Meet Simba, the saddest little doxie wannabe 😭 This poor guy was completely overwhelmed and terrified, being turned into a crowded shelter and then coming to us, and initially just sat in the corner for days hanging his head like Eeyore 🫏 🥺. It was heartbreaking. He’s gotten over his initial shell shock and starting to show a little bit more of a personality, wagging his tail when he sees us and making friends with some of the calmer dogs. But despite his brave lion 🦁 name, he is still a super chicken 🐓 He has a lot of fear in him, cowers and shudders when touched like he is expecting the worst. We aren’t sure of much about his past life and we aren’t sure we want to know, but we are focused on moving forward and making him as happy as he can be. He was said to be a doxie/chi/pug mix and we can definitely see all 3- the underbite, wrinkly face, and wider stance of a pug, the trembling neurotic chihuahua nature (and he will bark and snark and let strangers know to back off if they approach too fast) , and of course the long short legged perfect doxie body 🌭. He’s about 20lbs but on a diet to slim down a little (he definitely loves food and thats the way to his heart) has been neutered and updated on shots, and we think about 7 years old give or take. We would love to find this sad little man a nice quiet adult home and someone who will give him time and space to bond on his terms. Email njwoof@cs.com to meet the world’s saddest short man 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.