Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
Not good with kids,
Not good with dogs,
Not good with cats,
Story
Meet Milo Smilo ACCT-A-222128! Milo Smilo is a 2-year-old male who came in as an owner surrender on 6/6 due to Milo’s behavior.
Videos:
Remy & Milo Smilo meet
https://youtube.com/shorts/vfQ6SVL5vKg?si=AmTZPJeHN8SAja2H
Thing 2 Milo Smilo Dog Meet:
https://youtube.com/shorts/rl9lJ0R7-qI?feature=share
Behavior Notes:
Per staff 6/16: “Milo Smilo was very easy to leash. He had a mid level wagging tail and soft eyes. He let me pick him up and carry him outside. He was very sweet a just wanted to cuddle. He walked great on leash, no pulling and when it was time to go back inside he let me pick him up and place him back in kennel.”
Per owner: “ Aggression. Biting humans in the home. Very friendly to dogs and people outside. Dog was laying in his bed and owner's roommate (victim) stood up from couch. Dog got up from bed and ran towards victim and bit her forearm unprovokedly breaking skin. Fully housebroken, medium energy, pulls a little on leash sometimes. Separation anxiety when home alone, "Marking" things with urine. Very friendly outside of the home with people and pets. Inside the home becomes very defensive and aggressive. Will bite unexpectedly and break the skin. Very protective of primary owner and will bite any adult who approaches her. Will growl and bark at people in the home. Especially when on couches and furniture, but sometimes when sitting on floor. Super friendly/loves strangers, children and other dogs. Very nervous when separated from owner and her roommates, but becomes very aggressive towards them in the home. If two adults approach each other, Milo will become very nervous and often jump up and bite one of them hard, breaking the skin. Milo needs to live in a home with one person. Preferable someone who doesn’t have people over too often. He is very friendly to strangers on walks and dogs, so someone who could walk him. Milo is the sweetest cuddle bug with his owner. He follows me everywhere and wants to go with me on walks, in the car, and cuddle when I’m sitting.”
When asked about the bite, the owner said, “He bites almost every day. My roommate and I were walking around the house last night and Milo was on his dog bed. He ran across the living room and jumped up in the air to bite my roommates arm. He quickly let go and I picked him up to put him in his crate in a separate room. He barked and panicked for 30 minutes before I let him out to walk him. He bit the same roommate and myself a day before, breaking skin on my thumb and on her forearm. He breaks the skin most of the time when he bites. The problem is that separating him from us gives him intense anxiety, but if he’s around us in the apartment he seems to become very defensive seemingly out of nowhere.”
Medical Notes:
Milo was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection on 6/11. He tested negative for Pneumovirus.
Per an intake exam on 6/11:
-Ears have slight wax
-tartar and staining present, pigmented moist gums
-BAR, friendly and happy burning exam but snappeds slightly when administering vaxx
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.
