‘The best gift ever’: Joybound animal shelter has a dozen Chihuahuas in search of homes

Joybound People and Pets (formerly ARF) is partnering with 11 East Bay animal shelters for the Home for the Holidays adoption campaign, an effort to raise awareness about the urgent need to find homes for deserving animals when shelters are overwhelmed and resources are stretched thin.

The Walnut Creek-based organization recently took in 12 young Chihuahuas from a Dec. 5 abandonment case in Calistoga. This unplanned but urgent collaboration with the Napa County Animal Shelter came alongside the scheduled arrival of more than 40 dogs and cats from other partner shelters earlier this month.