Mr. Clean is an English Mastiff, Staffie, DDB mix that came to our rescue when he was 10 days old. His mom had complications from a Caesarean section and the owners turned 11 puppies over to the rescue. He was adopted by a family on 9/12/20. Several days after he was adopted, he was attacked by one of the owner’s dogs, grabbed and thrown down onto cement. He was taken for emergency care and was diagnosed with a displaced skull fracture and it was noted that he was blind. He has since regained partial vision and it is hopeful, he will regain more. When he first arrived at the foster’s home, he had a huge bump on the right side of his skull. This has gone down tremendously. His skull fracture is stable, and no treatment is necessary except for crate rest with limited activities and an E collar. He is current undergoing crate rest in Eagleville, PA. He is a beautiful boy. His eyes are gorgeous! He will be available for adoption at the conclusion of his crate rest.
Likes: Squeaky toys, stuffed animals, bones, crates
Dislikes: Does not like riding in a crate in the car
Personality: He is a typical happy puppy. Very friendly. Likes to give kisses. Has wonderful puppy breath! Wants to play and be active. Likes being outside. Doing very well with housebreaking. Goes to the door when he needs to go out but like any toddler in training, accidents can happen. Learning to walk with a leash. Tends to be a little mouthy when playing but responds well to correction.
Temperament: Good with adults and kids over age 6. Likes dogs of all sizes. Not tested with cats. Her foster had birds and he just ignores them. Great with Vet visits and handling.
Energy Level: Would like to have full freedom to run around and play like a puppy but still on crate restrictions from injury- LOVES when it is time to be liberated for short periods of time!
Favorite Activities: Going outside, eating, napping
Great with kids over 6. Good with dogs and birds. Has never seen a cat.
Not good with: Nothing discovered so far
House trained: Doing very well, goes to the door and barks. Since he is still young, he has a few accidents
Crate Trained: Yes
Challenges: He is learning some very basic commands like no and sit. He will need to be taught the basics of obedience. He will require a basic obedience class per contract.
Medical Issues: healing fracture of skull, visual impairment and he does have a small umbilical hernia, will need to be neutered when age appropriate
Mr. Clean love kids, so a family with kids over the age of 6 would be great. He needs to be socialized with other people and dogs so an active family would work well.
Fostered in Eagleville, PA.
Puppy Adoption Policy:
To ensure proper house training and socialization, puppies will only be adopted to homes where an adult will not be away more than an hour per day, per month of age of the puppy, up to 6 months.
Puppies will be adopted out on a 'Foster to Adopt' basis. This means that if/when your application is approved to adopt, you sign a contract stating you are fostering the puppy until the time it is neutered/spayed at your expense. Giant breed puppies should be not be spayed/neutered before 12 months of age. All non-giant breed puppies must be spayed/neutered by the age of 6 months, unless otherwise recommended by your veterinarian. We will amend the Foster-to-Adopt contract to make the puppy legally yours, only when we receive a spay/neuter certificate from you or your veterinarian. If the puppy is not spayed/neutered as required, we will take possession of the puppy once again.
Application Fees, Adoption Donations and Rescue Policy: Please know that 100% of our funds are used for rescuing the dogs.
Our rescue policy requires the following:
- Adopters must have their primary residence in one of the following states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and parts of North Carolina and parts of New York.
- We will not adopt a giant breed dog to homes where the dog will have access to highly varnished hardwood steps inside the home. Any inside steps to which the dog(s) have access, must have carpeting, securely fixed stair treads, or a non-skid surface. We encourage you to remediate potential safety issues while your application is under review, prior to the home visit.
- Applications for giant breed dogs must be submitted by the property owner.
- Homes with children under 6 years of age will not be approved for adoption.
- Homes with children should have a fenced yard.
- Pets currently in the applicant's home must have a history of appropriate veterinary care. Veterinary records will be checked.
- All references must be checked before any visitation of the dog is permitted at the foster home.
- All family members must be present during the home visit to the applicant's home.
- Any dog(s) in the applicant's home must have an introductory meeting with the rescue dog being considered, before any adoption can be completed.
- Homes with intact dogs will not be approved for adoption. Exceptions to this policy can be found on the Adoptable Dog Page.
For additional information please review our FAQs or contact: mastiffstomutts@gmail.com
