Date of intake:: 5/22/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: Yes

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Returned (from foster)

Previously lived with:: 1 Adult

Behavior toward strangers:: Patches is friendly

Behavior toward children:: Patches is playful and friendly

Behavior toward dogs:: Patches is curious and playful

Behavior toward cats:: No experience

Resource guarding:: None reported

Bite history:: None reported

Housetrained:: Partially

Other Notes:: Patches was returned from foster due to destructive behaviors, chewing on technology (such as the TV and phones), growls for human food & when restricted to enter the bedroom, house soiling, and mouthiness. First stay- 3/21/25: Owner surrender Means of surrender (length of time in previous home): Owner Surrender Previously lived with: 2 Adults Behavior toward strangers: friendly, outgoing, and shy on initial contact with strangers. Behavior toward children: tolerant, playful, friendly, and outgoing with children. Behavior toward dogs: shy on initial contact with familiar dogs. Once Patches warms up she is friendly playful and outgoing Behavior toward cats: No experience Resource guarding: No known reports of Resource guarding. Bite history: No known reported bite history. Housetrained: Yes Energy level/descriptors: Patches is reported to have a high energy level. Patches is unbothered when held/restrained, disturbed while sleeping, startled, pushed/pulled off furniture, or when their collar is grabbed. Patches is fearful when their feet/paws are touched. During her previous stay in the care center Patches was observed to be mouthie, fearful, and have handling sensitivity. *Previous assessments can be given upon request*

Date of assessment:: 5/27/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: None Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Leash biting- not able to be easily redirected Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Distracted Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: Seeking treats, attempted to bite the collar and leash during collaring Soft handling: Accepts contact Exuberant handling: Accepts contact Comments: Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler readily Knock Knock comments: Approaches handler exuberantly Toy Toy comments: Grips light, relinquishes

Summary:: According to Patches previous owner(s), Patches is shy on initial contact with familiar dogs. Once Patches warms up, she is friendly playful and outgoing. Patches is shy of unfamiliar dogs and will actively avoid them. 03/24/25 Patches is introduced at the gate to Male greeter dog while off leash at the care center. Patches will approach the gate with a neutral frame, not paying much mind to the greeter dog. As the greeter dog offers bounces and play bows, soliciting play, Patches is escorted inside of his pen in order to meet face-to-face. As she enters the pen, she actively avoids the greeter dog. She appears nervous displaying paw raises when she creates distance. The greeter dog will attempt to scent her but due to Patches social cues displaying how uncomfortable she is, the greeter dog will disengage, seeking attention from one of the handlers present. Patches will keep her distance before being returned to kennel, concluding the interaction.

Summary (6):: 6/11/25: Patches is easily leashed and taken to the street for a walk. Periodically throughout the walk Patches will jump up and bite the leash. She is unreceptive to treats and squeakie sounds. Patches will also jump up on the handler. She relieved herself a couple times, when returning to kennel Patches baulked outside the kennel room and the handler had to coax her back to kennel. 6/9/25: Patches is standing at the front of her kennel with a soft body and whining as handler approaches. She is leashed using a squeaker toy as a lure. Patches attempts to lightly bite the leash as she is removed from the room. She is able to be redirected with a squeaker toy. Patches tosses and shakes the toy as she is walked to the street. As soon as she crosses the driveway threshold she begins to intensely leash bite. Handler straight arms her and tosses the toy back inside to the driveway, she chases after it and engages with it briefly but begins to leash bite again. Handler tosses treats but she is unreceptive. Handler tosses secondary toy and she repeats the same behavior, tossing and shaking it. Handler attempts to take her to the street once more but the same behavior repeats itself once driveway is crossed. Handler attempts to take Patches to the yard as she continues to leash bite moderately. In the yard she is put on a drag leash and a game of 'trade' is initiated. Patches is receptive and engaged but her arousal is increasing rather than decreasing. Her pupils are dilated, she's heavily panting, and her overall demeanor is escalating in intensity as she sprints back and forth in the pen chasing the toys. Handler cues a sit between every throw and Patches is receptive. When attempting to re-leash using the bulls-eye method and a toy, Patches dodges the leash completely and launches herself towards handlers chest, attempting to bite the leash strapped around handler. Handler quickly removes the leash and tosses it away, Patches immediately grabs it and begins to shake it vigorously. Handler grabs drag leash attached to harness and takes her to behavior office for assistance. A kennel rope is placed on her and drag leash is removed. Patches is returned to kennel without issue.

Summary (7):: 6/8/25(PM): Same walks as the note below. 6/8/25: Patches is easily leashed in kennel and taken for a walk. Patches jump up occasionally and lightly bites the leash. Once on the street Patches pulls mildy and does not react to dogs or people. Patches occasionally jumps up on handler and sometimes lightly bites the leash. She is able to be redirected using squeakie sounds. Patches readily enters kennel and the leash in removed. 6/7/25: ACS reported that Patches is continuously leash biting on walks and growling while doing so. He was reported to be slightly receptive to treats but not receptive to toys and squeakers. 6/6/25: Patches is leash biting, biting tugging and growling. 6/3/25: It is reported that Patches was leash biting continuously while out on a walk. This behavior was not able to be redirected using toys or treats. When being releashed in the yard Patches continued leash biting and became mouthie with the handler's pants. 5/31/25: It is reported on the behavior board that Patches is leash biting even with a toy. Walking around the perimeter of the yard helps calm her down. 5/28/25: Patches was observed to be leash biting at a high intensity in the yard. Treats and squeakers wouldn’t distract her, multiple toys were tossed in her direction which helped distract her momentarily. She was then returned to kennel with no further issues. 5/27/25: Patches is at the front of the kennel with a soft body and wagging tail. She is easily leashed and lead out of the room, her harness is clipped and Patches is walked to the street. Patches picks up a small toy, she carries it and begins to plays with it, chewing and tossing it around the driveway. As Patches is walked further into the driveway, she drops the toy. She then begins biting the leash. Handler uses treats under her nose and she briefly jumps down but does not take the treats. She returns to biting the leash. Handler asks a passing staff member to retrieve her small toy that she drops and it briefly redirects her. Handler walks them out of the driveway to the street and she returns to leash biting. The toy and treats are unsuccessful at redirecting her. Handler immediately returns to the shelter due to the difficulty and inability to redirect Patches. Patches stops leash biting once back in the building. She is brought to the assessment room where Patches greets the assessor with a neutral body. When the collar is being placed onto her Patches tries to jump up and bite towards the collar. Cheese is used to distract. Patches is then easily re-leashed and returned to kennel without issue.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Place with a New Hope partner

Recommendations comments:: No young children (under 13): Due to fearful behavior we recommend an adult only home. We recommend placement with a New Hope rescue partner who is able to provide an experienced, adult-only foster home. Force-free, reward based training and/or consultation with a professional trainer/behaviorist is highly recommended.

Potential challenges: : House soiling,Destructive behavior,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful,Leash-biting,Low threshold for arousal

Potential challenges comments:: House Soiling: Patches' foster parent states that she will have accidents in the home. We recommend positive reinforcement, reward-based training only. Accidents should never be punished as this will likely make the problem worse. Please see handout on House Soiling. Destructive Behavior: Patches' foster parent states that she has shown destructive tendencies in the home such as chewing on technology (such as the TV and phones). We are unaware of what, if any, attempts were made to remedy this behavior but we suggest to future adopters that Patches will need to be provided with physical and mental stimulation and with a variety of appropriate and engaging chew toys so they can engage in necessary chewing behavior without damage to human objects. Please see handout on Destructive Behavior. Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition: During her previous stay Patches did become slightly mouthy during her assessment. Little pressure is applied, but this is a behavior that should be extinguished through training alternate behaviors and lack of reward (ex. walking away whenever Patches' teeth make contact with skin). Please see the handout on Mouthiness/poor impulse control. Fearful | Handling/touch sensitivity: Patches foster parent states that she will growl when the person is eating food and when they go into room they can not access. Patches's previous owner reported that she can be initially shy/fearful with novel people and situations. She is also noted to be fearful when their feet/paws are touched. It should always be her choice to approach a new person or thing. Patches may do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to her new surroundings. Please see handouts on Decompression Period & Handling/touch sensitivity. Leash Biting: Patches has been observed to jump up and bite the leash intensely. This behavior is not able to be redirected by treats or toys. We recommend walking them with a toy to dissuade them from grabbing the leash. Positive reinforcement, force-free training is advised to teach them to focus on you rather than grabbing the leash. Please see handout on Leash Manners. Arousal: Patches handler been observed to quickly become over aroused, jumping up on the handler and attempting to bite the leash they are wearing. Patches should be rewarded with treats when calm. If they escalate to jumping or mouthing, people should immediately walk away from and separate themselves from Patches. Please see handout on Arousal.