Now I SCOURED to find the most pathetic dog that I could find, that is recently-ish at the end of their deadline.
This sad sack is Jasper, a young male german shepherd mix (ID A5630335) at the Las Angeles County ACC. He's just over a year old and a whopping 65lbs. He entered the shelter 6/4. meaning he's been at the shelter for 5 weeks, about a week over scheduled euthanasia date.
They say he's fearful; Tucked head in corner, froze, became resistant, flails on leash. However, that sounds like behavior inside the kennel environment, because the statement goes on to say; once out walked ok on leash, moderate pull, play yard, soft greetings, tolerant, relaxed, brief gentle./dainty play, social.
IME dogs are much more stressed in the loud, smelly dog kennels. I wouldn't expect that behavior in the kennel to transfer over to a home setting unless the 'home' setting is a hoarding situation. He doesn't even sound like he's stranger danger or a sheltered dog like my guy - just sounds like he doesn't show well in the kennel.
If you want to check him out, go here
animalcare.lacounty.gov/view-our-animals/?animalCareCenter=ALL&animalType=DOG&sex=ALL&breed=GERM%20SHEPHERD&animalAge=ALL&animalSize=ALL&animalStatus=ALL&animalID=A5630335&pageNumber=1&animalDetail=A5630335You'll need his ID number because there are over 100 german shepherd mixes in LA (pic 4 related). So if you do call or message about Jasper, make sure you use his ID number, A5630335
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