Date of intake:: 5/24/2024

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

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Moderate Reactivity to humans: None - ignores Reactivity to dogs: None - ignores Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Moderately social - actively explores, also seeks attention Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Accepts - soft bodied, leans in Exuberant handling: Accepts - soft bodied, leans in Handling comments: Arousal: Follows, loose Arousal comments: Knock: Approaches, loose Knock Comments: Toy: No reaction Toy comments:

Summary:: 5/29: Greet F SMB dog with a loose body and wagging tail. With a slight tug she is moved along but bounces along the fence.

Summary (2):: 06.22 Patty is barking and jumping against the kennel door. She is given a high-value treat, leashed, and rushed out of the room. She passes another dog in the yard and pulls towards them, growling. When the other dog is out of sight, she allows the handler to leash harness her and begins to sniff the ground. She stops to watch a member of the public. She stands with a high tail, watching until the handler continues walking. Patty pulls hard while returning to the kennel; she begins to pull towards the neighboring dog but is redirected back to her kennel and unleashed.

Summary (3):: 06.18 Patty takes the high-value treat offered by a staff member hard during leashing, but while eating, it allows the staff member to leash her with ease. She pulls towards every kennel on the way out of the room, attempting to kennel fighting while hard barking. Once out of the room, the staff member has to stop to let Patty catch her breath. In the yard, Patty relieves herself before jumping onto the bench with a staff member. She lays across them, exposing her belly and allowing pets to her head and body while wagging her tail and panting. Patty is easily leashed and kept between staff member's legs on the way back to the kennel to avoid kennel fighting. 06.14 Patty is facing forward with her attention towards the kennel next to her. Her head remains pressed against the kennel door while trying to leash. Once the leash is secured, she begins to bark towards the neighboring dogs. She is brought out to the yard, and she begins to explore. She leans her body against the handler's legs and allows petting on her head and body. She sits for treats taking them gently. We work on paw, and she lifts her paw up allowing the handler to hold it in her hand while treating. We continue this until she begins to offer her paw to the handler. She jumps upon the handler and leans into petting on her face and chest. She is brought back inside and pulls hard on the leash, pulling and barking at neighboring dogs. She pulls past her kennel to bark at the dog next to her and is hard to get back into the kennel 06.11 Patty greets staff member at the front of her kennel. She's panting, jumping up against the door, and whining. Staff member gives her a high value treat due to her rope reactivity. She is kept on a short rope and placed between staff member's legs as she attempts to pull towards the kennels and fight. Once in the yard, Patty relaxes, walking around and sniffing with a loose body and wagging tail. When staff member sits on the bench she comes up and leans against staff member until she lays down. She rests her head on a staff member's lap as if she is a pet. An unfamiliar staff member makes Patty's ears go forward, and she starts huffing, but she doesn't react further and is rewarded with treats. Patty is easily leashed and taken back to her kennel. She kennel fights but is easily placed back inside without issue.

Summary (4):: 6/10: Patty is jumping up against her kennel door repeatedly. The friction has caused a burn on her face which is bleeding. She has increased kennel reactivity when exiting the room. 06.09 Patty is rubbing her face against the kennel door to the point of irritation, causing blood to get on the door. She jumps up against the kennel door with focused eyes barking. A staff member uses a high-value treat when leashing Patty, and then she is put on a short leash between their legs. She attempts to kennel fight hard, pulling towards each kennel, hopping on two legs, barking. The staff member is able to get her out of the room safely and into a yard. She runs around the yard's perimeter with a high tail and tense body, sniffing spots. She relieves herself and approaches the bench accepting pets to her head and body. Patty is easily leashed, and despite kennel fighting hard on the way inside, she is easily placed back into her kennel without issue. 06.08 Patty is at the front of her kennel with wide eyes and a wagging tail. She is attention barking and pushing against the kennel door. She is easily leashed with the assistance of a high-value treat. As Patty exits the room, she attempts to kennel fight with each dog. She is kept on a short leash between staff member's legs as she attempts to redirect. Once out of the room Patty takes a moment to regain her composure as she pulled too hard on the rope choking herself out slightly. Patty is taken to the yard. She allows a drag to be placed on and maintains a loose wiggly body as staff member pets her. She plays with toys for a while before approaching the staff member. She sits with staff member until she hears another dog, Tony coming back from a walk. She stalks the fence running up and down the length of it. Once the other dog is safely inside, Patty is leashed and returned to her kennel. She is kept on a short leash and swiftly escorted to her kennel to avoid any kennel fighting. She's given a treat and is unleashed without issue. 06.04 Patty is at the front of her kennel with wide eyes and a wagging tail. She easily slips into the leash and runs past barking neighbors unfazed. In the yard Patty mostly stays to herself sniffing around the yard. She shows curiosity for other dogs in the other yard tilting her head and perking her ears at the sounds. She relieves herself and staff member leashes her. She is easily placed back inside her kennel. 06.02 Patty is found at the front of her kennel when staff approaches. Patty is very wiggly, her tail wagging and she whines while staff leashes her. Patty is led outside to the yard where she sniffs around for a little but then quickly approaches staff, Patty leans her body onto staff, leaning into pets. Patty hops up onto the bench next to staff and accepts more pets on the head and side. Staff asks Patty to sit and she does so receiving a treat as reward. Patty is led back to her kennel easily.

Summary (5):: 05.25 Patty was sitting in her kennel and began to wag her tail when approached. She was easily leashed and brought out for a walk. She pulled moderately on the leash, keeping her nose to the ground. She was walked back to the building and was brought into the meet and greet room. She remained by the door, looking out the window, allowing the handler to collar her. She walked back to her kennel and balked. She entered her kennel after a few tried and accepted treats through the bars of her kennel.

Date of initial:: 5/24/2024

Summary:: tense but allowed all handling

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 2

Recommendations:: No young children (under 5)

Recommendations comments:: No young children (under 5): due to some fearfulness seen in care, we recommend a home with no young children.

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

Potential challenges comments:: Basic manners/poor impulse control: Patty may jump up on handlers to greet or seek attention. It is recommended that default behaviors such as "Leave it", "Sit/Stay", "Down" are reinforced to substitute any frustration and teach her to control her 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 Impulse Control. Fearful: Patty was highly fearful initially but has begun to warm up nicely in the care center. She may be easily startled by fast movements of loud sounds. She does best with a slow, considerate approach. Please see handout on Fearful. On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: Patty has become increasingly reactive to other dogs in kennel. She is becoming difficult to remove from the room. This could be due to kennel stress. Please see handout on On-Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration.