At-Risk Animals

Thank you for your interest in adopting from Animal Care Centers of NYC. Our At-Risk List is posted three times a week, on the evenings of Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 6:00PM and remains viewable for 42 hours.

Schedule overview:
Animals posted at 6:00PM on Sunday evening will be viewable until Tuesday at 12:00PM noon.
Animals posted at 6:00PM on Tuesday evening will be viewable until Thursday at 12:00PM noon.
Animals posted at 6:00PM on Thursday evening will be viewable until Saturday at 12:00PM noon.

To find out the status of at-risk animals, please visit the At-Risk Outcomes page.

If this is your first time visiting this site, please read the below information carefully.

For anyone who wishes to adopt, there is a mandatory deposit fee of $200 plus a transaction fee per animal to place an adoption reservation. The $200 covers $50 toward the adoption fee and $150 for the spay/neuter deposit. If the animal has already been spayed or neutered or is permanently waived by one of our veterinarians, the $150 deposit will be refunded at the time of the adoption. If the animal does need to leave without being spayed or neutered due to his/her medical condition, the $150 deposit will be refunded at the time they are brought back for the spay/neuter surgery or when proof of sterilization being done elsewhere is provided to ACC. If you do not follow through with the adoption, the entire $200 deposit will be considered a charitable donation to ACC's Special Treatment and Recovery Fund (STAR). Also, if the adoption fee for an animal is less than $50, the difference will be considered a charitable donation to the STAR Fund. Similarly, in-shelter pricing promotions do not apply to at-risk animals.

To complete an adoption, please click reserve on the animal of your choice. That animal will be loaded in your cart and you will have 15 minutes to complete the adoption process. In order to complete your reservation, you need to check out (top right corner). At this point, you will enter in your credit card information and a receipt will be emailed to you as confirmation of your reservation. If you have any issues, please email adopt@nycacc.org for help navigating the website.

If you are interested in fostering/adopting through one of our New Hope partners, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/ozHex3uqvNkQt2dq9

At-Risk Animals

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Prince

Prince is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Prince in the care center has been not acclimating well despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Prince is heard digging at his kennel door repeatedly, even during quiet hours. Prince out of his kennel is social with staff, but struggling to acclimate inside of his kennel. Medically, Prince is diagnosed with CIRDC.

Spice

Spice is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Spice in the care center has not been acclimating despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Spice in his kennel will hypersalivate, and is observed to rebound off his kennel door. Spice is social with staff outside of his kennel, but is reluctant to go back to his kennel, pancaking and refusing to walk, having to be carried at times back. Medically, Spice is apparently healthy.

Woody

Woody is at Risk due to behavior concerns. Upon arrival Woody was noted to be social with staff, highly treat motivated, and despite being tense at times was able to complete his intake medical exam allowing all handling. Woody has been noted to be consistently highly reactive to dogs, both kennel fighting and pulling towards dogs with tense body and visually fixating. While he has been able to be briefly redirected with verbal cues or treats, Woody will persistently try to re-establish line of sight to dogs. During his dog-dog interaction, Woody muzzle punched the gate between him and a the greeter dog with growling and tense body. On one occasion, Woody was noted to hard stare at a child across the street with tense body and had to pulled away by his harness. Woody is also starting to show significant signs of deterioration in kennel. Woody chewed through a part of the kennel wall, causing him to bleed with significant amount of blood found on kennel wall and floor. Medically, Woody is noted to be recovering from CIRDC – Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex, have dental disease, and be underweight.

Princess Piper

Princess Piper is at risk due to behavior concerns. Her previous owner stated that she is on leash reactive and will lunge, hard bark, and growl towards dogs. Additionally, she is also people reactive, noted to actively lunge at them while snarling and hard barking. In a recent incident in the care centers, Princess lunged towards a person that was walking past in the stairwell and she bit and held their pants causing a small tear. She has warmed up to some staff and has allowed handling. Medically, she apparently has a mass and nuclear sclerosis.

Marshmello

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Marshmello is at risk due to behavior concerns. He was reported to be a active, hyper, and playful dog by his previous owner. During his stay, he has remained social with handlers but has been noted to have a low threshold for arousal. Marshmello will usually mount and is unable to be redirected. In a recent incident, Marshmello escalated to biting a handlers leg when they attempted to remove him from their leg while he was mounting. He bit and held their pants until the handler exclaimed verbally. Medically, he has brachycephalic syndrome and CIRDC.

Gilbert

Gilbert is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Gilbert arrived at MACC following a bite incident. The finder attempted to remove an object from Gilbert's mouth and he escalated to biting the finder on the leg. This bite did break skin and resulted in five puncture wounds. During his stay in the care center Gilbert has allowed handling. Medically Gilbert has paraparesis.

Ms Colorado

Ms Colorado is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Ms Colorado has not been acclimating well to the care center environment, and has began to rebound off her kennel walls and spin throughout the day. Ms Colorado is social with staff, but struggling to acclimate to the care center environment despite best efforts to keep her comfortable. Medically, Ms Colorado is currently healthy.

Kane

Kane is on the at-risk due to behavior concerns reported in his previous home. Kane does have a bite history, and was reported in his previous home after an argument, walked up to the owner and bit them on there leg, leaving two punctures and drawing blood. Kane was also reported to bite a person in the face as they were putting him into a crate, leaving a small cut that did break skin. Medically, Kane has CIRDC and dental disease.

Hurricane

Hurricane is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns in the care center and in his previous home. Hurricane in the care center during interactions has trouble settling on his own, and remains highly anxious despite best efforts to help him settle. Hurricane during interactions with heavily pant, head whip on touch, and increasingly becomes over aroused mouthing and thrashing on leash. In his previous home, it is noted that Hurricane will growl or snap if his food is approached. Medically, Hurricane is healthy.