Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
Good with dogs,
Spayed or Neutered,
Shots are up-to-date,
Story
Well, we made it 7 days into 2025 without taking in a severely matted dog. It’s been a good run…
Meet Sadie. Her owner passed away, and as her health failed over the past year or more her care and grooming fell by the wayside. She likely won’t win the title of most matted dog of the year, but we are pretty sure she might win the crown of most matted cocker spaniel we have ever had 🤦♀️. Her mats were immense, heavy, tight to the skin, and very uncomfortable. We finally got her ears free and her ears cleaned and treated for severe ear infections, and it took hours to cut through the thick tight mats encasing her legs and feet. She’s a lovely gentle girl, very patient considering how uncomfortable everything must be and seems to be feeling so much better already with her head not weighed down by pounds of mats.
She’s a beautiful parti cocker, we think about middle aged 5-6 years old, a little chunky but otherwise seems to be in pretty good shape. She’s fine with other dogs, loves walks and attention, and will be a wonderful companion for someone who loves the breed and understands their grooming and ear care needs. She will need some work on housebreaking as her owner wasn’t able to take her out regularly, and she does some submissive/excitable happy pees at times so expect some accidents.
Email njwoof@cs.com to meet sweet Sadie in Northern NJ
Since COVID-19, we are no longer holding our Sunday adoption events until further notice, but we are scheduling meet and greet appointments with a specific dog or dogs at our meeting spots in Northern NJ. To streamline adoptions, all communication before, during, and after the adoption process is done through email only: we have limited volunteers able to return phone calls. Submit an application from our website www.secondchance.petfinder.com to speed up the adoption process and email any questions to us at njwoof@cs.com. Please check your email regularly for next steps. All our dogs reside in foster care in Northern NJ until adoption and we do not have a central shelter location. We are a small all-volunteer organization focused on rescuing local dogs from area shelters, as well as accepting some surrenders and puppy mill rescues.
