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r he meets someone new. He’s approximately 4-5 months old and weighs about 35 lbs.
Besides his good looks and sweet demeanor, let’s talk about his other positive qualities! He’s very good on a leash, currently mastering walking on the right side (his foster mom’s preference), and coming to the command “To Me”. He also sits politely for putting on and taking off the collar/leash. In fact, his foster mom confidently says he’s mastered the “Sit” command in every environment so far.
When you’re giving him pets, especially massages, he simply melts right into the floor, no jumping or play bites. He is non-reactive to the vacuum and other loud noises inside the house. Speaking of loud noises, Banksy lives with 4 young kids, ages 7-9, and he watches with calm amusement as they stomp around the living room doing Irish Dance, which goes on ALL THE TIME at his foster home. The kids are in charge of his food and water, and he doesn’t show even a hint of resource guarding. Same with his toys, which he happily brings to you when he wants to play fetch or tug of war.
What else? He’s a great companion for running errands in the car - no car sickness. He just happily snuggles down on the rug his foster mom placed on the floor for him.
He seems to love warm baths and his short Pittie fur air dries in no time. He has no problem letting people handle his legs and paws and, while his foster mom hasn’t yet needed to trim his nails, she makes sure to touch and massage his paws throughout the day, every day, to make sure he stays used to the sensation.
Banksy is fantastic with going in his kennel, both for intermittent rest periods throughout the day and overnight. He lays down right away and doesn’t make a peep until he’s let out. His foster mom recommends keeping him kennel trained overnight and when stays home alone for any length of time, only because he’s still a puppy and likes to grab a random shoe, sock, or kid toy if it’s lying around. He hasn’t chewed up anything yet but, being a puppy, he would obliviously and joyfully chew something like that if he was given the opportunity.
Banksy’s house has a strict “no dogs on the couch or bed” rule so, after trying twice during his first day home, he’s never thought about it since. There is a cat in the home that IS allowed on the couch. Banksy is curious about the cat and does play bows and pounces to try to engage the cat to play. But, since the cat has no desire to join in, he loses interest eventually.
The only current skill that he’s still working on is house/potty training. He’s doing so well but, since he’s still young and fairly new to spending his entire day inside, he needs regular potty walks outside, and will most likely have an overnight accident, until his little bladder is bigger and strong enough to hold it for a long period of time. Given how quickly he’s learning all his other skills, his foster mom is confident that he’ll have it mastered within a few short weeks.
Adopting Banksy into your family will seriously be like winning the family dog lottery! He is an absolute sweetheart, so smart and loving, eager to play and learn new skills, people loving and quick to melt right into your body and heart.
All of our dogs are spayed or neutered, up to date on age appropriate vaccinations, microchipped and if over 6 months of age, heartworm tested and on heartworm preventative in their foster home.
We require an approved application to meet any of our dogs. We do not have a shelter location and will not arrange a meeting without an approved application.
We strive to make sure the bios provided for our dogs are complete and accurate; we do understand that mistakes happen, however, so if you absolutely cannot find the answer to your question in the dog's bio, you can contact us for more information.
We require a home visit for each dog we adopt out, so we adopt within a 2 hour radius of Dayton, OH. If you are outside of this radius, we encourage you to contact your local rescue or shelter.