Date of intake:: 4/22/2025

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray(Unkown History)

Date of assessment:: 5/7/2025

Summary:: 05/2/25 Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Mild Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Social with familiar handlers, wiggly, mouthy, jumps on handler Call over: Readily approaches- takes treats roughly Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Allowed- leans into touch, socially jumps on handlers, soft body Exuberant handling:Allowed- leans into touch, Socially jumps on handlers, soft body Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follow- panting, neutral body Arousal comments: Knock: Approaches- jumps socially on helper Knock Comments: Toy: fearful of the dummy hand Toy comments: 4/23/25: A handling assessment will not be conducted due to being sedated for exam .

Summary:: Due to Lily entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 05/12/25 Lily is introduced to a novel male dog while on leash (due to dog reactivity shown while in care) at the care center. Lily is at the far end of the training room collecting treats as the novel male dog enters the room. Lily stops taking treats, fixating on the novel male dog, becoming gradually tense in frame. Lily will begin to stalk the novel male dog and he is taken out of the room, concluding the interaction.

Summary (3):: 05/13/25: Lily begins to cry and jump up onto the door as the handler approaches. She is easily leashed and pulls mildly to the canine training room. Lily is loose and social with staff, jumping up to solicit contact and leaning in with a soft body. She plays with toys and takes snacks. Handler works with her on the take a breath cue and Lily engages with interest. She is easily leashed and returned to kennel without issue.

Summary (4):: 5/11: ACS staff report to behavior handlers that during her morning walk today, she became reactive to seeing other dogs (barking, pulling, screeching, panting) and then attempted to redirect on their legs when they crossed the street to increase the distance between Lily and the other dogs. She is reported to not have made contact. 05/10/25: It is reported by staff that when Lily is out for walks, Lily will attempt to redirect an bite on to the handler's leg twice when passing two novel dogs on the street, with Lily attempting to lung with more intensity when passing the second small dog. 05/07/25: Lilly Valley is standing at the front of her kennel with a loose and wiggly body as she greets the handler. She allows the handler to clip her collar and leash her with ease and is brought outside for an enrichment walk. While outside, Lilly becomes reactive to another dog—hard barking, pulling toward them, and attempting to lunge. She also displays signs of anxiousness, including heavy panting, hard pulling, and circling the handler. When asked to sit, Lilly complies and takes treats gently from the handler while wagging her tail. She is then escorted back to the care center and returned to her kennel safely. 5/5/25: Lily is approached by a familiar handler, and is easily clipped and taken in the behavior office to interact. Lily is social with the familiar handler and affectionate, play bowing and jumping on the handler for petting. Lily does bark at a staff member at the door when she was walking past, but recovered quickly and retreated towards the handler. Lily is brought back to kennel with no issue. Lily is then approached about 20 min later by an unfamiliar handler, where she barks at and backs away as they try to clip her collar at the front, Lily eats treats from the unfamiliar handler, mouthing them mildly and retreating. Lily will reapproach on her own for more treats, but is weary of her collar being clipped. She is given a break of 5-10 min before the unfamiliar handler tries again, this time Lily leans forward and lets her collar be clipped and taken to the street. Lily is neutral bodied, exploring and looking back at the familiar staff member leaning in for petting and allowing the unfamiliar handler to pet her as well. Lily is taken back to kennel after a brief walk with no issue, and lets the unfamiliar handler unclip her with no issue.

Summary (5):: 5/4 (AM) Lily can be heard barking hard in her kennel as a handler approaches her. Once the door opens and she sees the handler, her body loosens and she offers them wiggles and bounces. The handler feeds her treats before clipping her collar. Once out, Lily pulls the handler toward the behavior office. Once in the office, she greets other familiar handlers with a loose body and paw slaps. Lily alternates between engaging in snuffle mats or seeking attention. When her kennel is clean, she returns without issue. 05/02/25 (Assessment Note): Lily Valley is super loose and wiggly at the front of her kennel upon handler’s arrival and allows the handler to clip her collar with ease. She is brought to the assessment room, where she greets a secondary handler with a loose body, jumping up and socializing with both handlers while displaying very loose, wiggly, puppy-like behavior. During the handling assessment, Lily becomes fearful and defensive in response to the assessment hand. She is then brought outside for a walk, where she explores the environment and relieves herself. Lily Valley is returned to the care center and placed back in her kennel safely. See behavior assessment for more information. 4/30 (PM): Lily is barking when a novel handler enters the room. She pauses when the handler offers her chunks of chicken. She sniffs briefly before taking them with a semi-hard mouth. The handler continues to feed her chicken while clipping her collar. After a few seconds, she readily walks out once clipped. She is taken outside to the play yard, walking around the handler's ankles, nearly tripping them. Once in the yard, she would check in with the handlers and accept some treats, but was anxious. Lily began pacing along the side of the pen, only pausing when she saw other dog/handler pairs. Once her kennel is clean, Lily goes back to her kennel without issue.

Summary (6):: 04/29/25: Lily is initially barking as the handler approaches, but begins to wiggle and cry upon recognizing the handler. She leans into the handler's hand and allows the handler to leash without issue. Lily bounces up towards the handler and moves from side to side outside to the play yards. She is loose and social, leaning into the handler with a soft body. Lily watches other dogs with a gently wagging tail. She is returned to kennel without issue. 04/28/25 (AM): Lily is standing at the front of kennel barking as handler enters the room. Once they approach her kennel, she becomes loose and wiggly and nuzzles into handler's hands as they crack open the kennel door. Lily's collar is easily clipped, and she is loose and bouncy on her walk to the Canine Behavior Office. Lily is loose and social with familiar handlers and will cautiously approach novel handlers and sniff them. After her session, she is leashed with ease and returns to kennel safely. 04/27/25: Lily of the Valley is standing at the front of kennel barking as handler approaches. As handler stands in front of kennel, Lily displays conflicting body language, body neutral but will bark and retreat to the back of kennel. Handler kneels down and speaks to her with a soft tone and Lily will slowly approach, eating treats that are tossed to her. Handler continues to coax Lily forward and she will take treats directly from hand and lick handler's hand before becoming conflicted and retreating again. Lily is coaxed forward a few times and her frame begins to loosen further. A novel handler enters the room which startles Lily and she retreats and begins barking again. Handler tosses a jackpot of treats into Lily's kennel and decides to resume once the room is clear. After about 30 minutes, handler returns and Lily is bouncy at the front of kennel. As handler cracks the kennel door open, Lily sticks her head partially through and allows handler to pet her, maintaining a loose frame throughout. Handler clips her collar, and she readily comes out of kennel, bouncing on her way to the Canine Behavior Office. She is wary of novel handler but will do quick drive-byes scenting them before returning to familiar handler. Another familiar handler enters the room, and she becomes loose and wiggly, jumping up onto them in a social manner and accepting petting all along her body. As familiar handler exits the room, Lily runs to the door and whines before returning to handler and leaning into their body to solicit petting. She is returned to kennel safely and remains at the front, allowing handler to easily remove the lead.

Summary (7):: 4/24/25: Upon approach to the kennel, Lily of the Valley remained at the rear of the space, displaying fearful and avoidant behavior. Her body posture was low and tense, with ears pinned back and tail tucked. She exhibited repeated pacing and emitted short, sharp barks directed toward the handler while maintaining distance. No forward approach was noted during initial engagement. When offered high-value treats through the kennel bars, Lily would cautiously sniff but did not take any directly from the handler’s hand. When treats were tossed into the kennel, she did consume them, indicating some food motivation but continued reluctance to approach the handler closely. The kennel door was opened slightly wider than typical, and handlers attempted to encourage Lily forward using soft vocalization (“baby talk”) and food reinforcement through the loop of the leash. Lily remained avoidant and positioned herself toward the back of the kennel. Due to her continued hesitancy, handlers opted to slowly and calmly loop the leash over her head from the rear of the kennel. Lily responded with brief, reactive thrashing but was leashed successfully without escalation. She navigated the kennel threshold quickly and leapt over the internal drain on her way out. Once outside, Lily was collared and clipped with a drag leash without resistance. She remained visibly anxious—exhibiting wide-eyed scanning, rapid panting, and frequent displacement sniffing during the walk. Despite these elevated stress indicators, Lily demonstrated affiliative and social behavior throughout the outing. She repeatedly leaned into handlers for physical contact, rubbed her body gently a

Date of intake:: 4/22/2025

Summary:: Thrashing

Date of initial:: 4/23/2025

Summary:: Whale eye, thrashing on lead, panicks when approached and jumps away. Sedated for exam

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Lilly of the Valley's high level of Fearfulness and potential for defensive escalations, we recommend she be placed in an adult-only home at this time. Single-pet home/Recommend no dog parks: Due to the concerning level of reactivity observed during her stay in care and the attempt to redirect on staff, the behavior department recommends that Lily to be the only dog in the home and not attend dog parks at this time. Place with a New Hope partner: Due to all noted concerns displayed during her stay in care, the behavior department recommends Lily be placed with a New Hope placement partner who can provide an experienced adult-only foster home. A period of decompression is recommended to allow her to acclimate comfortably to her new environment; force-free, reward-based training only is advised when introducing Lily to new and unfamiliar situations. Consultation with a professional trainer/behaviorist is highly recommended for guidance to safely manage/modify any behavior she presents with outside of the care centers.

Potential challenges: : Basic manners/poor impulse control,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Basic manners/poor impulse control/Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition: Lady of the valley shows excessive jumping,light mouthy behavior towards handlers hands and treats have to be tossed. Handling/touch sensitivity/Fearful/potential for defensive aggression/On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: During intake When staff entered the dog waiting room, the dog began to hard bark, lunge, and growl at staff. The finder was able to keep the dog on the leash and away from staff. The finder stated that he had no trouble handling her, and had not seen her react like this until coming into the shelter. After staff left the room, the dog would hard bark and lunge towards anyone who approached the window of the room. Staff asked the finder to walk the dog to the hallway, and then hand the dog off to staff. The finder was able to do so. While walking with staff the dog urinated, thrashed her head, and spun, but did not attempt to bite or lunge towards staff. In care, she has shown to be fearful requiresa slow approach, and has shown to become sensitive wth leashing, often thrashing when the leash is placed over her head. Please see the handout on Handling/touch sensitivity/Fearful/potential for defensive aggression/On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration.