Date of intake:: 6/12/2025

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

Date of assessment:: 6/21/2025

Summary:: 6/21/25: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Loose Reactivity to humans: N/a Reactivity to dogs: N/a Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Explores room- sniffing around room, neutral body Call over: Comes when coaxed- tucked tail, gently takes treats Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Allowed- Neutral body, begins to move out of handling position,lip licks Exuberant handling: Allowed- neutral body, lip licks, distracted by helper Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follow- neutral body Arousal comments: Knock: No response Knock Comments: Toy: No response Toy comments: 6/18/25: Due to Super Girl's fearfulness/denfensive behavior and avoidance of touch, a handling assessment will not be conducted at this time.

Summary:: Due to entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 06/15/25 Super Girl is introduced at the gate to a male greeter dog while off leash at the care center. Super Girl will scent the male greeter dog through the gate, as does he, and she becomes nervous, disengaging and separating herself from the gate. Super Girl begins heavily panting as she maintains her distance. The greeter dog becomes a bit aroused and will vocalize at Super Girl, making her uncomfortable as she displays paw raises. She will maintain her distance from the gate, seeking attention from one of the handlers present in her pen. Super Girl is returned to kennel, concluding the interaction.

Summary (3):: 07/08/25 (Trainer Note): Super Girl is jumping on the front of her kennel repeatedly as the handler approaches. She is easily leashed and pulls moderately to the canine training room. Super Girl is loose and social with staff and engages readily with the various enrichment items. She is able to orient towards the handler between items and intermittently able to sit. She is easily leashed and pulls moderately back to kennel. The handler throws a handful of treats in as Super Girl enters and she eats them readily, allowing the handler to remove the leash without issue. 07/03/25: Super Girl is reported to leash bite when being returned into kennel, and can not be refocused with treats or toys, and reportedly a pet corrector was used to get her to let go of the leash. 07/01/25 (Trainer Note): Super Girl is standing at the front of her kennel panting with dilated pupils as the handler approaches. She is easily leashed and pulls moderately to the canine training room. She tolerates the handler placing a drag leash and moves around the room with a slightly tense body. Handler offers her a snuffle mat but she is not interested. Handler switches to doggie zen, progressing to introducing the "leave it" cue and holding the food out in a flat hand slightly above her nose. Super Girl is then able to engage in the snuffle mat for a few moments before being easily leashed and led back to kennel. Upon entering the kennel, Super Girl grabs the leash in her mouth and tugs repeatedly. The handler attempts to trade for treats, but she is not interested. Handler drops the leash and Super Girl lets go, immediately turning to pick up the fallen treats. Handler is at that point able to slide the leash off without issue. 6/29/25: Super Girl was reported by ACS staff to leash bite once being returned into kennel, grabbing and tugging the leash into her kennel. The staff member has to use a tool to retrieve the leash back and could not be refocused with treats. 6/26/25: Super Girl was observed to hover over her food tray and growl as the handler approached. Super Girl does recognize the familiar handler and begin to loosen and greet the handler, but will resume eating once they get up. 06/21/25: (For assessment) Super Girl is laying in middle of kennel facing front. Does not take treats, showing low to no interest in kennel door opening. Handler is able to leash with ease. During walk to Behavior office Super Girl is walking steady but slow with no pulling, coughing is heard twice from Dog Holding D to the Behavior office. In Behavior office Super Girl is showing low energy, seems lethargic with little to no interest in treats. Super Girl allows light petting. After Assessment Super girl is easily leashed re-enters kennel safely.

Summary (4):: 06/17/25 (AM): Super Girl is standing at the front of kennel with a neutral frame as handler approaches. She begins to toe tap as handler unlocks kennel door, and is leashed with ease, pulling mildly to the Canine Behavior Office. Super Girl leans into petting and allows handler to collar her without issue. She spends time scenting along the room, will eat tossed treats, and toss around soft toys offered to her. After several minutes in the room, Super Girl will begin to whine and exit seek, running and jumping up onto the door and pushing it open slightly but handler is able to quickly step on the drag leash and refocus her with a toy. After her session, Super Girl is switched back to a slip lead and pulls moderately back to kennel, screeching. 06/16/25 (PM): Super Girl is sitting at the front of kennel leaning into the kennel door as handler approaches. She takes treats gently from hand and becomes loose and wiggly as handler unlocks the kennel door. She is leashed with ease, pulling toward a kennel on the way out of the room but is easily guided to the hallway. She walks on a loose lead to the yard where she spends time scenting and will readily approach handler, leaning into their legs to solicit petting. Super Girl becomes loose and wiggly when a familiar handler approaches and jumps up onto them in a social manner as they enter the yard. After her session, she pulls hard zigzagging on her way back to the Care Center. She begins to screech loudly as she walks back to the building and returns to kennel safely. 6/16/25: Super Girl is at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins hard barking and jumping at the door as the handler offers her treats and unlocks it. Once leashed, she pulls frantically while on the way outside and to the yard. In the yard, she would look around with a tense body and tilt her head from hearing the sounds of the dogs under her in the building. She begins barking and whimpering when she sees another dog in the first pen. The handler then takes her to the back pens where she pulls hard around the yard, jumps up on the handler with an open mouth and vocalizes with a tense body. She then pulls frantically and jumps around while being taken back to her kennel. She begins to vocalize louder and spins around in circles while it the hallway until she is placed back into he kennel. She jumps and vocalizes at the door while the handler unlocks it and walks away.

Summary (5):: 6/15/25 (PM): Super Girl was standing neutrally on her kuranda bed facing front of kennel. Handler crouched down side-on and offered a piece of churu roll through kennel bars. She immediately stepped forward and took each piece gently hand fed. Once the churu was finished, handler stood up and Super Girl began to bark (unclear if startled by handler's movement or demand barking.) As soon as handler began unlocking kennel door she stopped barking and ate another piece of churu. When presented with leash loop she stuck her nose through without hesitation. Handler let the leash ring lower slowly onto the back of her neck to avoid startling her. She exited kennel willingly and walked to the BA room at the end of the leash. Super Girl was kept on the slip leash for duration of interaction. She pulled in many directions and was no longer interested in churu. Super Girl was alert to staff members entering the room and gradually began to approach to scent them intently and make light contact with her nose. Super Girl favored cheese slices and insisted on every last crumb. Super Girl approached a handler seated on the couch and leaned into pets. When it was time to leave the room, handler stood beside her at the door and presented leash clip to her twice before clipping to a figure 8. Super Girl did not react and remained facing the door. Once in the hall, Super Girl began galloping with a bouncy frame and briefly vocalized. She was returned to kennel without issue and remained at front of kennel as handler was locking it. She ate one more churu before handler walked away.

Summary (6):: (AM): Super Girl is at the front of her kennel hard barking when the handler approaches, but as they begin to crouch down she will wag her tail loosen her body language from tense to more neutral. Super Girl begins to whine and paw at the door when the handler is readying the leash, is easily leashed with little hesitation and taken to the behavior office. Super Girl is at first, whining, jumping on the handler and unable to settle. She maintains a heavy pant with her tongue past her lower incisors, a strained expression and pulling in many directions on the leash. The handler at first throws some regular treats to see if she would eat and she did not, still unable to settle and whining. The handler begins to try churu treats and she begins to smell, and eat them and start to offer sit cues for them as the handler gets them out of the packaging. Super Girl is readily engaged with the handler, able to focus on the treats and take them softly but remains hypervigilant of her surroundings when staff members walk into the room, hard barking at them briefly briefly before able to orient back to the handler as they worked on previous session when things she finds frightning appears. Super Girl when staff walk in and linger, will begin to shoulder swipe the handler and anal plant on the handler shoes when they walk past. Super Girl is able to continue orient back to the handler, and once her kennel is clean is brought back with no issue, pulling hard and barking a couple times in the hallway out of anxiety.

Summary (7):: 6/14/25: Super Girl is at the front of her kennel when the handler approaches. Super Girl will begin to back away with her rear touching the kennel wall and begin to hard bark at the handler and display an agnostic pucker with the corners of mouth drawn back exposing her pre-molars. Super Girl will continue to hard bark as the handler kneels in front of her kennel and begins to offer treats, she will approach with a low body and begin to sniff the treats, but any sudden movement will cause Super Girl to escalate to hard barking, snarling and whale eyeing the handler remaining frozen until the handler moves away. The handler is able to move away and open the door from an angle, Super Girl will stop hard barking, and will begin to whine between her growling, as a well as lip lick. Super Girl when the door is cracked open will begin to wag her tail softly, and become more anxious, whining and pawing at the door. Super Girl is hesitant to put her head through the leash, but if the door was opened enough she would ignore the leash and put her head through. Super Girl is walked out of her kennel and she begins to pull hard and jump onto the handler, heavily panting and whining persistently. Super Girl will pull hard outside on the sidewalk the entire time, unable to settle, heavily panting, and whining. Super Girl is attempted to be coaxed by the handler, and will orient towards the hander to sniff there pant legs, but otherwise is still unable to focus, and hypervigilant. Super Girl is taken to a couple of sniffing spots on the walk, and is able to sniff briefly but still struggles to settle. Super Girl pulls hard all the way back to her kennel, and enters without issue.

Date of intake:: 6/12/2025

Summary:: nervous but allowed staff to leash. Dog allowed staff to scan for MC and attempted to pace.

Date of initial:: 6/13/2025

Summary:: Hyperactive, barking, growling, leash pulling, alligator rolling. Sedated for exam and tasks.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Super Girl fearful defensive behavior, we recommend she be placed in an adult-only home at this time. Place with a New Hope partner: Super Girl came into the care center as a stray so her behavior in a home environment is unknown. Super Girl has displayed some behavioral concerns in the care center environment.In training sessions, she has demonstrated the ability to engage with handlers, respond to training cues such as “leave it,” and tolerate petting and enrichment games. However, Super Girl also displays heightened arousal during transitions, including leash biting when returning to her kennel, and resource guarding behaviors around food.Due to these behavioral challenges and her need for a more structured, supportive environment, Super Girl is best suited for placement with a New Hope partner experienced in working with dogs who exhibit arousal-related behaviors, leash biting, and resource guarding.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,Leash-biting,Low threshold for arousal

Potential challenges comments:: Resource guarding: Super Girl was observed to hover over her food tray and growl as the handler approached. Low threshold for arousal/Fearful/potential for defensive aggression:During Super Girl's medical exam she displayed reactive behaviors such as barking, growling, leash pulling, and alligator rolling. She was Sedated for exam and tasks. Leash-biting:Super Girl is noted to leash bite when being returned into kennel, and can not be refocused with treats or toys, and reportedly a pet corrector was used to get her to let go of the leash.