Date of intake:: 5/8/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: No

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray (spent time in foster)

Bite history:: 10/18/25: Koda's foster was bitten after leaning in to kiss her on the head. Koda was startled and jumped up, biting the goster on the nose, breaking skin and drawing blood on one side. Immeidately, Koda had a soft body and began seeking attention from the foster. They went to urgent care to have their wounds treated.

Other Notes:: Koda has spent time in different foster homes for a limited time: October 2025: in foster home for 3 weeks with 1 adult -Reported to be reactive to cats and rates -social with strangers but jumps up on them -pulls hard on leash and is reactive to other dogs; would pull towards them when other dogs are near or startles her. -intermittently bit/chewed on blankets and couched but settles when given enrichment July 2025: in foster home for 2 weeks with 1 adult -mostly ignores small animals, except rats -was usually left alone around 4-6 hours each day (max 8, but that’s rare), uncrated without issue. No accidents or eaten furniture -The foster did notice she began eating one of her toys, so they removed the cloth toy and gave her more puzzle-based activities and took her on longer walks to expend that energy -social but can be rough when interacting with strangers (jumping up and clawing which has broken skin before) -walks well on leash, pulls when excited, did not note reactivity towards other dogs -noted some separation anxiety where she will whine briefly but will settle. Koda was also reported to become mouthy or nip and play rough (throwing her body into your legs). Foster also noted that Koda was uncomfortable and defensive with a male relative who was in the home. Further details were not provided. June 2025: in a foster home with 2 adults for 10 days Foster reported that Koda is reported to be reactive to squirrels and rats; she will lunge at them while on walks. Reported to be social with strangers and can sometimes jump up on them for attention. Noted some intermittent barking at dogs on walks.

Date of assessment:: 12/14/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: mild Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Fearful- fliches when touched, head whips Call over: Ignores- doesn't approach Sociability comments: head whips when collar is placed and harness is removed Soft handling: Fearful- backs away, head whips, stiff body Exuberant handling: Fearful-stiff body, whale eyes Comments: Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler readily Knock: Distracted Knock comments: Toy: Does not approach Toy comments:

Summary:: QACC 25' Although Koda spent time in foster, no prior dog-to-dog history is recorded. Was previously in our Manhattan location where she attends play group. Returned November 15,2025 11/17/25 Koda is introduced at the gate to a novel male dog while off leash at the care center. Koda will approach the gate with a tense body, square posture and her hackles raised. She walks away and returns to the gate to whine before walking away to displace, sniffing away from the gate. Koda is returned to kennel, concluding the interaction. 07/31/25 Koda is introduced at the gate to a novel male dog. Koda approaches with a stiff frame and her hackles raised. The novel male dog will mirror her posture, presenting as tense along the gate line as Koda maintains her tense frame. Koda whines and walks away from the gate. This concludes the interaction. MACC 25' 5/15/25: Koda greets another dog at the gate with a neutral body and hackles raised. She does not change in demeanor when the other dog hard barks at her.

Summary (3):: 01/03/26 (Trainer Note): Koda is standing at the front of her kennel with a neutral body as the handler approaches. she is easily leashed and pulls moderately outside. The handler works with her on engage/ disengage and she participates readily, turning away from dogs without prompting and responding to the sit cue. She engages readily in the 123 game and is returned to kennel without issue. 12/28/25: Koda is standing at the front of kennel with a neutral frame as handler approaches. When handler unlocks the kennel door, Koda will jump up excitedly and is leashed with ease, pulling mildly to the Canine Behavior Office. She greets second handler with a loose frame and places her paws up onto their lap to solicit attention. Koda is clipped to a drag lead and free to explore the space. She readily engages with treats and a snuffle mat offered to her. Koda leans into petting with a loose frame and after her session, is returned to kennel safely. 12/20/25 (Trainer note): Koda is at the front of her kennel as the handler approaches. She is easily leashed and pulls mildly outside. When outside Koda can play engage/disengage with a second handler and dog. Koda was disengage with ease and perform a known behaviour (a touch cue). Koda will periodically jump at the handler and will quickly become aroused when pet. The handler will play the up/down game and Koda will decompress. Koda is safely returned to her kennel without issue.

Summary (4):: 12/11: Koda is sleeping in crate when handler enters to greet and walk her. She is easily leashed and taken for AM walk. She pulls slighty but quickly responds when handler recalls to ease leash tension. Koda uses the bathroom and explores a few sniff spots. They enter the building with no issues and a drag leash is attached to Koda to roam the office. Loose in office Koda is easy going, lays in her bed, gives belly to handler for pets, and plays with her toy. Several staff come to the door over the course of an hour, leash is grabbed by handler and staff are spoken to at the open door. Handler places Koda into the crate for a minute to check something in another room. Another staff member enteres and leaves their bag in the room and exits. First handler comes back and let's Koda back out drag leash still in place. When second staff member returns first handler grabs drag leash. Koda knows second handler and displays forward excited body language and as the staff member walks pass Koda leaps up and tries to grab onto the staff members pant by upper hip first handler pulls Koda back interupting behavior, Koda tires to repeat it again but first handler maintains control on her leash and places her in the crate. Koda plays with her toy and then goes back to sleep. 12/05/25 (Trainer Note): Koda is in the Ops office and will jump at the known handler as they enter. Koda will sit on cue and be leashed and taken outside. Koda will respond to the 123 game and orient to the handler on the word one. When outside, Koda and the handler will play engage/disengage with dogs entering the play yard from the outside. Koda will look the dogs, orient to the handler and then respond to a touch cue before being marked and rewarded. After multiple repetitions, Koda will solicit pets and jump at the handler before being safely returned to her crate. 11/26/25: Koda is in a crate in the OPS office. New person enters and she high pitch barks, spins, and is heavy panting. Staff ignore her and Koda continues to bark off & on for 20+ minutes. She tries to self-soothe grabbing her toy for a short period. Once she stops barking for a few minutes handler lets her out of the crate and places drag leash on her. Koda greets staff excitedly jumping up to stand up using their legs. She drops to the ground and rolls over exposing belly for pets. She roams the office but continues to heavy pant/whine. She takes a few short burst rest fully laying out on the ground but when she hears dogs her gets back up quickly to go to the door or bark. While loose she plays with her toy on her own and handler engages in some treat games working on sit and recall. Koda does become excited with pets and will become mouthy with light pressure which she is easily redirected from with treats. She allows staff to come in with no issues and wants to greet all of them. She will jump up on the desk so using drag leash handler guides her back down to the ground and Koda quickly picks up on it.

Summary (5):: 11/17/25 (PG Note): Koda is laying down in her crate as the handler approaches. As the handler bends down to open the crate, Koda comes to the front of the crate with a loose and wiggly body. She is leashed with ease and will pull moderately to the play yard. (See Dog-Dog for more information) Once the greet is over, Koda is returned to her kennel where she is secured safely. 10/04/25 (Trainer Note): Trainer had their 7th session with Koday today. She was very amped up when I arrived, so the FP gave her a licki mat.  She then began to pet her when she was licking it and Koda immediately tense up and growled.  The FP stopped immediately and I explained how to trade if ever Koda has something that she did not want her to have, I have also given her an outline of a resource guarding protocol.   We did some work on some pattern games, and a relaxation protocol.  Koda can get amped up when the FP is in meetings when working from home and has began to chew on the sofa. Koda can lie down on a mat with some duration, and we are working on building distance onto that. 09/25/25 (Trainer Note):Trainer had their fifth session with Koda this morning. They took their personal dog so they could play some engage/disengage under more controlled circumstances. They set up in a basketball court so they had a lot of open space to work with. As Koda approached, she was able to disengage from two passing dogs which was great to see from afar and the FP handled things brilliantly. As soon as Koda saw the trainer, she instantly became anxious and was whining and pulling towards them. She was briefly able to settle with some more space and some higher value treats, but she was unable to disengage, and was over threshold from a distance. They decided that they would work on some pattern games outside to help her to emotionally regulate (and to help her FP feel less stressed when Koda becomes anxious). Koda also lunged at a runner this morning (they came form behind at a close distance and the FP didn't hear them coming), so some confidence work outside will be really useful. FP has also noted that Koda will become destructive when they are on calls, so they are going to work more on a relaxation protocol next week.

Summary (6):: 09/17/25 (Trainer Note): Trainer had their fifth session with Koda today. The FP kept Koda on leash and clicked for four paws on the floor and Koda did great. Trainer also went over a relaxation protocol with Koda and she was distracted at first, but was able to lie down and the FP would get three steps away whilst Koda would stay. The trainer and FP went outside for a walk and to play E\D. Koda was readily disengaging with multiple dogs. 09/12/25 (Trainer Note): The Trainer has their fourth session with Koda today (first with the new foster). Trainer went over clicker mechanic, Engage/Disengage, 123 game and enrichment items. Koda seemed to remember everything we went through and was generally great disengaging, but went over threshold once when a dog lunged at her. Next wee the trainer is going to go over a relaxation protocol. 08/29/25 (Trainer Note): Trainer had their third session with Koda this morning. Koda was noticibly anxious, she would pant, pace and whine. Koda has recently been in heat and stopped bleeding 24 horus ago. FPs gave out multiple enrichment items and Koda would interact with all of them, as soon as she was done, she would continue to exhibit anxious behaviours and would chase her tail continously and was unable to settle. Koda could engage with several rotations of LATTE with ease and could sit between enrichmednt items, but would pace and pant as soon as they finished. Koda was taken putside on a walk and could disengage with multiple dogs. They briefly pulled off to the side when a dog approached at a close distance and Koda would immediately begin to lick herself and chase her tail again. Trainer has alerted Vet serviecs and foster as a candidate for meds. 08/22/25 (Trainer Note): Trainer had their second session with Koda this morning. Koda was much calmer on arrival and had been much calmer with FPs for several days. We continued work on leave it, E/D and introduced a hand target.

Summary (7):: 08/15/24 (Trainer Note): Trainer had the first session with Koda this morning. Koda was very jumpy and a little mouth on arrival but was given a lick mat by the FP and was able to calm down. We worked on four paws on the floor, leave it, the Up/Down game and engage disengage. Koda was able to look at dogs around 10 feet away and remain under threshold. 08/07/2025 (trainer Note): Trainer spoke with FP about OLR and impulse control issues. An in person session has been scheduled to address Koda's mouthiness, jumping and OLR. 07/30/25 Koda is lying down as the handler approaches, rising as the handler unlocks the kennel door. Koda is easily leashed, and they proceed towards the exit. Koda on her way out of the building will pass out as she pulls her way out of the building and the handler immediately stops. The handler makes sure she is okay and doesn't go outside, heading straight to the live room where a harness is applied to her. She remains soft as its put on her. Koda appears visibly comfortable, wiggling and soliciting pets from the handler. Koda is returned to kennel with no issue. 7/24/25: Koda is laying down on her bed as handler approaches her kennel. She comes forward to the front and is able to be leashed with treats. She is then taken to the behavior room for her assessment. In the room, she had a tense body and would slowly approach the handlers to take treats. She was uncomfortable being petted and was head shy when the handler goes to collar her and grab the lead. Please see behavior assessment notes for more details. She slowly returns back to her kennel with a tense body and enters with no issue. 5/15/25: Koda is laying at the back of the kennel when the handler approaches. She readily approaches the front and is receptive to treats. However when the handler goes to pick her up she retreats from them. The handler holds her collar and picks her up. She is taken to the yard for a dog dog interaction. When returning to kennel Koda allows pick up and is easily returned. 5/11/25: Koda is laying down in her kennel as handler approaches. She begins to approach the front with a lose and wiggly body as the handler unlocks the door and leashes her with ease. She is then taken to outside for a walk. On the walk, she would walk ahead and next to the handler with a loose and wiggly body and had no reactions to dogs or people. She is then taken to the behavior room for her assessment. In the room, she would explore around for treats and was comfortable approaching the handlers. Please see behavior assessment notes for more details. She is hesitant to go back into her kennel at first, and slowly walks in on her own when she was ready.

Date of intake:: 5/8/2025

Summary:: Wiggly body. Able to be leashed easily and placed in a kennel

Date of initial:: 5/8/2025

Summary:: Allows all handling, whale eyes, food motivated

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

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): We recommend Koda be placed in an adult-only home at this time due to her bite history. No cats: In the foster home Koda is noted to go after rats but ignore other small animals. Place with a New Hope partner: Koda came into the care center as a stray and has spent time in a foster home.Koda is a high-energy, social dog who is enthusiastic and engaged with familiar handlers, toys, and enrichment activities. She is generally easy to leash and responds to basic cues like sit and recall, and she enjoys play and interaction. However, Koda exhibits high arousal and mouthiness, especially when excited or startled, and may jump on people, including attempts to grab clothing. koda would benefit from a New Hope placement that can provide a calm,structured environment with consistent handlers who can provide clear boundaries, redirection, and enrichment while managing her excitement safely.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Destructive behavior,Basic manners/poor impulse control,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,Separation anxiety,Anxiety,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Other,Bite history (human)

Potential challenges comments:: Resource Guarding: Koda has been noticed to stiffen and growl if she is touched when eating. We recommend that Koda be left alone while eating, and that food guarding behavior modification steps (available at ASPCApro.org) be utilized if this behavior is problematic in his future home. Nothing should ever be taken directly out of Koda’s mouth, and any time something is removed she should be rewarded with a high-value treat or toy. She should be taught the "drop" cue and trade-up games. Destructive behavior: Koda has been reported to chew/bite on blankets and the couch, but could be redirected with enrichment to lessen this behavior. Please see the handout on Destructive behavior. Basic manners/poor impulse control: She is noted in the foster to be very Friendly, a bit rough when excited (jumping, clawing). Mouthiness: During an adoption interaction, Koda became mouthy while licking a volunteer on the face, lightly mouthing them on the lip/face. This is a behavior that should be extinguished through training alternate behaviors and lack of reward, such as walking away whenever Koda's teeth make contact with skin. We recommend never playing with bare hands, always with a toy, and ending play or attention whenever Koda puts teeth on skin. They should be rewarded with attention and treats when they stop and/or when they are seeking attention in alternate ways. Please see handout on Mouthiness. Fearful/potential for defensive aggression | Bite History (human): Koda has been observed to approach handlers with a tense body and low head. It should always be their choice to approach a new person or thing. Koda was reported to become defensive with a family member of one of her previous fosters, although details about this was not provided. She has also bitten one of her foster's on the nose when startled after being kissed on the head. Koda would do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to their new surroundings. Please see handout on Fearful/potential for defensive aggression. Separation anxiety: Koda is noted in the foster home to have a little Separation anxiety she will whine but does seem to settle. Please see handout on seperation anxiety. On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: Koda's foster reported her to become reactive to other dogs while on walks. She does respond well to positive reinforcement training with the foster trainer during their sessions. A potential adopter should continue with the regimen in a future home enviornment, to help make her successful. Please see handout on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration. Other: In the foster home Koda is noted to go after rats but ignore other small animals.