PATRICIA**

About PATRICIA**

Breed

Mixed/Unknown

Sex

Female

Age

Senior

Size

Small

Location

Chapel Hill, NC

From Orange County Animal Services

This pretty girl came to OCAS from another animal shelter. She's a sweet gal. She's older and has osteoarthritis (OA). With appropriate management, dogs with OA can and do live a normal life expectancy. It is important to remember that their activity and play may have to be adjusted to accommodate their changing bodies. She'll need her adopter to follow up with a full-service veterinarian for more information.She has also been diagnosed with heartworms, and OCAS is treating her. In North Carolina, it's unfortunately common to see many dogs that are infected with heartworms (they are transmitted by mosquito bites). Heartworm disease may cause severe lung disease, heart failure, or other organ damage in dogs. It's usually fatal if left untreated. Heartworm treatment is costly. With your support, OCAS can help more dogs with this disease - resulting in healthier dogs that are even more likely to get adopted. Please consider donating to our GoFundMe campaign.Insights from her adventure buddies and foster friends:`Patricia is the perfect companion. She is super cuddly and sweet and just wants to be close to her humans. It’s so surprising to me that she has not been adopted. She’s…

In the rescue's own words, as they published it.

How adopting PATRICIA** works

Orange County Animal Services decides every adoption: its application, its fee, its home check and its timing. Everybarn only shows this animal on the rescue's behalf, takes no payment and passes no messages.