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Like her namesake, Caramel is super sweet but can take a bit to of time to get to the good part! Caramel is sooo scared in the loud kennel environment, but shows her soft and gentle side once she gets more comfortable. Caramel was found as a stray and is now sitting at ACCT Philly, where you can meet her any day from 10am-6pm!
Behavior:
Per Volunteer 10/5/24:
When I first approached her kennel and started opening the door, she went to the other side of the kennel and was definitely scared. I dropped some treats and she came forward slowly and gave me some tail wags as she picked the treats up. On the first try I looped her with the leash easily and she walks nicely on leash! Pretty shut down, she took some pets but never really loosened up much. I sat on a bench and gave her space and she came and sat next to me but her tail remained tucked and she was shaking. She is interested in treats but didn't eat any of them straight from my hand- she preferred to take them from the ground! She loosened up by the time we got to the volunteer photoshoot and she easily allowed me to put a little costume headpiece on her. She took pets from ppl in the photoshoot but remained shaking and tail tucked. Sweet girl just very scared! No issues returning to kennel
Per Staff 10/4/24:
BEHAVIOR EVALUATION: Caramel
KNOWN HISTORY:
Stray
KENNEL PRESENTATION:
Caramel retreated when she saw the handler ap;porach with wide scared eyes and ears pinned back. The handler tried to coax her with a baby voice but she didn't move and needed to be leashed father away from ears to snout. Once secured she came right out.
LEASH SKILLS:
Pulls minimally
HANDLING:
Once in the eval room Caramel was fearful with a tucked tail, wide eyes and a very stiff and slow moving body. She did some sniffs of the handler and toys but moved away with her body low to the ground. She tolerated some pets and tensed up but slowly came up and laid a little closer to the handler. Caramel wants to relax and solicit for pets but is so scared. When larger items like hands, bigger treats, and toys come near her face she looks away, does some lip licks and tries to cower. When the handler moved around the room she hesitantly followed behind her with her body continuing to be lowered but once the handler turned around to her she cowered away. Everytime the handler moved away from her to a different area of the room she would follow her to that area and lay at a distance or sit near her.
PLAY
Too fearful
TOYS:
Too fearful
COLOR LEVEL & ANY RECOMMENDATIONS:
Blue
Per Staff 10/3/24:
Unable to check in due to behavior. Dog is trembling in back of kennel and reluctant to interact. Per ACA, too fearful to handle at this time.
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
Like her namesake, Caramel is super sweet but can take a bit to of time to get to the good part! Caramel is sooo scared in the loud kennel environment, but shows her soft and gentle side once she gets more comfortable. Caramel was found as a stray and is now sitting at ACCT Philly, where you can meet her any day from 10am-6pm!
Behavior:
Per Volunteer 10/5/24:
When I first approached her kennel and started opening the door, she went to the other side of the kennel and was definitely scared. I dropped some treats and she came forward slowly and gave me some tail wags as she picked the treats up. On the first try I looped her with the leash easily and she walks nicely on leash! Pretty shut down, she took some pets but never really loosened up much. I sat on a bench and gave her space and she came and sat next to me but her tail remained tucked and she was shaking. She is interested in treats but didn't eat any of them straight from my hand- she preferred to take them from the ground! She loosened up by the time we got to the volunteer photoshoot and she easily allowed me to put a little costume headpiece on her. She took pets from ppl in the photoshoot but remained shaking and tail tucked. Sweet girl just very scared! No issues returning to kennel
Per Staff 10/4/24:
BEHAVIOR EVALUATION: Caramel
KNOWN HISTORY:
Stray
KENNEL PRESENTATION:
Caramel retreated when she saw the handler ap;porach with wide scared eyes and ears pinned back. The handler tried to coax her with a baby voice but she didn't move and needed to be leashed father away from ears to snout. Once secured she came right out.
LEASH SKILLS:
Pulls minimally
HANDLING:
Once in the eval room Caramel was fearful with a tucked tail, wide eyes and a very stiff and slow moving body. She did some sniffs of the handler and toys but moved away with her body low to the ground. She tolerated some pets and tensed up but slowly came up and laid a little closer to the handler. Caramel wants to relax and solicit for pets but is so scared. When larger items like hands, bigger treats, and toys come near her face she looks away, does some lip licks and tries to cower. When the handler moved around the room she hesitantly followed behind her with her body continuing to be lowered but once the handler turned around to her she cowered away. Everytime the handler moved away from her to a different area of the room she would follow her to that area and lay at a distance or sit near her.
PLAY
Too fearful
TOYS:
Too fearful
COLOR LEVEL & ANY RECOMMENDATIONS:
Blue
Per Staff 10/3/24:
Unable to check in due to behavior. Dog is trembling in back of kennel and reluctant to interact. Per ACA, too fearful to handle at this time.
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
Stop in today! No appointment needed to view animals up for adoption! Details at https://acctphilly.org/how-to-adopt/
For animals located at the shelter, you can stop by between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 111 W. Hunting Park Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19140
**Please bring photo ID with your current name and address**
If you are interested in a pet who is in foster care, reach out to the foster directly to schedule a meet and greet using contact information listed in the animal’s online bio. If no contact information has not been provided, email foster@acctphilly.org and a staff member will facilitate communication between the foster parent and interested adopter.
Stop in today! No appointment needed to view animals up for adoption! Details at https://acctphilly.org/how-to-adopt/
For animals located at the shelter, you can stop by between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 111 W. Hunting Park Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19140
**Please bring photo ID with your current name and address**
If you are interested in a pet who is in foster care, reach out to the foster directly to schedule a meet and greet using contact information listed in the animal’s online bio. If no contact information has not been provided, email foster@acctphilly.org and a staff member will facilitate communication between the foster parent and interested adopter.
Go meet their pets
LOOKING TO ADOPT?
Email: adopt@acctphilly.org
Visit: http://www.acctphilly.org/adopt
Adoptions hours:
Monday -Sunday: 10am - 6pm
(please arrive by 5:30 pm for adoptions)
INTERESTED IN FOSTERING?
Email: foster@acctphilly.org
Visit: http://www.acctphilly.org/foster
Foster care hours:
Monday - Friday: 1pm - 8pm
Weekends: 10am - 5pm
We are located at:
111 W. Hunting Park Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
LOOKING TO ADOPT?
Email: adopt@acctphilly.org
Visit: http://www.acctphilly.org/adopt
Adoptions hours:
Monday -Sunday: 10am - 6pm
(please arrive by 5:30 pm for adoptions)
INTERESTED IN FOSTERING?
Email: foster@acctphilly.org
Visit: http://www.acctphilly.org/foster
Foster care hours:
Monday - Friday: 1pm - 8pm
Weekends: 10am - 5pm
We are located at:
111 W. Hunting Park Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
More about this shelter
The Animal Care & Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT Philly) is the region’s largest animal care and control service provider. ACCT Philly is an independent, 501c3 nonprofit organization, contracted by the City of Philadelphia to provide animal control services. Our animal control officers provide service over 142.6 square miles to the city’s more than 1.5 million residents and ACCT Philly’s facility in North Philadelphia handles more than 17,000 of the city’s animals, from dogs and cats, to small animals, reptiles, birds and wildlife, annually.
In addition to animal control and sheltering, ACCT Philly is open 365 days a year for pet adoptions. ACCT Philly also supports a foster care program where community members provide temporary homes for sheltered animals and one of the (if not THE) most extensive rescue partnership program in the country where approved rescue partners accept ACCT Philly animals into their adoption programs. Under contract ACCT Philly’s Animal Control Officers provide animal control services and code enforcement. Other exciting ACCT Philly programs include a food pantry for low-income pet owners, a vibrant volunteer program, trap-neuter-return for community cats, a unique Pen Pal program to assist dogs at risk … and so much more!
The Animal Care & Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT Philly) is the region’s largest animal care and control service provider. ACCT Philly is an independent, 501c3 nonprofit organization, contracted by the City of Philadelphia to provide animal control services. Our animal control officers provide service over 142.6 square miles to the city’s more than 1.5 million residents and ACCT Philly’s facility in North Philadelphia handles more than 17,000 of the city’s animals, from dogs and cats, to small animals, reptiles, birds and wildlife, annually.
In addition to animal control and sheltering, ACCT Philly is open 365 days a year for pet adoptions. ACCT Philly also supports a foster care program where community members provide temporary homes for sheltered animals and one of the (if not THE) most extensive rescue partnership program in the country where approved rescue partners accept ACCT Philly animals into their adoption programs. Under contract ACCT Philly’s Animal Control Officers provide animal control services and code enforcement. Other exciting ACCT Philly programs include a food pantry for low-income pet owners, a vibrant volunteer program, trap-neuter-return for community cats, a unique Pen Pal program to assist dogs at risk … and so much more!
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