SNACKS – A1101343

Brooklyn Center

My name is SNACKS. My Animal ID # is A1101343.
I am a male br brindle and white am pit bull ter mix. The shelter thinks I am about 2 YEARS

I came in the shelter as a OWNER SUR on 01/10/2017 from NY 11231, owner surrender reason stated was NYCHA BAN.

MOST RECENT MEDICAL INFORMATION AND WEIGHT
01/15/2017 Exam Type BEHAVIORPART2 – Medical Rating is 1 – NORMAL , Behavior Rating is NH ONLY, Weight 74.6 LBS.

RECOMMENDATIONS: New Hope Only _X_No children (under 13) _X_Place with a New Hope partner (Snacks may benefit best from placement with a New Hope rescue who can further assess his behavior in a stable environment.) Potential challenges: _X_Fearful/potential for defensive aggression (Snacks has been observed to display fearful behavior during his stay at our care centers; at times will avoid interaction and shy away from direct-touch. Snacks may easily startle and is made uncomfortable by loud noises and sudden movement and will display proper warning signals as well as increase distance from anything that may present a threat. We cannot be certain if any other behavior is suppressed as a result of his environment. A period of decompression is advised before introduction or exposure to new and unfamiliar situations. Force-free, reward based training is advised.) _X_Resource guarding (We cannot be certain whether any guarding or possessive behavior may appear in a home environment, but we recommend adopters comfortable with safe management and modification of guarding behavior in case it does.)

01/10/2017 PET PROFILE MEMO
01/10/17 17:15 Max is a 2 year old Male American pit-bull, he came to the owner’s home from a previous owner, when he was 1 year old. Max is being surrendered because of landlord issues. Max has no known health issues or injures, and has not recently been seen by the vet. Socialization: When Max comes in contact with stranger he is very friendly and sometimes likes to jump on the individual. He has spent some time with children of various ages from 3moths to 10 years old. He plays gentle with children and adults and usually tries to lick their hands and faces. Around other dogs Max is very excited and playful, when he’s around female dogs he is playful but he will try to mount them. Behavior: During Storms or fireworks, Max isn’t bother, and will lie calmly in his. If an individual tries to put their hand in or attempt to touch Max’s food or bowl he isn’t bothered and allows it to be removed. When someone tempts to take way a treat or a toy Max will isn’t bothered. During bathing and brushing Max is friendly will allow individual to wash and brush him. When an unfamiliar person or family member comes to the house Max will bark and growl at first but after few minutes he relaxes and tries to play. For a new family: Max was described as playful, affectionate, anxious by previous family. Max has a high activity level and often enjoys playing with kongs filled with peanut butter, fetch with tennis balls and tug-a-war with rope. His favorite thing to do is be Play with his toys and sleep in his for most of the day. Max is feed dry and wet food Purina brand, 2-3 times a day, and he house trained. Max has is mostly keep indoors and goes out side to use the bathroom twice a day in the grass. Max has never been crate trained, and while on leash he pulls lightly . When taking off Leash he will stay by owner’s side.

01/13/2017 WEB MEMO
A volunteer writes: This big, beautiful brindle boy has got a big personality to go with his big ol’ face. 🙂 Snacks is a curious and confident dog who loves to explore and sniff EVERYTHING. And I mean everything–the first time I ever walked Snacks, he spent a good 5 minutes sniffing all over every inch of my pants and shoes. He honestly didn’t seem like he cared too much about walking anywhere, at least not ’til he had gained all possible information from smelling me. Once he was satisfied, he was happy to move on–but our walk ended up taking about 5 times longer than normal since he was so interested in smelling everything we passed (old coffee cup, trash bag, another person…he was interested in it all!). Snacks seems to be house trained, and does pull on the leash a little when there’s something he wants to check out, but is responsive to his handler. Snacks loves to chase a ball (although he hasn’t mastered bringing it back), and will happily give you lots of kisses (and smell your face like a little weirdo) if given the chance. Come and see this quirky boy at the Brooklyn ACC today!

01/15/2017 BEHAVIOR EVALUATION – NH ONLY
Exam Type BEHAVIOR
KNOWN HISTORY: Unaltered Male, Owner surrender Previously lived with: Adults/spent time with children(ages 3 months-10 years old) Behavior toward children: Gentle/licks their hands and faces Behavior toward dogs: Excited and playful Behavior toward cats: Unknown FG/RG: None reported Bite history: None reported Housetrained: Yes. Energy level/descriptors: Snacks is described as playful, affectionate, and anxious, with a high activity level. Other notes: SAFER ASSESSMENT: 1/13/17 Look: 2. Dog is very distracted and unable to position. Sensitivity: 1. Dog stands still and accepts the touch, his eyes are averted, and his tail is in neutral position with relaxed body posture. Dog’s mouth is likely closed for at least a portion of the assessment item. Tag:2. Dog is not fearful, but is unresponsive to the Assessor, and approaches the Assessor at the end of the game (need coaxing to approach.) He is focused on stimuli other than the Assessor. Squeeze 1:5. Dog head flips and snaps. Toy:1: 5. Dog freezes and bares his teeth. Summary: Snacks remained aloof and distracted throughout his assessment, he became uncomfortable with some up close handling and shows potential for resource guarding. PLAYGROUP: When off leash with dogs at the Care Center, Snacks displays sexually motivated posturing -a forward leaning body and a high, vibrating tail- when greeting a novel female dog. Once in the pen, Snacks is a bit bouncy and engages in high energy, body contact play but does attempt to mount. He persistently mounts the female and does not respond to her body language or handler interruptions. MEDICAL BEHAVIOR: 1/10/17 During his medical examination, Snacks was a little nervous but allowed all handling. ENERGY LEVEL:

RECOMMENDATIONS: New Hope Only _X_No children (under 13) _X_Place with a New Hope partner (Snacks may benefit best from placement with a New Hope rescue who can further assess his behavior in a stable environment.) Potential challenges: _X_Fearful/potential for defensive aggression (Snacks has been observed to display fearful behavior during his stay at our care centers; at times will avoid interaction and shy away from direct-touch. Snacks may easily startle and is made uncomfortable by loud noises and sudden movement and will display proper warning signals as well as increase distance from anything that may present a threat. We cannot be certain if any other behavior is suppressed as a result of his environment. A period of decompression is advised before introduction or exposure to new and unfamiliar situations. Force-free, reward based training is advised.) _X_Resource guarding (We cannot be certain whether any guarding or possessive behavior may appear in a home environment, but we recommend adopters comfortable with safe management and modification of guarding behavior in case it does.)

01/11/2017 GROUP BEHAVIOR EVALUATION
Exam Type GROUP BEHAVIOR
According to Snack’s previous owner, Snacks is very excited and playful with other dogs. When he’s around female dogs he is playful but he will try to mount them. 1/11: When off leash with dogs at the Care Center, Snacks displays sexually motivated posturing -a forward leaning body and a high, vibrating tail- when greeting a novel female dog. Once in the pen, Snacks is a bit bouncy and engages in high energy, body contact play but does attempt to mount. He persistently mounts the female and does not respond to her body language or handler interruptions. 1/14: In a group of calm male and female dogs, Snacks displays soft body language when greeting the novel dogs. Once in the pen, Snacks attempts to mount both male and female dogs. He is persistent after the handler’s interrupt and the other dogs offer correction. He is removed from the group.

01/10/2017 INITIAL PHYSICAL EXAM
Medical rating was 1 – NORMAL , behavior rating was NONE
microchip scan negative intact male 2 yrs old as per surrendering owner BARH EEN: WNL mild dental staining 74.6lbs; BCS: 3/5 clean hair coat a little nervous, but allowed all handling

 

 

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