Date of intake:: 5/20/2026

Spay/Neuter status:: No

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Owner Surrender

Previously lived with:: 1 adult and 1 child (currently 10 years old)

Behavior toward strangers:: Knight is reported to be friendly and outgoing with visitors and strangers

Behavior toward children:: Knight is reported to be friendly, outgoing, playful and tolerant with children.

Behavior toward dogs:: Knight will will hard bark and snap at unfamiliar dogs that approach him.

Behavior toward cats:: No experience

Resource guarding:: No Resource Guarding

Bite history:: No Bite History

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: High Energy

Other Notes:: Knight is reported to jump up often and has some general anxiety (pages, whines or is unable to settle). During walks he can growl or hard bark at off leash, unfamiliar dogs that approach him. He isn't bothered when: - held/restrained - disturbed while sleeping - startled - pushed or pulled off furniture - feet/paws are touched - collar grabbed/touched *Previous assessments can be given upon request*

Date of assessment:: 6/10/2026

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Mild Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: Moderate Leash walking comments: Fixates and becomes tense when seeing another dog while in the care center. This behavior is not easy to redirect and the handler has to pull Knight away Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Fearful Call over: No approach Sociability comments: Highly fearful, tense body, whale eye, tense low body. Avoidant of the handler and begins to seek exit when the handler approaches with a collar. Stays near secondary handler Soft handling: Fearful Exuberant handling: Fearful Comments: Tense body, tucked tail Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler, neutral body Knock Knock comments: Approaches handler readily, jumps up Toy Toy comments: Sniffs toy, no reaction

Summary:: 5/30/26: Knight greets another dog at the gate with a forward leaning body, head held high. His tail is high and rapidly wagging.

Summary (3):: 7/19/26: Knight is waiting at the front of his kennel with a soft, relaxed body and wagging tail when the handler approaches. Handler cues him to sit; Knight follows and readily allows leashing and exits the room without issues. Knight walks ahead of the handler with light leash tension in the hallways without interest in dogs in pop-up crates; in the elevator, Knight sits close to the handler with a loose body and leans onto them after petting. Once outside, Knight walks with mild leash pressure and, after crossing the street, immediately relieves himself. He continues walking in calm pace, on the loose leash beside the handler with no leash tension. He is focused on the handler and repeatedly checks in with them by making eye contact; his face is soft and his body remains relaxed with a slightly wagging tail. When Knight sees another dog, he immediately reacts; his body tenses and he stops moving. Knight shifts his weight forward and fixates on the other dog with a hard stare. He does not respond to his name, treats, leash tension, or attempts to redirect his attention. While waiting for the other dog to pass, the handler keeps Knight close on a short leash to prevent him from moving forward. Knight allows this handling without any redirection or escalation toward the handler. He remains fully fixated on the other dog and does not respond to the handler until the dog is out of his vision. When distance is created, Knight visibly starts calming down and returns his attention to the handler. His body gets more neutral, but he is panting and salivating; his breath is rapid. Handler cues him to sit and gives him a minute to calm down. After, Knight resumes walking next to the handler with light leash pressure. He doesn't react toward people passerby and other stimuli (delivery person with cart, bikes, loud sound from the parking lot). Knight is social and affectionate with handler. He remains a loose, wiggly body, soft eyes, and a gently wagging tail while interacting with the handler. He continues stopping and leaning into the handler for petting. He readily responds to cues "sit" "paw" and "down" and actively engages in pattern games. During return handler is able to pre-clip the leash and Knight readily goes back into the kennel by his own with ease.

Summary (4):: 7/12/26: Knight is at the front of his kennel with a soft, relaxed body when handler approaches. He is easily leashed and exited the room without issue. Handler tosses a treats on the ground and it helps to keep Knight's focus while passing pop-up crates in the hallways. In elevator Knight sits on the handler's feet and allows petting. Once outside, Knight pulls hard while crossing the street and immediately relieves himself. After he continues walking beside the handler on a loose leash without any tension. Sometimes he looks at the handler for check-ins. When Knight sees another dog, his body tenses, he is hard staring at them and starts barking after. He is unresponsive to treats and recall cues and continues staying at the same spot; however, despite the reactivity, Knight eventually follows handler when they pull him away in another direction. Knight is panting a lot and his pupils are dilated; handler is able to cue him to "sit" and calm him down with treats. Knight is not interested in other stimuli or people passerby. When interacting with handler, Knight displays a loose, wiggly body and a wagging tail during the walk. He readily responses to cues including “sit,” “paw,” and “down”. He sits next to handler and leans on them asking for more pets. During return, handler is able to pre-clip the leash and return Knight to his kennel without further issues. 7/11/26 (Trainer Note): Knight was sitting at front of kennel on approach with a loose body and face. He is leashed with a treat lure and taken to the training room. Once in the training room Knight works on building his fundamentals. He begins with leave it, rewarded on a snuffle mat. He is able to leave the treat in a open hand lowered past his shoulder height. He then works on touch, completing several rounds. He is building his fundamentals of Leave it, Touch, and 123 in addition with engage/disengage. His kennel return was not noteworthy. 7/7 (Trainer Note): Knight is standing at the front of kennel when trainer approaches. He has a soft wiggly body and loose ears. He is leashed with a treat lure and walks with minimal pulling to the training room. In the training room he was able to engage with the one two three game, building from one all the way to walking with three. He was able to extend the cues over several seconds. He returned to kennel with no issue.

Summary (5):: 7/3/26: Knight is sitting at the front of his kennel with soft body when handler approaches. He is easily leashed and taken out of the room. He is following a treat trail and Knight is distracted which helps pass by pop-up crates with other dogs. Once outside Knight pulls hard crossing the street and immediately relieves himself. He continues walking next to the handler with no pulling on the loose leash. When handler stops, Knight sits right next to them and gets rewarded with a treat. After some time handler takes Knight to the yard for pattern games and enrichment (play-yard is empty). Knight is very active and social with handler. His body is loose and wiggly with wagging tail. He follows multiple commands as "sit", "paw", "down" and "roll over". He allows petting and gets down to show his belly for more pets. When he sees another dog his body gets tense and Knight starts running around the perimeter with hard barking. He constantly jumps on the fence and trying to use his paw to reach out to another dog in another pen. He is not receptive to treats or recall and handler have to pull him away physically and end the session. His pupils are dilated and Knight continues hard staring at another dogs with heavy breathing; he still sits again when handler comes closer and allows to put the slip lead back on. While walking back, Knight calms down and he sits in front of the handler; his body is neutral again but he is heavy breathing and salivating. During returning handler is able to pre-clip the leash and bring Knight back into his kennel with no further issues. 6/26/26: Knight is at the front of his kennel with loose body when handler approaches. He is easily leashed with a treat lure and taken out of the room. Knight follows the handler and the treat trail on the ground, but when passes by pop-up crates, his body gets tense. He attempts to pull hard closer to the dogs in the crates but is redirectable with treats. Once in the yard, he pulls hard towards one of the pens and immediately relieves himself; after he continues sniffing a lot around pen's perimeter. He is social and engaging with handler: plays fetch with tennis ball, responses when called, allows petting, follows commands "sit", "paw" and "down". He sits next to the handler on the bench, leans on them and shows his belly for more pets. When he sees another dog his body gets tense. He immediately pulls towards them with hard barking trying to get another dog with his paws through the fence. He is panting and salivating a lot. Handler is able to pull him away and distract with treats. After some time he calms down, and his body gets loose again. During returning handler is able to pre-clip the leash and bring Knight back into the kennel with ease.

Summary (6):: 6/24/26: It was noted on the board that Knight's kennel reactivity has gotten bad when leaving kennel. He is very strong and pushes off the wall. 6/20/26: Knight is at the front of his kennel with loose and wiggly body when handler approaches. He starts jumping on the kennel door when handler attempts to unlock it but he is easily leashed with a treat lure. Once he is out, Knight immediately starts lunging on every kennel with hard barking towards other dogs. Handler is able to feel vibration from his growling through the leash all the way out of the room. In the hallways Knight attempts to pull hard towards pop-up crates with tense body. In elevator he calms down and sits next to the handler; after Knight continues slowly following handler in the hallways. His body gets loose again but he is panting and salivating a lot all the way outside. Once he gets to the driveway, he immediately relieves himself and continues walking with mild pulling slightly ahead of the handler. He is social and engaging with handler: gently takes treats, responses when called, allows petting, follows commands "sit", "paw" and "down". He leans on the handler asking for more pets and, when handler stops, he fully gets on the ground and shows his belly for more pets. When he sees another dog his body gets tense with hackles up. He starts growling and pulling towards them. This behavior is nor redirectable with treats, squeaker toy or recall, so handler have to keep pulling him away in another direction. Once they are gone, handler starts engaging with Knight again and after some pattern games he calms down and continues walking next to the handler with loose body and wagging tail. Knight doesn't react towards other people or kids passer by. During returning handler is able to pre-clip the leash and bring Knight back into the kennel with no further issues.

Summary (7):: 6/10/26: Knight is at the front of his kennel with a soft body; he is easily leashed and brought out the room. As a large dog walks past, Knight fixates on them with a tense body; the handler pulls him into elevator, and he stops fixating as the door closes. On the street, Knight walks with mild to no leash tension; he doesn't react to dogs or people. He also engages with the handler by presenting a soft body while allowing pets. Knight is brought inside for his assessment (see notes); he is returned to his kennel with ease. 06/06/26: Knight is standing at the front of his kennel with loose body when handler approaches. He gently takes treats and allows handler to put the leash on. He slowly follows the handler with soft body in the hallways and sits next to them in elevator. He sees another dog and his body immediately gets tense; he starts hard barking and barring teeth towards them. He follows hander when recalled and handler is able to pull him away. Knight is panting a lot but continues walking with mild pulling slightly ahead of the handler. Once he gets outside, Knight is very social, allows petting and actively engages with handler. He follows commands "sit", "paw" and "down" and gently takes treats as a rewards after. He leans on the handler asking for attention and few times gets fully down on the ground and shows his belly for more pets. Knight doesn't react towards people passerby. When he sees another dog cross the street, his body gets tense again with hackles up. Handler feels his growling through the leash vibration. Handler calls him and offers treats and Knight follows them and is able to continue the walk. After engaging with handler again his body gets soft with wagging tail. During returning Knight continues walking next to the handler and following commands. Handler is able to pre-clip the leash and bring Knight back into the kennel with ease. 5/23/26: Knight is standing at the front of his kennel as the handler approaches. He takes a treat very gently. His head is low and he allows leashing with a treat. He steps out of the kennel gingerly and walks to the street. He sniffs around, moderately tense. He looks at people sometimes and not others. He is lead to the assessment room (see notes) then returned to kennel. On the way back to kennel he hesitates occasionally, but gets in with relative ease.

Date of intake:: 5/20/2026

Summary:: wiggly-bodied and accepted all handling

Date of initial:: 5/22/2026

Summary:: Tense, allows placement of muzzle, but will thrash with examination of face and ears

ENERGY LEVEL:: Knight is described as active and enthusiastic. They will need daily mental and physical activity to keep them 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. We recommend feeding with puzzle feeders and food-dispensing toys. And we recommend only force-free, reward-based training techniques for Knight

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Recommend no dog parks

Recommendations comments:: No Children: Due to Knight's fearful disposition and need for contact on his own terms, we recommend a home with no children. No Dog Parks: Due to on leash reactivity, we recommend no trips to the dog park.

Potential challenges: : Basic manners/poor impulse control,Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful,Anxiety,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Basic Manners/Poor Impulse Control: Knight's former owners report that he will frequently jump up on people in an exuberant manner. It is recommended that default behaviors such as "Leave it", "Sit/Stay", "Down" are reinforced to substitute any frustration and teach him to control his impulses instead of simply reacting; proper management is also advised. Force-free, reward based training only is recommended. Please see handout on Basic Manners and Poor Impulse Control. Handling/Touch Sensitivity: During medical exams it was reported that Knight did not tolerate handling specifically around the face and ears. It is important to always go slow and give Knight the option to walk away from any social interaction. Knight should never be forced to approach anything that he is uncomfortable with or to submit to petting or handling. It should always be Knight’s choice to approach a new person or thing. Knight may do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to his new surroundings. Please see handout on Handling and Touch Sensitivity. Fearful: Since arriving at the care centers and particularly during his assessment, Knight has displayed a tense demeanor and reluctance to approach handlers. Knight should never be forced to approach anything that he is uncomfortable with or to submit to petting or handling. It should always be Knight’s choice to approach a new person or thing. Pam would do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to his new surroundings. Please see handout on Decompression Period. Anxiety: Knights former owners report that Knight suffers from general anxiety and will pace and pant frequently and generally has difficulty settling. We recommend puzzle toys, long walks, and giving him other things to focus on to alleviate his anxiety. Positive reinforcement, force-free training only should be used. Please see handout on Generalized Anxiety. On Leash Reactivity: Knight has been observed to hard bark and bare teeth towards other dogs while on leash. He is also noted to fixate on other dogs and is not easily redirected. Knight will need positive reinforcement, reward based training to teach them to look at you rather than other dogs. We recommend a front clip harness to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration.