Shamrock - In Memory

Name: Shamrock

Age: 6 months

Sex: Male (not yet altered)

Breed: Mixed Breed

Location: Southern Alabama

Vet Info: Shamrock has not yet been neutered because of his skin condition (demodectic mange). His skin has "drastically improved," however, and the owner plans to neuter him once his skin is healed. Shamrock is up to date on his distemper and is scheduled for his rabies shot. He has limited vision in one eye and is blind in the other. 

Owner Info: Shamrock was dumped in a cemetery with a bad head injury (cracked skull) that caused partial blindness, and was found by his current owner. She has had him for over 4 months. He is about 6 months old now and weighs about 25 pounds. He likes adults and dogs, and in general is very friendly to all. He does act like he will bite when he is picked up but will not actually bite. He doesn't like being picked up and so will put his mouth on the hand of the person picking him up, but that is all. Shamrock is an outside dog who is housebroken but not yet leash trained. He is crated at night. He tends to go in circles a lot. His current owner wrote: "He is a sweet dog and he needs a chance. I do not have the knowledge or the time to help him. He loves to cuddle if I sit on the floor with him. He wants to play but my 5 other dogs are older and snap at him."

Update 11/24/2013: Shamrock's owner wrote: “Thank you for checking in on him. He is doing great and, yes he still needs a new home. He still will not go down steps and keeps a mess on our back porch. I carry him down but he wiggles so much I'm scared I am going to drop him or fall myself. Then he runs back up them at an angle and has fallen off himself. He is up to date on shots just not neutered yet. He is full grown now, medium size dog. Beautiful coat. Very loving but still the puppy hyper. I have managed to teach him to sit, not for long but he is working on it. He still goes in circles a lot. Not sure if that is from being blind in one eye or the head injury. Good point about him not going down stairs - I have an older dog that has started picking fights. Four of the 6 were tied up the other day. One can jump the fence so he stays in the front yard and Shamrock being on the porch so those two were not in on it. Shamrock is not scared of anything and would have been right there in it and would have gotten hurt. With him going in circles he bumps into the others and they growl at him. He will then go put his body right up to them. The only thing he has ever chewed up is paper. I left my shoes in the living room the other night and he did get them but thankfully he did not chew them up. I cant tell you how many shoes all the others have chewed up. He loves toys but Sissy takes them away from him and chews them up. I do hope he can get a new home. He would do so much better alone or with not as many dogs as I have.”