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Meet poor scared Jemma, who is very confused after her home of 7 years disappeared and she found herself in this loud scary shelter! Jemma has been quite shut down since getting here but shows that she warms up with time and space. She will take some light pets once she starts getting comfortable, and we can't wait to see her true personality come out when she's in the safe environment of a loving household! Jemma was surrendered after she got into a fight with the other dog in her home, who they had added to the home. Unfortunately after this incident her owner no longer wanted to keep her and she is now looking for a new owner to come save her from the shelter!
She is now available for adoption and rescue partner at ACCT Philly- you can meet her any day from 10am-6pm!
Video:
Jemma is scared at the shelter: https://youtu.be/lyGa4t3Npg0
Girla and Jemma: https://youtube.com/shorts/SVmpv3lnO0o?feature=share
Jemma and Walter meet pt 1
https://youtube.com/shorts/XXX0hfrw3cM?feature=share
Behavior:
Per Volunteer 1/11/25: Jemma was scared, shaking, and went to the other side of the kennel when I approached. I dropped some hotdogs and she came forward and ate them all right away but was still shaking and hesitant. I open the door and presented my leash and she sniffed it and allowed me to leash her slowly. Definitely hesitant walking through the shelter, through doorways or when she sees people or dogs walking by. She was still shaking outside, but stuck pretty close to me. Very scared body language and didn’t seem to want handling so I let her be. She’s just very shut down and shaking. Walks very nicely on leash didn’t react to another husky who was barking at her only a few feet away! Went back into her kennel easily and seemed comforted to be back there
Per Staff 1/10/25: Jemma came out for activity time today. in the room she was very shut down and tried to move away form the handler, refusing interaction, toys, treats, and play. she tolerated some light handling but her skin crawled each time. she walked around the room with a low tail and came over to the handler with about 10 minutes of us allowing her to be alone. she allowed some slow under the chin scratches and then walked away. another staff member came into the room and she approached with neutral eyes and gave some nice sniffs. she followed them to the bench and allowed some light handling.
Per Staff 1/9/25: During dog meet Jemma was unreactive, but was quite tense and unsure of the other dog. She sniffed the other dog and was tolerant of interaction but remained very stiff and uncomfortable with her body langguae keeping a high stiff tail, lip licking, and walking away often.
Per Staff 1/9/25:
BEHAVIOR EVALUATION:
KNOWN HISTORY:
Owned
Surrendered for animal aggression
History of guarding
KENNEL PRESENTATION:
Jemma was on her bed and looked up with semi hard eye contact. She ran to the backside. The handler was able to coax her back to the front with baby talk and she sniffed the handler and then ran away again. She stood in the middle by the divider and watched the handler with wide tense eyes and a stiff mid level tail. She came forward for a treat and then the handler lowered the divider. The handler then lassoed her with the leash and once secured she came out without issue.
LEASH SKILLS:
Pulls minimally
HANDLING :
In the room Jemma remained very tense and nervous. She stared at her handler with semi hard wide eyes but stayed close to her in the room. She was lip licking a lot and very tense with a lowered body. She walked towards me giving wide tense eyes but allowed me to lightly pet her head and back in small spurts. She would continue to give hard stares though and was very nervous and unsure. She was tolerant, but very fearful and needed a very slow approach! Hopefully she will warm up with time, but for now is very nervous.
PLAY:
No interest
TOYS:
No interest
COLOR LEVEL & ANY RECOMMENDATIONS:
Blue
ACCT Philly is located at 111 West Hunting Park Ave in. We are open for adoptions 7 days a week. Please visit www.acctphilly.org/adopt for details.
If you are a rescue interested in pulling this animal, please email our lifesaving team, or visit here if you are not currently a rescue partner: https://acctphilly.org/acct-philly-love-local-partnership-program/
Confirmed placement is considered a confirmation of an actual rescue pull. Possible placement, interested parties, and other "TBD" statuses are not considered confirmed and do not indicate an animal is no longer urgent.
All animals at ACCT Philly are from Philadelphia, as the only open-intake animal shelter in Philadelphia, we are not able to accept animals from outside of Philadelphia. ACCT Philly’s Pennsylvania kennel license number is 08313
Meet poor scared Jemma, who is very confused after her home of 7 years disappeared and she found herself in this loud scary shelter! Jemma has been quite shut down since getting here but shows that she warms up with time and space. She will take some light pets once she starts getting comfortable, and we can't wait to see her true personality come out when she's in the safe environment of a loving household! Jemma was surrendered after she got into a fight with the other dog in her home, who they had added to the home. Unfortunately after this incident her owner no longer wanted to keep her and she is now looking for a new owner to come save her from the shelter!
She is now available for adoption and rescue partner at ACCT Philly- you can meet her any day from 10am-6pm!
Video:
Jemma is scared at the shelter: https://youtu.be/lyGa4t3Npg0
Girla and Jemma: https://youtube.com/shorts/SVmpv3lnO0o?feature=share
Jemma and Walter meet pt 1
https://youtube.com/shorts/XXX0hfrw3cM?feature=share
Behavior:
Per Volunteer 1/11/25: Jemma was scared, shaking, and went to the other side of the kennel when I approached. I dropped some hotdogs and she came forward and ate them all right away but was still shaking and hesitant. I open the door and presented my leash and she sniffed it and allowed me to leash her slowly. Definitely hesitant walking through the shelter, through doorways or when she sees people or dogs walking by. She was still shaking outside, but stuck pretty close to me. Very scared body language and didn’t seem to want handling so I let her be. She’s just very shut down and shaking. Walks very nicely on leash didn’t react to another husky who was barking at her only a few feet away! Went back into her kennel easily and seemed comforted to be back there
Per Staff 1/10/25: Jemma came out for activity time today. in the room she was very shut down and tried to move away form the handler, refusing interaction, toys, treats, and play. she tolerated some light handling but her skin crawled each time. she walked around the room with a low tail and came over to the handler with about 10 minutes of us allowing her to be alone. she allowed some slow under the chin scratches and then walked away. another staff member came into the room and she approached with neutral eyes and gave some nice sniffs. she followed them to the bench and allowed some light handling.
Per Staff 1/9/25: During dog meet Jemma was unreactive, but was quite tense and unsure of the other dog. She sniffed the other dog and was tolerant of interaction but remained very stiff and uncomfortable with her body langguae keeping a high stiff tail, lip licking, and walking away often.
Per Staff 1/9/25:
BEHAVIOR EVALUATION:
KNOWN HISTORY:
Owned
Surrendered for animal aggression
History of guarding
KENNEL PRESENTATION:
Jemma was on her bed and looked up with semi hard eye contact. She ran to the backside. The handler was able to coax her back to the front with baby talk and she sniffed the handler and then ran away again. She stood in the middle by the divider and watched the handler with wide tense eyes and a stiff mid level tail. She came forward for a treat and then the handler lowered the divider. The handler then lassoed her with the leash and once secured she came out without issue.
LEASH SKILLS:
Pulls minimally
HANDLING :
In the room Jemma remained very tense and nervous. She stared at her handler with semi hard wide eyes but stayed close to her in the room. She was lip licking a lot and very tense with a lowered body. She walked towards me giving wide tense eyes but allowed me to lightly pet her head and back in small spurts. She would continue to give hard stares though and was very nervous and unsure. She was tolerant, but very fearful and needed a very slow approach! Hopefully she will warm up with time, but for now is very nervous.
PLAY:
No interest
TOYS:
No interest
COLOR LEVEL & ANY RECOMMENDATIONS:
Blue
ACCT Philly is located at 111 West Hunting Park Ave in. We are open for adoptions 7 days a week. Please visit www.acctphilly.org/adopt for details.
If you are a rescue interested in pulling this animal, please email our lifesaving team, or visit here if you are not currently a rescue partner: https://acctphilly.org/acct-philly-love-local-partnership-program/
Confirmed placement is considered a confirmation of an actual rescue pull. Possible placement, interested parties, and other "TBD" statuses are not considered confirmed and do not indicate an animal is no longer urgent.
All animals at ACCT Philly are from Philadelphia, as the only open-intake animal shelter in Philadelphia, we are not able to accept animals from outside of Philadelphia. ACCT Philly’s Pennsylvania kennel license number is 08313
Stop in today! No appointment needed to view animals up for adoption! Details at https://acctphilly.org/how-to-adopt/
For animals located at the shelter, you can stop by between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 111 W. Hunting Park Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19140
**Please bring photo ID with your current name and address**
If you are interested in a pet who is in foster care, reach out to the foster directly to schedule a meet and greet using contact information listed in the animal’s online bio. If no contact information has not been provided, email foster@acctphilly.org and a staff member will facilitate communication between the foster parent and interested adopter.
Stop in today! No appointment needed to view animals up for adoption! Details at https://acctphilly.org/how-to-adopt/
For animals located at the shelter, you can stop by between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 111 W. Hunting Park Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19140
**Please bring photo ID with your current name and address**
If you are interested in a pet who is in foster care, reach out to the foster directly to schedule a meet and greet using contact information listed in the animal’s online bio. If no contact information has not been provided, email foster@acctphilly.org and a staff member will facilitate communication between the foster parent and interested adopter.
Go meet their pets
LOOKING TO ADOPT?
Email: adopt@acctphilly.org
Visit: http://www.acctphilly.org/adopt
Adoptions hours:
Monday -Sunday: 10am - 6pm
(please arrive by 5:30 pm for adoptions)
INTERESTED IN FOSTERING?
Email: foster@acctphilly.org
Visit: http://www.acctphilly.org/foster
Foster care hours:
Monday - Friday: 1pm - 8pm
Weekends: 10am - 5pm
We are located at:
111 W. Hunting Park Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
LOOKING TO ADOPT?
Email: adopt@acctphilly.org
Visit: http://www.acctphilly.org/adopt
Adoptions hours:
Monday -Sunday: 10am - 6pm
(please arrive by 5:30 pm for adoptions)
INTERESTED IN FOSTERING?
Email: foster@acctphilly.org
Visit: http://www.acctphilly.org/foster
Foster care hours:
Monday - Friday: 1pm - 8pm
Weekends: 10am - 5pm
We are located at:
111 W. Hunting Park Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
More about this shelter
The Animal Care & Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT Philly) is the region’s largest animal care and control service provider. ACCT Philly is an independent, 501c3 nonprofit organization, contracted by the City of Philadelphia to provide animal control services. Our animal control officers provide service over 142.6 square miles to the city’s more than 1.5 million residents and ACCT Philly’s facility in North Philadelphia handles more than 17,000 of the city’s animals, from dogs and cats, to small animals, reptiles, birds and wildlife, annually.
In addition to animal control and sheltering, ACCT Philly is open 365 days a year for pet adoptions. ACCT Philly also supports a foster care program where community members provide temporary homes for sheltered animals and one of the (if not THE) most extensive rescue partnership program in the country where approved rescue partners accept ACCT Philly animals into their adoption programs. Under contract ACCT Philly’s Animal Control Officers provide animal control services and code enforcement. Other exciting ACCT Philly programs include a food pantry for low-income pet owners, a vibrant volunteer program, trap-neuter-return for community cats, a unique Pen Pal program to assist dogs at risk … and so much more!
The Animal Care & Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT Philly) is the region’s largest animal care and control service provider. ACCT Philly is an independent, 501c3 nonprofit organization, contracted by the City of Philadelphia to provide animal control services. Our animal control officers provide service over 142.6 square miles to the city’s more than 1.5 million residents and ACCT Philly’s facility in North Philadelphia handles more than 17,000 of the city’s animals, from dogs and cats, to small animals, reptiles, birds and wildlife, annually.
In addition to animal control and sheltering, ACCT Philly is open 365 days a year for pet adoptions. ACCT Philly also supports a foster care program where community members provide temporary homes for sheltered animals and one of the (if not THE) most extensive rescue partnership program in the country where approved rescue partners accept ACCT Philly animals into their adoption programs. Under contract ACCT Philly’s Animal Control Officers provide animal control services and code enforcement. Other exciting ACCT Philly programs include a food pantry for low-income pet owners, a vibrant volunteer program, trap-neuter-return for community cats, a unique Pen Pal program to assist dogs at risk … and so much more!
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