Meet Benny! Benny is a sweet, 3-year-old, 11-lb Chihuahua / Jack Russel mix with adorable oversized ears and a gentle, sensitive soul. This little guy is coming to us from a shelter in Carlsbad where he was feeling overwhelmed by the busy shelter environment. While Benny may be a bit shy at first, it’s easy to see that beneath that gorgeous exterior is a loving pup just waiting to feel safe again. Once Benny has a little time to settle in and build trust, we think he’s going to blossom into a wonderful companion. Dogs like Benny often form incredibly strong bonds with their people and truly thrive in a calm, patient home where they can take things at their own pace. With kindness, love, and a soft place to land, Benny is sure to discover that the world can be a pretty great place. Farfel's Rescue and our New Mexico rescue partners would love to see Benny in a home with an individual, family (older kids are preferred so there's no tail-pulling or awkward handling) or active retirees who have the time and love for a very loyal and sweet dog. We'd like to place Benny in a home where he'll get consistent stimulation, exercise and love. A (virtual or in-person) positive reinforcement group training class promotes great behavior, bonding and confidence. Training is so important in the future behaviors of every dog. It's for this reason that we're unwilling to adopt to a family that doesn't make this loving choice. Farfel's is happy to provide a list of both in-person and virtual positive reinforcement / force- free trainers in your area. Benny is up to date on his vaccinations, has been fully vetted, is healthy, heartworm negative, and is neutered. Farfel's Rescue is a fully foster based rescue, and offers a one week trial with every adoption. We feel that this is much more beneficial to not only the dog, but the adopter too. We believe that only getting 20-30 minutes with a dog before deciding on a lifetime commitment is not a fair amount of time to the adopter, or the dog. Therefore we give adopters one week with the dog to assure it is the right fit, and offer a full refund of their adoption fee should it not workout within the week trial. Farfel's Rescue has been doing adoptions this way since 2005 and is thrilled to adopt out ~400 dogs each year. Applications are currently being accepted for our wonderful pup. If interested in this gorgeous, very cuddly/sweet and loving best friend, please fill out an application completely at http://farfels.com/farfels-rescue/adoption-form/ and submit. **PLEASE NOTE** If you're truly interested in adopting from us, please be sure to fill out our Farfel's Rescue adoption application found at the link above or at farfels.com. Adoption site applications such as Petfinder and Adoptapet don't provide enough information and therefore aren't useful. Our Farfel's application is the only initial tool that we have to determine a great match for this very deserving dog. We're sorry, but in many cases, we're unable to get back to those that don't submit our Farfel's Rescue adoption application. Thanks very much for choosing rescue.