JO JO – A1045195
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SAFE 07/27/15
Brooklyn Center
My name is JO JO. My Animal ID # is A1045195.
I am a male gray and white shih tzu and maltese mix. The shelter thinks I am about 3 YEARS old.
I came in the shelter as a OWNER SUR on 07/23/2015 from NY 11421, owner surrender reason stated was BITEPEOPLE.
MOST RECENT MEDICAL INFORMATION AND WEIGHT
07/25/2015 Exam Type VACCINATE – Medical Rating is 1 – NORMAL , Behavior Rating is NH ONLY, Weight 18.8 LBS.
2:45pm – given RABIES, CIV, DA2PP AND BORDATELLA
07/23/2015 PET PROFILE MEMO
07/23/15 21:48 Basic Information: Jo Jo is a 3 year old mal Shih Tuz . Owner had Jo Jo for 6 month as a gift as a friend. Owner surrenders Jo Jo due to biting when being handled. Social Life and Personality: Jo Jo lived with one female adult and two children ages 9 and 12 years old. Owner stated Jo Jo is playful and relaxed around children. Owner stated Jo Jo is fearful and tolerant towards her. His behavior is unknown towards cats and dogs. He is mostly indoors and activity level is to a medium. Owner stated Jo Jo is playful, excitable, affectionate, fearful, anxious, mellow, independent and friendly. Behavior Issues: JoJo has bitten someone three months ago and broke skin. The bite happen when someone approached him the wrong way. Jo Jo defecates and urinated in doors after going out for walks. He is hard to control owner stated. Jo Jo growls when owner touches his food bowl or tries to take things away from his mouth. He is afraid to take baths and be groomed. He is friendly towards unfamiliar people approaches the house or family member. For a New Family to Know: Jo Jo will use the bathroom indoors and outcomes. He goes for walks on a leash 4 times a day. He knows commands sit, down, come, stop, let’s go and stop. He guards his toys and blanks and hinds them under the bed. He likes to follow owner around the house. He eats dry food twice a day. He likes to eat cheese, ham and chicken for treats. Intake Behavior: Upon intake Jo Jo was nervous and tense. He scanned negative for a microchip for a microchip and allowed all handling.
WEB MEMO
No Web Memo
07/25/2015 BEHAVIOR EVALUATION – NH ONLY
Exam Type BEHAVIOR
Jo Jo previously lived with one female adult and two children ages 9 and 12 years old. The owner stated Jo Jo is playful and relaxed around children. The owner mentioned Jo Jo has a medium activity level. The owner describes Jo Jo as playful, excitable, affectionate, fearful, anxious, mellow, independent and friendly. The owner stated Jo Jo has a previous bite history when he bit someone three months ago and broke skin, the bite happen when someone approached him the wrong way. It was reported by the owner he is friendly towards unfamiliar people approaches the house or family members. Upon intake Jo Jo was nervous and tense but allowed all handling. When removing Jo Jo out of his kennel he snapped at the handler. During SAFER Jo Jo came into the assessment room calm, he allowed the assessor to collar him but when attempting to adjust his collar Jo Jo lip curled with stiff body language. Not all handling items was conducted at the moment, he displayed no interest in any of the resource items during this portion of the assessment. In light of this behavior we feel that placement with a rescue who can provide positive reinforcement-based behavior modification is the best option at this time. Food: 1. No interest Toy 1: No interest. Rawhide: 1. No interest. Dog-dog: 2. Dog approaches the helper dog, body soft, tail well above spine level, ears forward.
GROUP BEHAVIOR EVALUATION
No Group Behavior Summary
07/25/2015 INITIAL PHYSICAL EXAM
Medical rating was 1 – NORMAL , behavior rating was NH ONLY
scan negative intact male weight: 18.8lbs bright eyes clean ears clean coat clean teeth nails down to kwick overall body condition is good very aggressive – kept trying to bite when you touch him BARH NOSF
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