Black Beauty

My story

This pet needs emergency placement. Please click here to go to our emergency placement page for more information.Black Beauty is at-risk due to behavior concerns. He arrived at the care centers as a stray with no known history. During his intake he allowed handling, but had a tense body, was hard staring, retreated from staff, began barking at them, and had to be muzzled. He is reported to be very food motivated. Throughout his stay he has been observed to hard stare towards people on dogs while on leash. In care, he refuses to re-enter the kennel room if the fan is turned on, and sometime has to be jogged in. He was reported to be jumpy but redirectable, but as of recently, he has deteriorated and has become more challenging to redirect. At the beginning of the month, staff reported an incident where they were in the elevator with Black Beauty when he began to jump onto the handler in a very frantic manner and began mouthing them. In a recent incident, Black Beauty began jumping up at a handler and actually bit and released their shirt, no contact was made. On his walks he never settles and is constantly displaying very frantic behavior, pacing, darting in all directions, scrambling, pulling very hard and abruptly stopping to intensely scratching himself, a displacement behavior. During attempting training sessions, he remains above threshold, unable to retain his focus, and even escalates to whining. He does not engage or is receptive to high value treats, squeakers, or pattern games. Medically, he is apparently healthy. What my friends at ACC say about me:My history is a mystery and my friends here do not know much about me yet!I would do best in a home with only adult humans.I would appreciate slow introductions to new people and places to help me feel safe.I prefer to call the shots and enjoy coming to you when I'm ready for pets.I'm ready to learn! I need a patient person who has the time to work on training with me. Primary Color: Black Weight: 72 Age: 2yrs 1mths 3wks

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