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Officer Friendly is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Officer Friendly is struggling to acclimate in his kennel despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Officer Friendly will lunge at his kennel door, and jump incessantly off of his door during the day. Officer Friendly is social with staff, but struggling to acclimate. Medically, Officer Friendly is apparently healthy.

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This pet needs emergency placement. Please click here to go to our emergency placement page for more information. Officer Friendly is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Officer Friendly is struggling to acclimate in his kennel despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Officer Friendly will lunge at his kennel door, and jump incessantly off of his door during the day. Officer Friendly is social with staff, but struggling to acclimate. Medically, Officer Friendly is apparently healthy. A volunteer writes: Officer Friendly was one of a few dogs transferred to Queens from the crowded Manhattan shelter. Found in Brooklyn, he's getting back to his outer borough roots with us, and we couldn't be happier to have him. With a name like Officer Friendly, I expected him to be....friendly, but my high expectations were beat! He's a LOVE. While we waited together for his glamour shots to be taken, he joined me to huddle in a shady spot and practically glued his furry body to me. I have no complaints when a pup attaches themselves barnacle style to me, but certainly not one so cute! His signature move is coming over to be pet and throwing his little butt into the air, eventually rolling over. He played and I suspect he might be the type of dog to play with toys in their paws while on their back. He's perfection either way! Officer Friendly was found stray and brought to the shelter with police. He was friendly during his intake, and seems to not be the biggest fan of other pups. No problem, because he's enough love for 10 homes!

My medical notes are...

Weight: 52 lbs

Medical Notes

7/14/2025

DVM Intake Exam Estimated age: 2 to 5 years Microchip noted on Intake? Scanned negative History: Stray Subjective: BAR Observed Behavior - Soft body for exam, jumps on staff socially. Is there evidence of Cruelty? No Is there evidence of Neglect? No Is there evidence of Trauma? No Objective P = 120 R = WNL BCS 5/9 EENT: Eyes clear, ears clean, no nasal or ocular discharge noted. Oral Exam: Mild tartar PLN: No enlargements noted H/L: NR, NMA, Lungs clear, eupneic ABD: Non painful, no masses palpated U/G: Male intact. MSI: Ambulatory x 4, skin free of parasites, no masses palpable, healthy hair coat CNS: Mentation appropriate - no signs of neurologic abnormalities Rectal: WNL externally. Assessment Dental disease stage 1/4 Prognosis: Good Plan: Intake tasks SURGERY: Okay for surgery

7/21/2025

Rejected from surgery at offsite vet due to suspected CIRDC

7/21/2025

EEN: Clear nasal discharge RESP: Coughing. RR & RE WNL. A: Rejected from surgery due to CIRDC P: Doxycycline 100mg 2 1/2 tablets po sid x 10d

7/30/2025

SO: last day of treatment for CIRDC BAR, comes to front of kennel for treat offered eent: eyes clear, no ocular or nasal dc apparent h/l: eupneic, no coughing or sneezing appreciated msi: ambulatory x4 neuro: mentation alert and appropriate A: CIRDC apparently resolved P: monitor for recurrence of clinical signs

8/4/2025

Pre-surgical exam, anesthesia, and surgery performed by an offsite vet. Medical record uploaded to Vet Documents. Green linear tattoo placed lateral to incision. GIVE: 1 tablet of Rimadyl 100 mg by mouth for 2 days starting the day after surgery. Healthy, Spay/Neuter - ACCEPTED

8/10/2025

[Post Surgical Exam] Attitude/demeanor: BAR Appetite: [eating well] C/S/V/D: [none] Incision site: [no swelling, bruising, or bleeding; sutures appear intact] Pain level: [appears comfortable] Licking, chewing, or biting surgical site noted: no Additional notes: APPEARS TO BE HEALING WELL

8/14/2025

Care staff brought OF to medical after he collapsed or briefly lost consciousness during a walk. They report he was not obviously pulling on his neck lead and suddenly fell over and paddled briefly before getting back up and returning to normal. The entire episode lasted less than 15 seconds. Coughing/hacking also reported. S/O: BAR, active, wiggly, very sweet - buries head in my lap and rolls over onto back. No c/s/v/d noted during exam. Pulls lightly on neck lead. EENT: No ocular or nasal discharge ORAL: mm pink and moist, CRT <2 H/L: NMA, SSP; lungs eupneic MSI: Ambulatory x 4, healthy haircoat CNS: Appropriate mentation A: Episode of collapse/loss of consciouness - ro vasovagal syncope more likely than seizure based on description of event Cough - ro emerging CIRDC vs secondary to pulling on neck lead P: No treatment or diagnostics, placed harness and recommend harness walks only CTM while at QACC

8/24/2025

Noted by behavior to display kennel stress and lunging at kennel door, starting on clonidine ~ 0.015mg/kg PO BID indef in care (0.4mg)

Details on my behavior are...

Behavior Condition: 1. Green

Behavior History
Behavior Assessment

Date of intake:: 7/12/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: No

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray, No known history

Date of assessment:: 8/29/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Moderate- pulls towards places he wants to go Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: Mild Leash walking comments: Growling towards dog in neighboring crate, pulls hard towards dogs with tense body while on the street. Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Moderately social Call over: Approaches handler readily Sociability comments: Stays near handler, tense during collaring Soft handling: Tolerates contact Exuberant handling: Tolerates contact Comments: Tense body Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler, neutral body Knock Knock comments: Approaches handler, loose body wagging tail Toy Toy comments: Grips light, relinquishes

Summary:: QACC 25' Due to entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 08/03/25 Officer Friendly is introduced at the gate to a novel female dog while off leash at the care center. Officer will approach the gate, sniff the female dog through the gate and begin low-growling displaying a tense frame. He is moved away from the gate, followed by being returned to kennel, thus concluding the interaction. MACC 25' 7/31/25: Officer Friendly greets another dog at the gate with a tense body, raised hackles whilst growling.

Summary (6):: 8/29/25: Officer Friendly is observed to bare teeth and lunge at his kennel door when staff and adopters pass, as well as jump on his kennel incessantly. 08/23/25: Officer Friendly is reported to lunge at his kennel door. 08/16/25: Officer Friendly is standing at the front of his kennel and allows the handler to leash him with ease. He is then escorted to the assessment room for enrichment. Officer Friendly is given a chew treat and also socializes with handlers, leaning in for engagement and rolling onto his back to solicit belly rubs. He roams the room with a soft, loose frame throughout the session. Once complete, Officer Friendly is returned to his kennel safely and without any issues. 08/09/25: Officer Friendly approaches with a loose frame as he is easily leashed and escorted out of the care center. When on leash officer Friendly will walk ahead of the handler with a stiff frame and high curved tail and ears back as he explores her surrounds. When passing other dogs, Officer Friendly will fixate on them and get stiff and track them as he passes. Officer Friendly will attempt to moderately pull towards scents he is aroused by to smell them. Officer Friendly is escorted back to the care center where he is kenneled and safely secured.

Summary (7):: 7/29/25: Officer Friendly is at the front of his crate with a loose body and wagging tail. He is easily leashed and pulls out of the crate. He immediately jumps up towards the empty cat kennels in the hall. He is quickly pulled away and walks to the street. On the street Officer Friendly pulls moderately towards areas on the street to smell and relieve himself. Handler notices his breathing crackles from the leash tension. Handler scatters treats and a leash harness is placed on him which helps with the breathing. He is aloof with the handler during the walk. Officer Friendly is then brought back to the shelter and is taken towards the backyard to place a harness on him. Handler scatters a few treats and is able to place a harness on Officer Friendly without issue. He walks around the backyard panting, sniffing his surroundings and relieving himself. When a dog passes the pen he approaches with a stiff high flagging tail. The dog leaves and Officer Friendly returns to walking around the pen. Handler sits on the bench and he approaches the handler with a soft body. He takes treats gently and rests his head on the handlers hands. Handler pets him and he leans into the pets. After sometime, Officer Friendly is re-leashed to his harness and returned to his crate without issue. 7/20/25: It was reported on the whiteboard that Officer Friendly is "cat reactive". 7/14/25-Officer friendly is laying down with a neutral body when handler approaches his pop up crate, he is stands up when door is being unlocked and is easily leashed. When Office friendly exits his pop up, he is near the neighboring pop up. He growls with a tense body and handler moves him away and takes him on a street walk. He walks on a loose leash with a moderate pull towards spots to sniff. Handler offers him treats but he shows no interest. They use a squeaker and he follows them. He relieves himself. When returning back to the building he sees another dog and he has a tense body, pulling towards them. Handler used their squeaker and Officer friendly keeps his attention on handler. He is taken for his assessment where he is easily collared and is social with handlers. He lays down in the office. He is easily releashed and returned to his pop up crate without issue.

Date of intake:: 7/12/2025

Summary:: Loose wiggly body, jumped up on handler

Date of initial:: 7/14/2025

Summary:: Soft body for exam, jumps on staff socially

ENERGY LEVEL:: We have no history on Officer Friendly so we cannot be certain of their behavior in a home environment. However, they will need daily mental and physical activity to stay engaged and exercised. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in additional to physical exercise, to positively direct their energy and enthusiasm.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 3

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),No cats

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): We reccomend Officer Friendly be placed in a home with no children under 13. No cats: Office Friendly is noted to be reactive towards cats we recommend that he be placed in a home with no cats.

Potential challenges: : Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Kennel presence

Potential challenges comments:: Kennel presence/Fearful/potential for defensive aggression: Officer has been observed to become tense when a handler when placing a collar on him. It is noted that while in kennel, he will lunge and growl in front of his kennel. It should always be their choice to approach a new person or thing. Officer would do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to their new surroundings. Please see handout on Decompression Period. On Leash Reactivity: Officer has been observed to growl towards dog that are in the neighboring pop up crates. He has also been observed to become tense and pull towards dogs while on the street. Officer will need positive reinforcement, reward based training to teach them to look at you rather than other dogs. We recommend a front clip harness to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration. Office Friendly is noted to be reactive towards cats.