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Posted over 6 years ago
| Updated over 5 years ago
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My basic info
Breed
Pit Bull Terrier
Color
Gray/Silver/Salt & Pepper - with White
Age
8 years 10 months old, Adult
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
53 lbs (current)
Sex
Male
Pet ID
245
My details
Good with kids
Good with dogs
Good with cats
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
My name is Rocket, and they call me ‘Rocketman’ around here. I’m that fast! What I mostly go for is food. Yep. I’m an American Bulldog hog. I LOVE it. I seek it out. It’s my everything. But I want you to be my everything too and take me home with you! I've started having a huge amount of angst and anxiety toward men and other dogs now, so they will be careful where they place me. I need hugs and blankets, and stuffed animals! And treats! I’ll do anything for a treat. I’m a hunk of burning love for my treats! If I sound like a dog you could share your home, and food with, then look no further. I’ll even go on a jogging regime with you if you want! I am heartworm negative, microchipped, and weigh a trim 55 pounds. I’m ready for life on a couch! My ancestry is American Bulldog with a few other breeds probably thrown in there. Come adopt me and see what a true couch potato looks like!
Rocket is a male pitbull mix found as a stray on Davis Street. He is brown in color and was wearing a collar with a lock on it. He is very much improved now on weight and has really come around so he is available to adopt or rescue. He has been fully vetted and is heartworm negative and microchipped. He has high anxiety toward the other dogs and will latch onto another dog if given the chance. He also has really started growling at barking at men who have come to visit him.
ANIMAL ID: 245
SHELTER NAME: ROCKET
Weight: 53 LBS
Current Condition: GOOD
DOB: 8-17-15 Gender: MALE
BREED: PITBULL MIX
ADOPTION FEE: $75
COLOR: BROWN
Intake Date: 8-4-17 Microchip: YES
Collar:NO
Intake Type: STRAY
Date Available: 8-11-17
Road Found: DAVIS STREET CITY
Illness/Injury: NONE
Good With Adults: YES but watching him around men
Good With Kids: YES OLDER ONES
Good With Other Dogs: NO
Good With Cats: YES BUT CURIOUS
Housebroken: UNKNOWN
Energy Level: AVERAGE
Can be handled/touched: YES ALL OVER
Barker: YES
Escape Artist: NO
Food Aggressive: NO
Food Type: BOTH
Heartworm Status: NEGATIVE
Allergies: NONE
Walks on Leash: YES
Lewisburg Animal Shelter
300 Woodside
Lewisburg TN 37091
931-359-5948 Adoptions/rescue inquiries
931-359-7215 Strays/welfare checks/nuisance dog calls for ACOs
susan.ragsdale@lewisburgtn.gov
Follow us on facebook under Lewisburg Animal Shelter Volunteers to see more candid photos of the dogs in our photo Albums. The current adoption fee is $75 which includes the dogs spay or neuter and Rabies vaccination at a local vet, and covers the distemper/parvo vaccine and bordetella vaccine and dewormings it receives here at our shelter. No dog will leave the shelter to an adopter without being vetted first.
By TN state law stray dogs are held for 3 days so they can be found by their owners before being put up for adoption or rescue. A dog found as a stray wearing a collar is held for 5 days before it is put up for adoption or rescue. Our shelter is a first come first adopt/rescue facility.There are no holds placed on dogs for potential adopters/rescue, however if a party is interested in a particular dog before it becomes available they may send an inquiry to susan.ragsdale@lewisburgtn.gov and those inquiries will be kept track of in order of received once dog becomes available. Adopters/rescues will be notified what order they are in in regards to each dog. They are available at 8am on the day they are available. Non vetted dogs will have an appointment scheduled and will be available for pickup for adoption the day after their surgery. Approved rescues may pull a dog and have vetted at their own expense once available to the public.
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