Date of intake:: 3/7/2026

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray; with owner history/profile

Previously lived with:: adults, children, other dog

Behavior toward strangers:: Friendly, playful, and outgoing.

Behavior toward children:: Friendly, playful, and outgoing.

Behavior toward dogs:: Friendly and outgoing with familiar dogs,; minimal experience with unfamiliar dogs

Behavior toward cats:: unknown

Resource guarding:: Considers food an item of high value and will hover over the food or have a tense body.

Bite history:: none reported

Housetrained:: Partially

Energy level/descriptors:: Hans is reported to have a high energy level.

Other Notes:: Hans is reported to be unbothered by being held or retrained, disturbed while sleeping, moved from furniture, startled, having his paws touched, or his collar grabbed. Hans is reported to be mouthy, jump up often, and pull hard on the leash. He is described as an active, friendly, and playful dog who likes spending his time at home following his family around. He loves running, going on car rides, playing with balls, chew toys, or plushies, and going on long walks. He is accustomed to going on 2-3 walks a day for 20-30 minutes at a time, during which he pulls hard on his leash. He eats both wet and dry food of various brands and is not picky with treats

Date of assessment:: 5/6/2026

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: none - loose leash Reactivity to humans: none - ignores Reactivity to dogs: inconclusive - did not pass Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): highly anxious but attempts to interact with handlers - red/flushed face, pants heavily, wide/open mouth panting with corners tightly pulled up (clown face), unable to settle Call over: approaches with coaxing Sociability comments: jumps up persistently on assistant Handling Soft handling: distracted, tolerates contact, turns head to assessor, licks arm, Exuberant handling: pants heavily, sits Handling comments: Arousal Jog: follows, distracted Arousal comments: Knock: close mouth, tense Knock Comments: recovers a few seconds after Toy: no response Toy comments:

Summary:: Hans arrived at the care centers as a stray, but has been reported to be friendly and outgoing with familiar dogs; minimal experience with unfamiliar dogs. 5/7/26: Hans greets a novel female dog at the gate off-leash through a barrier. Hans walks up to the gate with a tense body, high tail and immediately backs away from the female that is loose bodied and play bowing. Hans backs away, continuing to bark before going to the other side of the yard to sniff and disengage.

Summary (4):: 5/11/26 (Trainer Note): Hans is standing at the front of his kennel as the handler approaches. He is easily leashed pulls out of kennel to the training room. When inside, Hans is clipped to a drag leash and will lean into pets with the handler. The handler continues work with the leave it cue with Hans and Hans can leave an open palm of treats on the verbal cue leave it with ease. The handler begins to generalize the cue by moving the treat close to the floor. Hans find this more challenging at first, but is able to leave a covered treat on the floor. Hans will solicit pets rom the handler, when they stop, he will place his front paws on their chest and solicit more. Hans is safely returned to kennel without issue.

Summary (5):: 5/7/26: Hans is standing at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He jumps up on his kennel door as the handler unlocks it. The handler then throws treats inside the kennel and he jumps down to eat them. He is able to be leashed as he continues to eat the treats and is then taken outside for a walk. On the walk, he has a loose body as he walks ahead of the handler. He would stare at dogs that passed by and is able to be redirected with treats. He would constantly stop and sit in front of the handler and stare to receive treats. He is able to return back to his kennel with no issues. 5/5/2026: Hans is jumping and barking when handler approaches his kennel. When handler opens kennel to leash, Hans immediately goes to mouth the handler's hand. Handler is able to leash Hans who, upon exiting the kennel, begins biting the lower end of the lead and whipping his head. Handler scatters treats in an attempt to distract Hans but he continues to bite and tug the lead. Another handler takes the lead and attempts to walk Hans down the ISO hallway, but his leash biting persists and the handler leads him back to his kennel with the help of a third handler. When waiting for the additional handler to grab a hook to remove the lead, Hans calms down and the handler is able to lead him out of the building, walk him, and return him to kennel with no further issue.

Summary (6):: 5/4: An ACS comes to the behavior office seeking assistance due to Han's leash biting another ACS. When the handler arrives, they see that Hans is still in his kennel with the lead on, but he is jumping up on the kennel door and panting heavily. The ACS reported that they were attempting to take him on his evening walk when he started leash biting after being leashed. Due to his frenetic movements in the kennel, the ACS's lead slides off. The handler drops treats into his kennel for a treat scatter, and Hans slowly begins eating. The handler cracks the door open and bends to one knee with their lead and another treat through the lead. Hans finishes the scatter and readily accepts another treat as he is leashed. He walks out of the kennel and is taken on a walk by the ACS. When returning ot the kennel, the ACS reported that he pulled during the walk and went back into his kennel without any further issue. 04/10/26 (Trainer Note): Hans is jumping at the front of his kennel and pacing back and forth as the handler approaches. He is difficult to leash due to his jumping back and forth. Once in the room, Hans is loose and social with the handler, leaning into contact. He is able to leave a treat on a flat hand, but repeatedly offers the paw behavior. He is given a snuffle mat at the end of the session and returned to kennel without issue. 4/9/26: Hans is reported to be difficult to leash due to his jumping, pawing and attempting to push out when the kennel door is opened. Hans is removed but has a flushed face, heavily panting and pulling very hard on leash to go outside with an ACS staff member. His kennel is covered in feces and smeared on thefloor due to the persistent jumping reported in kennel.

Summary (7):: 04/02/26 (Trainer Note): Hans is jumping at the front of his kennel as the handler approaches. He begins jumping and barking at the kennel to his left as the handler attempted to leash him. The handler is able to leash Hans using a treat and he pulls moderately to the live room. When walking, Hans sees a dog walking to medical. Hans responds to the marker and and was able to take a treat, but his frame was stiff. The handler continued work on doggie zen, and Hans would continuously offer a paw behaviour. The handler lowers their hand an Hans will lick and paw at their hand and is marked as soon as thy pull away from it. After multiple successful repetitions, the handler is able to put the verbal cue leave it onto the behaviour, and Hans is able to leave a closed fists of treats on cue. Hans was panting throughout the session so the handler gives him a snuffle mat to help him decompress. Hans is easily re leashed and is safely returned to kennel. 03/24/26 (Trainer Note): Hans is at the front of his kennel panting with his ears pinned back and dilated pupils. He is easily leashed and pulls moderately to the canine training room. The handler works with him on doggie zen and he participates with mild interest, though he improves over time. As he is being returned to kennel, Hans jumps up towards the leash and gets his tooth caught. His mouth remains open and the handler takes a moment to unhook the leash from his tooth. Hans jumps up towards the leash once more but enters the kennel without issue. 3/10/26: Hans is at the front of his kennel as the handler approaches with his paws up on the kennel door. He is leashed with ease and will pull mildly to the behavior office. Throughout the session, Hans' ears will remain pinned to his head but will loosen and approach the handlers with a wiggly frame, jumping on one of the handlers and leaning into contact along his head, neck, and back. After a while, Hans is returned to his kennel with no issue. 03/08/26(Assessment Note): Hans is standing at the front of his kennel on his hind legs with his front paws on the glass door. He is escorted to the assessment room where he eats cheese while handler places a drag leash and collar on him. Hans appears anxious, displaying dilated pupils, facial flushing, and low manners, including jumping up on handlers. He tolerates handling but initially head whips before eventually leaning into touch. He runs without becoming further aroused, does not respond to knock, and will look at the toy before disengaging and walking away. Hans is returned to his kennel safely without any issues. For additional details, see behavioral assessment.

Date of intake:: 3/7/2026

Summary:: loose, wiggly, jumps up, tries to lick staff face, easily leashed, allowed intake tasks

Date of initial:: 3/7/2026

Summary:: very friendly loose and wiggly; would tense during exam but still taking treats

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Recommend no dog parks,Place with a New Hope partner

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): We recommend that Hans be placed in a home with no children (under 13). Recommend no dog parks: Due to Han's behavior in playgroup, we recommend he does not visit dog parks. Place with a New Hope partner: Hans came into the care center after being picked up by the police after his owner requested him to be removed from the home due to mouthy, jumpy behavior, and plays too roughly with a 5-year-old child in the home. He is described as an active, friendly, and playful dog who likes spending his time at home following his family around. He loves running, going on car rides, playing with balls, chew toys, or plushies, and going on long walks. Hans has not acclimated well to the kennel environment and displayed leash biting behavior, making it difficult for handlers to walk him. We recommend placement with a New Hope partner who can provide any necessary behavior modification (force-free, positive reinforcement-based) and re-evaluate behavior in a stable home environment before placement into a permanent home.

Potential challenges: : House soiling,Resource guarding,Basic manners/poor impulse control,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Anxiety,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Leash-biting,Low threshold for arousal

Potential challenges comments:: House soiling: Hans is reported to be partially housetrained. Please see handout on House Soiling. Resource guarding: Hans is reported to become tense and hover over food. His response was reported not to have escalated over that, but we cannot be certain if this behavior will be seen in a future home environment. Please see the handout on Resource guarding. Basic manners/poor impulse control | Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition: Hans has been reported to jump up often and become mouthy with the resident child. Similar behaviors were displayed during his handling assessment. Please see handouts on Basic manners/poor impulse control & Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition. Anxiety: During his assessment, Hans was flushed, unable to settle, panting heavily, and easily distracted. If it does appear in a future home, 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 hdnout on Generalized Anxiety. Barrier frustration: Hans is noted to kennel fight in the care center. Low threshold for arousal/Leash-biting: Hans is noted to leash bite in the care center, he is noted to jump up and mouth handlers hand not breaking skin. Teach him an alternative behavior, such as "leave it" or "drop it," and walk with a toy or treats to distract.Consistency and patience are key to reducing leash-biting behavior. Please see handout on Leash-biting and Low threshold for arousal.