to trust people, the organization said.

"But if you are also a gentle soul, you will be richly rewarded by the love of this sweetheart. She's super easy to have around — housebroken, mellow, quiet, and has never chewed anything she shouldn't."

For more information about how to adopt Chimmy, visit RezDawg's partner website. You can also support dogs like Chimmy through a donation, or by becoming a foster home.

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Steven Sable, RezDawg Rescue's communications director, said many dogs and cats are in danger on reservations, and there are simply not enough resources to help those animals.

"Some of these animals have just horrific backstories," Sable said. "There was a dog named Jack not too long ago that came in that had a horribly broken hind leg, and when we x-rayed it we found out he also had shotgun pellets near his spine."

As RezDawg has become better known on reservations, many are taking newborn puppies — that in some cases would've been left for dead — directly to volunteers at the organization's local clinics.

"We focus primarily on relieving the animals' suffering by taking them off the [reservations] and finding them loving homes, but we're also involved in ending the problem completely, so we do regular spay and neuter clinics," Sable said.

He said the clinics at the reservations are low cost, or in many cases, no cost.

"... literally if you have $1.50 in your ash tray and want to donate it, great — if you don't, we're still going to vaccinate people's animals because we want to instill that education."

Thanks to donors, foster homes and volunteers, RezDawg rescued more than 1,600 animals last year.