Frankie

Frankie is the kind of dog you just want to grab and hug. He’s small, has crazy scruffy hair, a big black nose and short crooked legs. But for as cute and kissable as Frankie looks, he’s got much more going on behind that cute façade. Frankie, like millions of other dogs just like him, has been passed from home to shelter to home again and again. At just three years old, Frankie is on his fifth living arrangement.
It happens too often to too many dogs. “The shuffle” is incredibly taxing on pets, on shelters, and on families who get a dog hoping for a loyal, loving pet, and end up with an animal that bites people or other animals. We know there are families and individuals out there who can provide forever homes for animals—it’s all about matching up animals with people who are willing and able to manage a dog with behavior challenges.
For example, Frankie is perfectly house trained, he goes right in his crate when asked, he walks well on leash, knows “sit,” “down,” and “sit pretty;” he’s good with cats. But he hates it when people or other animals invade his space or become too pushy with him physically. It was probably this personality quirk that landed him in a Los Angeles shelter at just a year old. Then he went to a home, which he lost when he bit his owner in the face. Apparently, she held him like a baby and hugged him. In foster care, Frankie has attacked the other dogs he lives with when they get in his way.
But Frankie is a well-behaved dog 95% of the time. And we know what sort of home he’ll do well in: one with people who understand him, and without a lot of other pets.
Frankie’s inappropriate and even dangerous behavior, which he exhibits the other 5% of the time means that he needs just the right home that can manage him—for the rest of his life. The good thing is, Frankie is predictable. We know what his “buttons” are and now he only needs a home that won’t push them.