About Butter
Butter ACCT-A-78944 Intake Reason: Owner Surrender Sex: Male Age: 10 years old Altered: Yes Personality: This is Butter! He may be a senior doggo, but sometimes it seems like no one told him that! He loves to play if you offer him a toy, but also seems to find no greater joy in the world than snuggling up on the couch and watching a movie. No matter how much room on the couch there is, if you invite him, he will find a way to squeeze onto it and maneuver his head onto your lap for pets. He is also a master of the cutest sad-eyes when you stop petting him. He is very well trained and is a people-pleaser with his behavior. For example, he was sniffing at something he shouldn't get into, but after being told "no" just once, he stopped immediately and didn't mess with it again. He has had no accidents in the house, is very happy to hang out in his crate, and has shown no interest in chewing on anything that is not a dog toy. It is rare to meet a 70-pound dog and immediately know that it has 0% aggression and 100% love, but that is Butter for you. He even coexists well with cats! If your home has love to give and couches that you're okay with a dog being on, then Butter is the dog for you. Please email cwitting@vet.upenn.edu if you would like to learn more about this gentleman! Videos: Butter in his foster home: https://youtu.be/7S8ryt5mK7Q & https://youtu.be/789rEdlCh20 Bud and Butter walk along attempt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vC9c-0vRM4 Bud and Butter fence meet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4hanF27V-Y Medical Observation: (11/19) Vet Check: The patient is healing very well from his scrotal ablation/mass removal. He was very friendly for today's exam and his behavior has greatly improved following his surgery. He has a moderate lameness of his right forelimb with thickening at the elbow - which likely represents osteoarthritis. He has a small dermal mass on his left hind leg, which may be an additional mast cell tumor. (11/18) Vet Check: The patient's scrotal tumor was a low grade mast cell tumor (MCT), which carry a relatively good prognosis with most dogs surviving over two years. He may develop additional mast cell tumors that will need to be removed, and due to the size and location of the tumor it is likely that some neoplastic tissue was left behind, so recurrence is possible. . (11/13) Vet check: 3-4 day postoperative for scrotal mass removal. Patient remains quieter and nervous - uncertain if medications administered have been taken as patient has not been eating. Mild erythema and swelling seen at most caudal aspect of incision site may be normal for surgical procedure but recommend recheck in 2 days. Monitoring of appetite recommended to ensure patient is receiving medications. As patient is quite nervous, foster care recommended for duration of recovery - to reduce stress and to ensure he is eating and taking medications. (11/9) Per Triage Exam: Patient is a senior dog with a very large scrotal tumor that is ulcerated and bleeding Behavior Observation: (11/29) Per Staff: Laying on bed when handler approached kennel but came to front of kennel and sat for treats and was easily leashed. Walked nicely through building and outside. Immediately urinated and defecated once out of building so most likely housebroken based on this and history recorded on walk sheet. In yard, explored perimeter and then came back to handler and accepted slow pets all over with loose body. Does a slow motion run when excited. Went into office for time outside of kennel. Enjoyed a Busy Bone but no interest in rope toy. After finishing Busy Bone, took a nap on bed. Easily returned to kennel. Behavior seems to have improved greatly. (11/19) Per Vet: Very friendly and easy to handle, tolerated all aspects of exam, solicited attention. Behavior markedly improved compared to time of intake. (11/16) Pet staff: Kennel Presentation: Nervous. Nervous and shaking in kennel on approach. Easy to loop but tense and whale eyed leash. Exited kennel with a little encouragement. Returning to kennel, hesitant to step up but follows handler into kennel. Leash is easily removed although body language is tense throughout interaction. Leash Skills: Pulls Moderately On Leash Handleability: Tense/Allows some handling. Tense throughout entire interaction and flinches at hand movements. Accepts slow pets to rear but walks away from handler after 30 seconds both times handler initiated pets so did not push handling further. Tag: No interest Toys: No interest Color Level: Blue Recommendations: TTA (11/13) Per vet staff: nervous and quieter but tolerated examination (11/13) Per staff: Very nervous and shaking in kennel. Some whale eyeing when being looped for removal. Tense and body shaking from fear. Able to coax out, although still hesitant to step down from kennel. Pulls moderately on leash. Can be stubborn while walking about direction. Tense and visibly flinches if hand moves near him. Appears uncomfortable. Will tolerate very slow touch. No interest in play or toys (11/9) Per vet staff: Friendly but tense when handled for exam so muzzled (11/9) Per previous owner: chill, relaxed, protective, hangs around family and sits with them 7. Interactions with children: likes the owners kid, does not like other dogs, doesn't mind cats, defensive with strangers, sits with owners daughter every night, knows sit. stay, house trained. This animal is currently available from foster care through ACCT Philly's Adoptions Programs. This animal is not onsite. If the foster has not listed a personal email, contact foster@acctphilly.org to be put in touch with the foster. 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