Size
(when grown) Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
Details
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Story
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**New playgroup notes and videos 10/1 - 10/4!**
Petunia ACCT-A-260939 is currently considered urgent and at risk of euthanasia due to length of stay and lack of space for incoming dogs. Petunia must have confirmed placement with a RESCUE PARTNER or EXPERIENCED ADOPTER by WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH at 10AM. Should Petunia's medical or behavioral status change, her urgency and timeline for placement may also change.
Petunia is a 5-year-old Mastiff who came to ACCT Philly as a stray on September 6th. She was very fearful when she first arrived, but she has made great progress and is now showing us her sweet, wiggly personality. Petunia loves attention, leans into pets, and is very food motivated. Volunteers have consistently described her as sweet, friendly, and easy to love. Petunia has enjoyed meeting other dogs and has had several positive interactions in playgroup. She is generally low to medium energy and walks well on leash, though she can get playful and mouthy with the leash when excited. Due to her length of stay, Petunia is urgently seeking placement with a rescue partner or experienced adopter.
VIDEOS:
Playgroup 9/8:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfkBD0iY5LdY
Playgroup 9/9:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCWs3zHcFN5M
Petunia knows sit!
https://youtube.com/shorts/YIDVaRlgNxE?is=OpdTRvjrYjVv4TFR
Petunia and Brown Lee dog meet:
https://youtu.be/MehDa4aWWaI?is=1bnttNEqpVqZ9FFn
Playgroup 9/10:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbohiffbjrlM&si=n4NG_6INcYtmLkcW
Playgroup 9/30:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmbCFp8tD_M
Playgroup 10/1:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTP_ZlqLW0yc
*NEW!*
Playgroup 10/2:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXgEChTQ_JwQ
Cyrus and Petunia drop leash 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYqNDBMaBNA
Cyrus and Petunia drop leash 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZOTwDKn8Y
BEHAVIOR NOTES:
Walksheet notes:
Per volunteer 9/30: Easy peasy! Sweet! Barks to introduce herself.
Per volunteer 9/26: Love her!
Per volunteer 9/23: Medium energy. Nippy.
Per volunteer 9/22: Love her.
Per volunteer 9/21: Great dog.
Per staff 9/20: Medium energy. Good on walk and on leash.
Per staff 9/16: Low energy. Pull. Dog reactive. Good on walk.
Per staff 9/13: Low energy. Go slow.
Per volunteer 9/9: Low energy. Good dog meet with Brown Lee. Perfect Petunia. So sweet, wiggly, and friendly!
Per staff 9/8: Low energy. Slight issues getting out of kennel. Mildly shy.
Per staff 9/7: Laying on bed with wide eyes, ears to the side with a closed mouth low growling. Dropped treats and she sniffed them from a distance however did not get off the bed.
*NEW!*
Playgroup 10/4:
Good greetings at the fence.
Steer TestL 3/5 with water and 0 with can.
Good greetings in the yard with a loose wiggly body, trying to get other dogs to play then moved on by herself and mingled. When a high energy dog came running in followed him around with a tense body and handlers interfered.
Playgroup 10.1:
Mid tail, ears to the side and soft eyes. Good greeting’s.disengaged on her own Loose and wiggly. Bouncy moves.
Per staff, playgroup 9/30:
Steer test 3/5 with water and 2/5 with can. Loose and wiggly with soft eyes and nub wagging. Appropriate greetings. Would bark at Venus and Comet who were on the rough and rowdy side. Over corrected Venus Storm when Venus gave her an appropriate correction.
Per staff 9/20:
At the front of her kennel loose wiggly body, mid level nub wags, soft eyes. Ate the treat I tossed in. Easy to leash and came out right away. Pulled mild to moderately on leash, loose body, ears back, low nub. In the yard she turned around with a loose wiggly body and started to jump on me, took a step back and she started to jump up and leash bite. Tossed treats which she stopped to eat then started jumping up and leash biting again. With tossing treats and moving she stopped. Allowed all handling with a loose body, leaning into me. Takes treats snatchy so tossing them is best. When I stopped petting her she started to jump up again, I started moving and she followed no longer jumping. When leaving the yard she started to leash bite again, I continued to toss treats again and she stopped. No further leash biting on the way back inside. She walked right into her kennel and leash was removed easily by hand.
Per staff, playgroup 9/10:
Steerable 3-4/5 with water. Good greetings, loose wiggly body, play bows, jumped on the other dogs. Mingled around after playing.
Per staff, playgroup 9/9:
Steer test 4/5 with water and 3/5 with can. Nub wagging. Play bow, attempted to mount. Moved away.
Per staff 9/9:
Children 13+, adopters experienced with fearful behaviors.
Per staff, playgroup 9/8:
Steer Test: 4/5 with water and 2/5 with can. Low tail wags, looser body, head low, ears back at the fence. Slow entry to the yard, avoidant, with time greeted Beanie, quick moves, ears back, wider eyes, hackles raised, moved away on own, tolerant of other dogs greeting her.
Per staff 9/8:
Kennel Presentation: Laying on her bed when I approached, ears back, wide eyes, furrowed brow, started to low growl. I tossed in a treat and she sniffed at it from a distance. I tossed another treat closer and she ate it then got up and slowly came to the front and ate the other treat, wide eyes, ears back, furrowed brow, tail low.
Leash Skills: Dodged the leash at first, with a treat lure able to leash. Once leashed came out and walked pulling mildly with hackles raised, furrowed brow, ears back, wide eyes, mid to high stiff tail. Outside went to the bathroom right away and was frequently stopping to sniff.
Sociability: In the yard was sniffing around, nose to the ground, ears back, tail low, hackles raised. Would not come over when called and kneeled down at first only came over for treats. Took them a little snatchy so open palm or tossing them is best, she can catch! Slightly tense with handling, ears back, head low, wide eyes, hackles raised, moved away. After about a minute or two of sniffing around came over when I kneeled down with softer eyes, ears back, looser body. Allowed handling with low to mid tail wags and the same body language, and would nudge my hand when I stopped petting her. Would flinch and move away with fast movements and over the head.
Dog Interaction: Saw a dog walk past the fence, stopped sniffing to look up, ears to the side, mid level tail, then returned to sniffing. The dog barked at her and she walked over to the fence, hackles raised, ears back, barked, easy to move along with calling to her and light leash pressure.
Return to Kennel: Walked back pulling moderately with the same body language as walking out. Hopped right into kennel and was able to remove leash by hand when reaching from the side.
Color Level: Blue
Per staff 9/8:
On the backside of her kennel for cleaning, standing at the front bars with wide eyes, ears back, furrowed brow. Started to give some slow low nub wags when I talked to her. Tossed in a treat which she went over and ate, returned back to the front with some low tail wags and softer wide eyes.
Per staff 9/6:
Timid, very fearful, hard barking, non aggressive behavior, shaking, very vigilant, allowed leashing and transfer into truck. Food motivated!
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Due to being significantly overcapacity with animals and higher than usual intake, extensions are unlikely to be granted. If you are interested in an animal please contact ACCT Philly immediately.
Due to limited space, timestamps may also be proceeded with early so it is imperative to let us know if you are considering adopting or tagging an animal.
ACCT Philly is located at 111 West Hunting Park Ave in Philadelphia. We are open for adoptions 7 days a week. Please visit www.acctphilly.org/adopt for details.
If you are a rescue interested in pulling this animal, please email our lifesaving team, or visit here if you are not currently a rescue partner: https://acctphilly.org/acct-philly-love-local-partnership-program/
Confirmed placement is considered a confirmation of an actual rescue pull. Possible placement, interested parties, and other "TBD" statuses are not considered confirmed and do not indicate an animal is no longer urgent.
All animals at ACCT Philly are from Philadelphia, as the only open-intake animal shelter in Philadelphia, we are not able to accept animals from outside of Philadelphia. ACCT Philly's Pennsylvania kennel license number is 08313.
