Date of intake:: 9/29/2025

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

Previously lived with:: 2 adults

Behavior toward strangers:: friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward children:: spent time around kids of various ages and is playful, friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward dogs:: familiar dogs she is playful, friendly and outgoing, with unfamiliar dogs she is shy/contact on her

Behavior toward cats:: hides, actively avoids

Resource guarding:: no known history of resource guarding

Bite history:: no known bite history

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: Remy is noted to have a high energy level in her prior home.

Other Notes:: She isn't bothered when she is held/restrained, disturbed when sleeping, feet/paws touched or when her collar is grabbed, she is fearful when startled and push/pulled off furniture. She is social/affectionate, very active and playful. She likes to be where people are, the bedroom and int he living room. She loves bath time/water and allows her family to bathe and brush her. She foes on 30 min walks 1-2x daily with mild to moderate pulling. Being in the car makes her nervous and has accidents in the car. She knows the cues for sit and stay and she loves to cuddle

Date of assessment:: 10/14/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Hard pulls Reactivity to humans: N/a Reactivity to dogs: N/a Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Explores room- pacing, heavy panting Call over: Comes when coaxes- gently takes treats, heavy panting Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Tolerant- reset into handling position, heavy panting, whale eyes, looks back Exuberant handling: Tolerant- reset into handling position, heavy panting, whale eyes, looks back, moves away Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Jumps up social arousal attempts to jump for lead Arousal comments: Knock: No repsonse Knock Comments: Toy: Bouncy when seeing dummy hand Toy comments: ***09/30/25: Remy is taken to the behavior office for a handling assessment. She displays a tucked tail and begins to pace around the room. Due to this, she is given an extra day to decompress.***

Summary:: According to Remy's previous owner(s), with familiar dogs she is playful, friendly and outgoing. With unfamiliar dogs she is shy, preferring contact on her terms. on/off leas are not specified. 10/09/25 Remy is introduced to a male helper dog while off leash at the care center. Remy is soft as she approaches the gate with tail wags. Remy is taken into the male dog's pen in order to interact face-to-face. Remy will enter the pen and approach the male dog with a stiff body that gradually becomes more tense the closer she gets. She sniffs the male dog, and the male dog protects his genitals, reluctant to allow Remy to sniff them. The male dog moves away from Remy, attempting to solicit play but as Remy attempts to mount him and he doesn't allow it, Remy becomes frustrated, snarling at him. She is quickly moved away and returned to kennel shortly after, concluding the interaction. 10/02/25 Remy is introduced at the gate to a novel male dog while off leash at the care center. Remy is reluctant to approach but will slowly make her way over to the gate line displaying a tucked tail. Remy doesn't greet the male dog, walking away and heavily panting. Remy is returned to kennel, concluding the interaction.

Summary (6):: 10/16/25: Remy is at the back of her kennel laying on her bed when approached, and immediately begins to walk up the door and sit. Remy is easily leashed and walked out of kennel to be brought into the behavior office. Remy is highly social with all staff inside of the office, leaning in for petting and finding a tennis ball which she holds onto. Remy will zoom around the room with the ball, squeaking it and leaning into petting when coaxed. The handler leaves to clean her kennel, and when returned had a different tennis ball. Remy is not willing to trade for treats but trades for a different ball. Remy is taken back to kennel where she enters fine, but immediately begins to run out, having to be put back into kennel again before attempting to run out again. Remy has to be stiffed armed to prevent her from running out, and her drag leash is removed while distracted by treats. 10/14/25: Behavior handler enters the kennel room and notes that a staff member is having difficulty returning Remy to kennel. Remy is heavy panting with wide, dilated eyes and actively pulling/crawling away from kennel. Behavior handler offers high value treats in order to lure her into kennel, but Remy shows no interest. Behavior handler takes the lead and muscles Remy into kennel, and she immediately bolts back out before they can close the door. They muscle her in a second time and quickly close the door as she attempts to run out. 10/12/25: Remy is standing at the front of her kennel with a loose and wiggly body and allows the handler to leash her with ease. She is brought outside for an enrichment walk and then escorted to the play yard, where she eagerly engages in a game of fetch. Remy alternates between chasing the tennis ball and independently switching out balls, entertaining herself without handler engagement. When other dogs pass by, she becomes momentarily distracted, but the handler redirects her focus by tossing the ball, and she immediately re-engages in play. Upon returning to her kennel, Remy exhibits frustration by slamming against the door and attempting to dart out as handler is trying to close it back. She is secured safely without and issues.

Summary (7):: 10/12/25: Remy is observed to be pawing at her kennel door intensely, making both sections of her kennel door and wall move. 10/11/25(staff report): Remy is reported to nip at hand when staff are trying to clip their leash. 10/9/25: Remy is standing at the front of her kennel with a loose frame as the handler approaches. She is leashed with ease and pulls moderately down the hall and to the play yard. (see Dog-Dog for more details) Remy is leashed with ease after the gate greet and pulls moderately back to her kennel where she is secured safely. 10/2/25: Remy is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins pawing at the door intensely as the handler until it. She is able to be leashed with ease and she pulls hard with a tense body and tucked tail on the way to the play yard for play group. In the yard, she continues to have a tense body and tucked tail wish widened eyes as she greets the other dog at the gate then disengages. She does not return back to the gate. Please see dog to dog notes for more details. She pulls hard on the way back to her kennel and intensely paws at the door as the handler locks it and walks away. 10/1/25: Remy is standing at the front of her kennel as the handler approaches. As the handler opens the door, Remy looks up with slight whale eye but is leashed with ease. She pulls hard to the behavior office where she is fitted with a collar and clipped to a drag leash. She will explore around the room, greeting handlers and leaning in to pets. (see assessment for more details) Once the assessment is complete, Remy will walk around the room, taking treats from handlers. She is lured through the loop of the leash and returned to her kennel where will begin to rattle the kennel door after she is secured safely. 10/1/25: Remy is noted on the rounds board to be pawing at her kennel door. 09/30/25 Remy is paw slapping her kennel door excessively as the handler approaches. The handler will toss her treats and as she is sniffing them the handler will leash her. They proceed to the assessment room. As she enters meet and greet, walking towards the assessment room, she displays a tucked tail and light hackles between her shoulders. Remy will enter the room appearing nervous, heavily panting while displaying a tucked tail. The assessor present would like to revisit Remy for an assessment at a later date due to her being nervous. Remy is returned to kennel in order for her to decompress. She will hesitate when entering her kennel, but with directional leash pressure is guided in.

Date of intake:: 9/29/2025

Summary:: loose wiggly body and approached staff with a wagging tail.

Date of initial:: 9/30/2025

Summary:: loose and wiggly, loves treats, tolerated all handling and tasks

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): We reccomend Remy be placed in an adult-only home at this time. Place with a New Hope partner: Remy came into the care center due to her owner's moving. In Remy's prior home she is social/affectionate, very active and playful. She likes to be where people are, the bedroom and in the living room. She loves bath time/water and allows her family to bathe and brush her.She knows the cues for sit and stay and she loves to cuddle.In the care center Remy can be social and playful in low-stress settings—engaging in fetch, taking treats gently, and leaning in for petting.Remy has not adjusted well to the care center environment, and has escalated during transitions, particularly when being returned to her kennel. Remy frequently paws, slams, and bites at her kennel door, and when highly stressed, resists re-entry by pulling, crawling away, and attempting to bolt out once inside. These behaviors, along with reports of nipping during leashing and heavy panting with dilated pupils. Remy would benefit from placement with a New Hope partner.

Potential challenges: : Social hyperarousal,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,Anxiety,Strength/leash pulling,Kennel presence

Potential challenges comments:: Social Hyperarousal: During her handling assessment, Remy displayed signs of hyperarousal including jumping, leash biting, heavy panting, and whale eyes. Though she was able to recover on her own, these behaviors suggest difficulty regulating excitement and stress. Training should focus on impulse control exercises, structured decompression time, and reinforcing calm behavior through positive reinforcement. Please see the handout on arousal. Anxiety / Kennel presence: Remy is fearful when startled or physically moved, and shows signs of anxiety such as pacing, panting, a tucked tail, and whale eyes. In the care center, she also digs at her kennel door. Training should prioritize building trust through slow, predictable interactions, confidence-building exercises, and enrichment to reduce stress. Creating a calm environment and using desensitization techniques can help her feel more secure. Please see the handout on generalized anxiety. Fearful/potential for defensive aggression: Remy frequently paws, slams, and bites at her kennel door, and when highly stressed, resists re-entry by pulling, crawling away, and attempting to bolt out once inside. These behaviors, along with reports of nipping during leashing and heavy panting with dilated pupils.Training will focus on building trust, reducing stress through desensitization and counter-conditioning, and reinforcing calm behavior during handling and transitions. Please see the handout on Fearful/potential for defensive aggression. Strength / Leash Pulling: Remy pulls hard on leash during walks, which can be challenging to manage. Training should include loose-leash walking techniques using reward-based methods. Tools like front-clip harnesses and consistent reinforcement of walking beside the handler can help improve leash manners and reduce pulling. Please see the handout on Strength / Leash Pulling.