PALO ALTO, CA (NOR CAL/BAY AREA)- PETS IN NEED SHELTER- ID #A184478 - “COCO BEAR”- 4 YR Young, SWEET FEMALE CHOW FOUND AS A STRAY– has been social with other dogs so far.\nX URGENT! SHELTER IS ASKING FOR HELP - ADOPTABLE, ALTHOUGH MAY NEED RESCUE- HOME OR FOSTER AND OR RESCUE NEEDED ASAP, CHOW SAVVY PREFERRED!\nPlease help us find a loving home or foster and or rescue asap for this sweet urgent girl. According to the shelter, this beautiful girl was sadly found as stray, and later trapped. \nAlthough she was found microchipped, we understand the owner had re-homed her and was no longer able to take her back, and the shelter could not reach the people who she had been re-homed to (as they likely dumped her). \nThe shelter told us, “She is a sweet girl who has made some amazing progress in our care. When Coco first arrived into our care, she was very stressed and would not eat/eliminate for the first 3-4 days. By day 4, she had settled in and started making friends with our staff, and started to eat and eliminate regularly. She has now enjoy petting/scratches and going for walks. She is spayed, and up to date on her medical.” \nThe shelter also provided a folder with many pictures and videos of her (one of the videos is before her mats were cut): https://app.air.inc/a/bba9e3b3c\nWhile Coco Bear has not been officially dog tested, the shelter told us “she has shown social behavior towards dogs on leash, and we will likely be doing an official dog test in the next 3 days”\nWe are hoping some responsible home can either step up or offer to foster for a rescue. Rescues need a foster and a place for a dog to go, foster ideally should be chow savvy and local to the dog or a willing rescue. \nThe shelter has let us know of her urgency and said, “ She is off her stray hold and currently available for adoption; we will keep her at the shelter for another week, but as we are extremely full and she is weird with people we cannot keep her past that.” She will therefore be at risk for euthanasia soon due to lack of space and high intake.\nIf you can adopt directly in person, please contact the shelter immediately by emailing info@petsinneed.org, and call (650) 496-5971 and provide her ID.\nCoco Bear’s listing link is: https://www.adoptapet.com/.../49022027-palo-alto...\nIf you can possibly foster for a rescue, please contact robinmorgan@cox.net or Southern California Chow Chow Rescue Network asap who is trying to assist the shelter with her placement, so we can try to pair you with a rescue to help. \nRescue groups may email the shelter directly at msuarez@petsinneed.org and call Michelle at (650) 556-5125\nThe shelter said “our staff and volunteers have also offered to drive her to a rescue placement outside of the area, if it will help get her out of the shelter sooner, rather than later. Our shelter can be a very stressful environment, so we would just like her to be in a home that understands and appreciates Chow Chows.”\nMany videos, additional pictures and updates will be posted on facebook at: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10169493362248125&id=783968124&mibextid=wwXIfr \n\nNote: to view contents of links you will need to copy and paste each one separately into your browser.