Date of intake:: 11/22/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: No

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray, no known history

Date of assessment:: 11/30/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Hard Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: Extreme Leash walking comments: Pulls hard, tense body, and vocalizes when seeing other dogs, continues to react even after moving him away. Kennel reactive Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Distracted Call over: Approaches handler readily Sociability comments: Sniffing around the room Soft handling: Seeks contact Exuberant handling: Seeks contact Comments: Leans into handler Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler exuberantly Knock Knock comments: Approaches handler readily, jumps up on handler Toy Toy comments: Grips firm and engages with the toy, neutral body and wagging tail

Summary:: 12/4/25: Grandpa Joe lunges forward with tense body and snaps when greeting another dog at the gate.

Summary (3):: 1/11/26: While a handler is returning a dog into their kennel above Grandpa Joe. Grandpa Joe attempts to bite at the dogs foot before the dog stepped all the way into their kennel. 1/7/26 (Late Entry): Grandpa Joe is at the front of his kennel with a wiggly body. He is easily leashed and brought out the room. Grandpa pulls hard while walking out the building. Once outside, he relieves himself, and walks on the street with moderate to hard leash tension. Grandpa shows no interest in passersby and allows pets. After relieving himself, Grandpa sees a dog nearby. He then vocalizes and attempts to pull towards them, but the handler shortens their leash. The handler clips their leash and returns Grandpa Joe to kennel with ease.

Summary (4):: 12/29/25: It has been noted on the whiteboard that Grandpa Joe has been returning to kennel easier. No sling has been needed. NR 12/26/25 (from PM walk 12/25): Grandpa Joe has been report to thrash very intensely to be returned to kennel. Each time he got in, he turned around and busted out the kennel. He had to be muscled in 3 times". BB 12/20/25: Grandpa Joe is at front of kennel, loose body and is easily leashed. He exits kennel with moderate pulling. Grandpa Joe maintains neutral body, moderate pulling on walk. Grandpa Joe is social with handler checks in visually when verbally cued, understands sit, takes treats gently. Grandpa Joe allows all petting with neutral-soft body. Grandpa Joe sees a LMB with staff, he begins to pull toward hard, tense body, a treat is presented right in front his face and he is not redirected. He is kept a short leash, rears up on hind-legs growling and vocalizing toward the LMB. He eventually recovers when the LMB is out of sight. Grandpa Joe re-enters MACC and follows treats into kennel without issue. -AR 12/12/25: Grandpa Joe is at the front toe tapping with soft wiggly body when handler approaches. He is eaisly leashed and removed from kennel. He is kept on a short leash and rushed out into the hallway. He is then walked on the street where he walks on loose leash alongside handler. He will baulk at times on the street refusing to walk in a certain direction. Handler kneels down and he comes forward and allows petting. He then walks with handler before baulking again. This time he does not approach handler when kneeling and is not interested in treats. Handler places pressure on the leash and jogs back towards the care center. He jogs alongside her. He is returned with a belly band as he baulks again

Summary (5):: 12/4/25 (For Playgroup): Grandpa Joe is at the front of his kennel with a loose, wiggly body as the handler approaches. He is easily leashed and brought out the room. The handler brings him to the playpen. There is social with the second handler present: approaching and jumping on them with a loose, wiggly body and allowing pets. Another dog is brought into the small pen. Immediately, Grandpa Joe growls, lunges and snaps at the dog between the shared fence. The handler pulls him away and brings him into a further away playpen. There, the handler places Grandpa Joe on a drag leash. He allows pets from the handler, but is aloof for majority of the time outside. The handler then places their leash on him, and walk him back to the building. While walking back, Grandpa Joe becomes reactive to the same dog as he walks past, presenting the same behaviors; the handler shortens their leash and pulls him away. Upon return, the handler clips their leash and walks Grandpa Joe to the room. He baulks right outside the room door; the handler then walks out and runs Grandpa Joe in, and then muscles him into kennel. The handler is able to remove their leash with ease. 12/03/25: Staff report Grandpa Joe pancaked during his walk on the street and was unable to be coaxed forward using toys or treats. Handler had to lift and carry Grandpa Joe a significant distance before he was ready to walk on his own again. 11/30/25: Grandpa Joe is standing at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He is able to be leashed with ease and he pulls hard towards the dog in kennel next to him on the way out. He is able to be taken away and is taken outside for a walk. On the walk, he has a tense body as he pulls ahead. He would pull hard towards dogs with a tense body while vocalizing. He is unable to be redirected with treats. He is then taken to the behavior room for his assessment. In the room, he would jump up on the handler and would turn his body and head whip while leaning into the handler when being petted. He does not let go of the toy when the handler brings the assessment hand close to him. Please see behavior assessment notes for more details. He is able to return back to his kennel with no issues.

Summary (6):: 11/29/25: Grandpa Joe is at front of his kennel with a soft body and wagging tail. He is easily leashed and brought out the room. On the street, Grandpa Joe walks ahead with little leash tension. When walking back to the shelter, Grandpa Joe stops and baulks. The handler speaks to him a baby voice, and then he continues to walk. The handler crosses the street, walking on the road; Grandpa Joe sees a large dog across the street and attempts to pull towards them, but the handler pulls him away and he continues to walk. The handler clips their leash and attempts to bring Grandpa to his kennel, but Grandpa baulks right outside the room. The handler drops treats in front of him, but he shows no interest. A second handler places a sling underneath him, and both handlers return Grandpa Joe to his kennel. 11/27/25: Grandpa Joe is at the front of his kennel with a loose body and wagging tail, he is offered treats but does not accept any. He is leashed without issue and walks with handler out of kennel without issue, Joe walks to the street with handler and pulls mildly during his walk, he passes people on the street without issue and stops frequently to sniff or to relieve himself. When seeing dogs, Joe will briefly stare at them if within a close proximity but generally ignores them. He is walked for a while and eventually is brought back inside, he allows handler to clip his leash and walks back to kennel, he spins halfway as he approaches his kennel door but is easily coaxed forward. Joe baulks at the front of kennel so handler uses moderate leash pressure to return Grandpa Joe, interaction is ended shortly after.

Summary (7):: 11/25/25: Grandpa Joe is at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He is then easily leashed and would attempt to push out of his kennel. Once he exits the kennel, he would pull hard out of the room watching the dogs in the neighboring kennels with a tense body and raised hackles. While making his way to the yard, he would attempt to kennel fight with the dogs in the crates in the hallway, handler keeps Joe on a short and tight leash throughout the walk towards the yard. While out in the yard, Joe would continue to dart on the leash fixating on dogs as they pass by. He would pull hard towards them and slightly vocalize as the dogs would pass the pen he was in. He would then relieve himself in multiple spots and shortly after is then clipped and returned back to his kennel showing the same previous behaviors. 11/24/25: Grandpa Joe is standing at the front his kennel as handler approaches. He is able to be leashed with ease and he pulls hard out of kennel. He begins to hard bark and lunge towards the dogs in kennels and in pop up crates with a tense body on the way to the yard. In the yard, he would hard stare at dogs as they passed by and when they were next to him in a pen. He is unable to be redirected with treats or a toy. He is able to be taken away and walked around the perimeter of the yard a few times. On the way back to his kennel, he would lunge and bark towards the dogs in pop up crates and in kennel and has to be muscled inside of his kennel. 11/23/25: Grandpa Joe is at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He produces a low growl but approaches when offered treats, he does not accept them however. Grandpa Joe backs away as handler presents their leash, he is lassoed after a few attempts and removed from kennel. He begins spinning on leash and intensely reacting as he passes the dogs in kennel. He is difficult to redirect and continues reacting to the pop-up crates he passes as well as the dogs he sees in the hall. He is eventually brought to the driveway and walked out to the street for his walk. While outside he pulls moderately and will pull moderately toward dogs he sees but stops once line of sight is broken. He does not accept treats offered but walks with handler down the street, stopping to sniff and relieve himself along the way. He passes people on the street without issue and after walking for a while is brought back inside. He allows handler to clip his leash and begins once again reacting intensely to the dogs in pop-ups he passes as well as the dogs in kennel, he pulls hard toward them and baulks hard at the front of kennel, planting his feet in the front and refusing to enter. Handler has to muscle Grandpa Joe into kennel and once inside and the door is secured interaction is ended.

Date of intake:: 11/22/2025

Summary:: Lunging at other dogs

Date of initial:: 11/23/2025

Summary:: Tense; heavy panting; pacing

ENERGY LEVEL:: We have no history on Grandpa Joe so we cannot be certain of their behavior in a home environment. However, they will need daily mental and physical activity to stay engaged and exercised. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in additional to physical exercise, to positively direct their energy and enthusiasm.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Single-pet home,Recommend no dog parks

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to the behaviors seen in the Care Centers, Grandpa Joe should go to a home with older children. Single-pet home/Recommend no dog parks: Due to the behaviors seen in the Care Centers, Grandpa Joe should be the only dog in the home and should not visit dog parks.

Potential challenges: : Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration/Fearful/potential for defensive aggression: Grandpa Joe is highly reactive, spinning on leash, lunging and difficult to refocus. Positive reinforcement should be utilized to teach Grandpa Joe associate dogs with things he likes such as treats and toys. Please see the handouts on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration and Fearful/potential for defensive aggression.