Entered: 04/24/2024
Status: On Hold
Age: 4; born 05/29/2020
Color: Liver/White
Weight: 55 lbs.
Gender: Altered Male
Location: Girard, PA
Health: UTD, HW-
Temperament: Great meeting people, should not be placed with children, good with other dogs, barks and sniffs at cats so is not recommended with them
Update 09/28/2024: “He has lost approximately 15 pounds since entering foster care. Looking good, Jay!”
Jay’s foster mom continues to work with him on certain behaviors. He is still a work in progress.
Because he objects to having his ears touched or examined, grooming is going very slowly with Jay. His foster mom has yet to put him up on the grooming table and just brushes him. She suspects he might need a muzzle for grooming or ear cleaning.
Jay has gotten better about going in his crate. He still is not desensitized to cats. If he’s in his crate, he will whine and growl at them but when he gets out, he will just go up and sniff them. Jay is still possessive about his food bowl, but his foster mom has a routine that she follows to feed him. She’s baffled at why he has this issue with his food bowl but suspects something in his past caused the behavior.
When meeting people Jay is great, but he should not be placed in a home with children due to his object possessiveness. He is inquisitive and gets along great with other dogs. Jay loves to play with the other MAESSR foster dog and they have a great time together. He loves to go for walks and play with toys. This has likely helped Jay lose the extra weight he was carrying. He has lost approximately 15 pounds since entering foster care. Looking good, Jay!
Jay was good at the vet, and he is up to date with all his vaccines.
Keep posted for Jay’s progress as his foster mom helps him to be the great Springer boy she knows he can be.
Original: “When he arrived at his foster home, Jay weighed 70 pounds but with additional exercise he has lost weight and continues to do so.”
When his elderly Pennsylvania owner died, Jay became a MAESSR boy.
In his foster home, Jay is fine with the resident dogs and is not aggressive with them at all. Although he does not harm the resident cats, he still isn’t desensitized to them and will bark at them and sniff them. His foster mom feels he should not be placed in a forever home with cats. Since Jay has some issues with guarding objects from adults, he should not be placed with children.
Jay is housetrained and taken outside regularly with the resident dogs. It is unknown what individual signal he has for needing to go out to relieve himself. At night and when his foster mom is out of the house, Jay is crated with no problems.
Jay comes when he is called and walks well on a leash although he pulls a little and sniffs initially. He is fine meeting other dogs and people on his walks.
In his fenced yard, Jay does not try to escape from the yard by digging or jumping. Actually, he is too chubby to jump and he is not a digger. When he arrived at his foster home, Jay weighed 70 pounds but with additional exercise he has lost weight and continues to do so. Jay is not very enthusiastic about toys but will run with resident pack when they are playing.
With elderly owners in his first four years, Jay probably ruled the roost and was bribed with treats to do things. With this background, Jay developed an entitled attitude. His foster mom is working hard to reverse that. Jay is not possessive of his food with other dogs but is very possessive when humans try to take something from him. His foster mom is working with him on this issue. Both a counter-surfer and a trash diver, Jay does not like to be corrected when he engages in these activities. He is not allowed on furniture and when he has got up on the couch, getting him off has been a struggle.
Soon, Jay will be taken to the groomer so an update will answer questions about his reaction to a spa treatment. His foster mom is continuing to work with Jay about his peccadillos so it will be a while longer before Jay is adoption-ready. Stay tuned for more about this new boy.