ROCKY - Shih Tzu Dog For Adoption

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a shelter worker and was placed in quarantine for 10 days. He did fine. He was happy and playful. When we got him to our house - he was also happy and playful - got along with the other dogs and was doing great. After being here for about a week or two - he got into a scuffle with an 80-pound hound dog. Rocky's eye was injured and had to be removed. He healed and was adopted and for reasons unknown - he bit that adopter and he was returned to us. We spoke to a trainer and she believed it was because that adopter approached Rocky from his blind side. We had him back here for about a week and at one point - I was rounding up all the dogs and putting them in their crates for naptime - Rocky was eating but I thought he was finished so I approached him to pick him up to put him in his crate. He bit me. We again spoke with a trainer. She believed my bite was due to resource guarding (food). We had him another week or so. He did great. Content - good-natured - sweet... Again, he was adopted along with another of our dogs; those adopters had Rocky about a month. Again - for reasons unknown - he bit and was returned - the two times he bit an adopter they both reported they were just hanging out with Rocky - either on a couch or in bed watching TV - relaxing. They were petting him. He bit. We are again working with a trainer to determine what it is that causes this. 99% of the time - he is great. We're not sure if he just gets overwhelmed at too much petting or if there's a part of his body that - when touched - causes him pain or sensitivity - we're not exactly sure at this point - he's been groomed several times and has done fine - he's also been checked by a vet so we rather doubt the latter. He goes to our adoption events. People walk him and interact with him. there have been no issues but again - we are providing this information about him in the spirit of full disclosure - if you are interested in him - we can talk further and or you can come meet him - we believe that with some training to find out his trigger points - he will be just fine. He's playful, devoted, intelligent, assertive, friendly, energetic, protective and spirited, he's about 3 years old and weighs about 11 lbs, he's fully vetted and healthy, he's not much of a barker unless he's playing, or upset about something – we don’t recommend him being adopted into a family with children younger than 11 - he's HW-

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