benny vici

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Benny Vici must have confirmed placement with a RESCUE PARTNER by FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2025 at 10AM.

Benny Vici Animal ID ACCT-A-217251 Breed Mixed Breed (Small) Sex Male Weight 19.8 lbs Age 12Y/0M/0W Location Small Dog Room

Benny Vici ACCT-A-217251 is currently considered urgent and at risk of euthanasia due to medical concerns. Benny Vici must have confirmed placement with a RESCUE PARTNER by WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2025 at 10AM. Should Benny Vici's medical or behavioral status change, his urgency and timeline for placement may also change.

Estimated to be about 12 years old, Benny Vici came the shelter on April 10th as an owner surrender due to moving. At intake, staff observed that Benny was blind, wearing a diaper, and muzzled?his owner explained these were due to his recent medical and behavioral changes. After seven years in a home, Benny suddenly found himself in a loud, unfamiliar shelter environment, struggling with the recent onset of vision loss.

Despite the difficult transition, Benny has shown moments of sweet and gentle behavior with staff who go slow and give him time to build trust. He is treat-motivated and responsive once he feels safe, and on 4/14, he calmly allowed leashing and handling without issue. His medical concerns include suspected primary corneal disease in his left eye and a heart murmur (possibly degenerative mitral valve disease).

Due to his medical needs, Benny is rescue-only and urgently in need of placement. This sweet senior pup weighs just under 20 pounds and is looking for a calm, patient home where he can decompress and receive the medical care he needs to stay comfortable in his golden years.

Video - Petting Benny

Video - Senorita Agnes and Benny Vici Meet

Video - Benny Vici likes butt scratches

MEDICAL: During a vet exam on 4/14, Benny's left eye had significant corneal edema. They did a fluorescein stain which was negative. He was prescribed neopolydex twice daily. Enucleation can be considered. He had mild debris in both ears. He had a grade 3 heart murmur, likely DMVD. He allowed all handling when muzzled. The gabapentin was increased to 300mg twice daily.

During his intake exam on 4/11, Benny weighed 19.8 pounds and was fractious, trying to bite several times. His eyes were cloudy with his right eye being worse. His ears and teeth hard to examine due to his behavior. Staff noted unable to examine back teeth, tried to bite, canines and incisors are stained with heavy tartar, red gums, bad breath and one testicles palpated, tried biting while I was trying to feel for 2nd testicle. He had a few mats in his coat and was scheduled for a senior exam. He was prescribed 200mg of gabapentin, twice a day.

BEHAVIOR: *NEW* Per staff 4/15: Took Benny out for a dog meet to test a larger senior dog. He did great and walked really well. He peed and pooped when we were outside. He showed some interest in her but also wandered around on his own. He allowed all over handling and enjoyed some butt scratches. He went back into kennel with no issues, but then jumped back out. His leash was already off so I scooped him up to put him back in kennel. He growled and snapped at me but allowed me to put him back and close the door. Absolutely no issues other than that brief moment when I picked him up.

Per staff 4/14: Benny allowed me to leash him easily and he came right out of kennel. He allowed all over pets and wasn't too interested in the other dog, but did sniff him. No behavior concerns noted during my time with him. Went back into kennel on his own and let me remove the leash from around his head.

*NEW* Per volunteer 4/12: I didn't know anything about Benny but he looked like he was interested in a walk and after initially dodging the lead on my first try, he easily was looped and popped right out of his kennel. We walked through the main kennel area with no issues. He did stop for a potty break before we made it outside -- and took care of business a few more times when we were out in the dog run. He sniffed around the yard and did his own thing for a few minutes. I was curious about whether he could see out of either eye and threw a couple of balls and toys which he followed but did not take possession. He engaged with me and another volunteer who joined us in the run --- allowed calm pets. A large dog was in the run next door and when we were leaving to go back inside the other dog was at the fence barking at Benny. He returned the bark but did not advance towards the fence and the other dog was redirected away. We returned inside and into his kennel in the small dog room without issue.

Per staff 4/11: Go slow, does not like being handled, tried biting several times.

Per staff 4/10: Dog had muzzle when brought in. After muzzle was taken off, dog lunged at staff but took treats off staff nicely (slow introduction).

Per his owner, they had Benny for 7 years and he lived with one adult. He was mostly housetrained and knew commands. When asked about his medical concerns and the muzzle, the owner told us that his blindness came on 2 months ago and he started peeing all over the place 6 months ago. He was muzzled because he is people selective but they didn't mention any recent bites.

Due to being significantly overcapacity with dogs and cats and higher than usual intake, extensions are unlikely to be granted. If you are interested in an animal please contact ACCT Philly immediately.

Due to limited space, timestamps may also be proceeded with early so it is imperative to let us know if you are considering adopting or tagging a dog or cat.

ACCT Philly is located at 111 West Hunting Park Ave in Philadelphia. 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 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.