Date of intake:: 12/30/2025

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

Previously lived with:: 2 adults, 1 child

Behavior toward strangers:: She barks and growls around strangers.

Behavior toward children:: tolerant, friendly, and outgoing with children. She has previously lived with one 10-month-old child

Behavior toward dogs:: Tolerant with familiar dogs, tolerant but will growl and bark at unfamiliar dogs

Behavior toward cats:: She lunges towards cats.

Resource guarding:: She values toys and treats. She guards these items by hovering with a tense body

Bite history:: no reported bite history

Housetrained:: Partially

Energy level/descriptors:: reported to be very high energy

Other Notes:: During her 2nd stay 12/30/25 she is noted in the prior home to She uses the bathroom outside and on weewee pads. She is reported to have accidents a few times a week (peeing in her bed). She is reported to jump frequently, to have general and separation anxiety, and have destructive tendencies. She is fearful when held/restrained, and when pushed off furniture. She is not bothered when woken from sleep, when startled, when her paws are touched, or when her collar is grabbed. She is a social, affectionate, active, and playful dog. She spends most of her time where people are. She loves bath time and water. She pulls moderately on leash. In her previous home she would go on two 15-minute-walks a day. She has never been crate trained, and never been in a car. She knows, "sit down", "lay down", and "let's go for a walk". She is very loving and affectionate. She loves going for walks, and playing catch. She loves peanut butter treats. She loves stuffed toys, and toys that squeak. She eats Nutrish dry food. During her first stay in 1.20.23 in the prior home she is noted to will indoors, barks too much, will bark and growl if someone unfamiliar approaches their home or family, destructive in the home when left alone, pulls hard on the leash

Date of assessment:: 1/3/2026

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: None Reactivity to humans: Inconclusive (did not pass) Reactivity to dogs: Inconclusive (did not pass) Leash walking comments: None Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Fearful, warms up slowly Call over: Approaches with coaxing Sociability comments: Explores room, takes treats, tense, warms up slowly, becomes loose/bouncy, leans in for petting Handling Soft handling: Accepts Contact Exuberant handling: Accepts Contact Comments: Accepts petting along back, panting, lip licking Arousal Jog: Follows exuberantly Arousal comments: Bows, chases handler, leans in for petting Knock: Tenses, but approaches with neutral body Knock Comments: None Toy: No response Toy comments: None

Summary:: 2026: According to Ashanti's previous owner, she is tolerant with familiar dogs but will growl and bark at unfamiliar dogs. 2/4: Due to operation limitations and weather conditions, only a gate greeting is attempted. Ashanti sees the other dog approaching the gate and immediately charges the fence, barking and growling with a stiff body and her hackles raised. She does not readily recover once the other dog is out of sight. Ashanti races back and forth against the fence line, looking for the other dog. She does not take treats from the handler nor react to squeaky toys. 2023: Ashanti has lived with 3 adult dogs and 3 puppies. She is very rough when playing, and sometimes does not play. 1/21/23: While off-leash at the Care Center, Ashanti is introduced to a novel male dog. She is fearful and shaking- she avoids approaching him and avoids eye contact.

Summary (7):: 2/12/26: Ashanti greets handler at front of kennel with a loose and wiggly body. She is easily leashed and taken for an outside walk. On her walk Ashanti would turn her head around and check in with the handler a few times. She accepts treat gently, and sits on command. Ashanti would quickly move from one point of interest to another to sniff and investigate, keeping a neutral body. She is returned to kennel with no issue. 02/05/26: Ashanti is standing at the front of her kennel with a soft, loose frame and allows leashing with ease. She is brought outside for an enrichment walk. While outside, Ashanti maintains a loose, wiggly body and frequently checks in with the handler, turning back to make eye contact. Each check-in is reinforced with treats. She displays brief, low-level zoomies, running to the end of the leash before reapproaching the handler with a soft body. Ashanti remains responsive and engaged throughout the walk. She is returned to her kennel safely without any issues. 2/4: Ashanti is laying in her bed when a handler approaches. She readily comes to the front and begins jumping up and wiggling as the handler unlocks the door. She does attempt to push out of the kennel while the handler is leashing her. She is taken outside to the play yard. Ashanti remains loose-bodied and solicits attention from the handler, but she does become mouthy with little pressure applied. The handler can redirect her with treats. When a second handler turns the corner with a dog, Ashanti immediately charges the fence, hard barking and growling with a stiff body abd her hackles raised. She does not readily recover once the other dog is out of sight. Ashanti races back and forth against the fence line, looking for the other dog. She does not take treats from the handler nor react to squeaky toys. The handler leashes her and returns her to her kennel without issue. 1/17/26: Ashanti is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed with ease and pulls on the way outside for a walk. On the walk, she has a loose body as she walked ahead of the handler. She would constantly approach the handler and stare to receive treats. She would stare at dogs that would pass by and is able to be easily redirected with treats. She is able to return back to her kennel with no issues. 1/7/26: Ashanti is at the front of her kennel standing with a loose frame as the handler approaches. She is leashed with ease and will walk beside or slightly ahead of the handler for the majority of the walk as she sniffs. They stop often as she will sniff deeply. She is then returned to her kennel with no issue.

Date of intake:: 1/19/2023

Summary:: stiff body, shaking, ears pinned, thrashed when placed in kennel

Date of initial:: 1/19/2023

Summary:: wary, shies away from petting then accepts

ENERGY LEVEL:: Her previous owners describe Ashanti as a high-energy dog. She may have a low threshold for arousal and needs guidance to learn how to appropriately channel that energy when she becomes overstimulated. She will need daily mental and physical stimulation and exercise, and force-free, positive reinforcement-based training may help her to learn impulse control and to train desirable behaviors that can be rewarded.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),No cats,Single-pet home,Recommend no dog parks

Recommendations comments:: NO CHILDREN: Due to Ashanti's resource guarding, potential for defensive behaviors with strangers, mouthiness and handling sensitivity, we recommend she be placed in an adult-only home. Single-pet home/recommend no dog parks: Due to the behaviors reported in the previous home and the concerning behaviors displayed in care, we recommend for Ashanti to be the only dog in the home and not attend dog parks. No cats: Due to Ashanti's behavior towards cats, we recommend she goes to a home without cats.

Potential challenges: : House soiling,Resource guarding,Destructive behavior,Basic manners/poor impulse control,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,Separation anxiety,Anxiety,Strength/leash pulling

Potential challenges comments:: HOUSE SOILING: Ashanti is noted to have accidents in the house, and will likely need guidance with house training. We recommend positive reinforcement, reward-based training only. See handout on House Soiling. Resource guarding: In the prior home she is noted to values toys and treats. She guards these items by hovering with a tense body. Basic manners/poor impulse control: In the prior home she is noted to jump on people often. Separation anxiety/Anxiety: Ashanti is reported to have seperation and generalized anxiety in the prior home. DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR: Ashanti is reported to show destructive behavior in the home, such as chewing on furniture. We are unaware of what, if any, attempts were made to remedy this behavior but we suggest to future adopters that Ashanti will need to be provided with physical and mental stimulation and with a variety of appropriate and engaging chew toys so she can engage in necessary chewing behavior without damage to human objects. See handout on Destructive Behavior. MOUTHINESS/ POOR BITE INHIBITION: While she applies only light pressure, Ashanti was mouthy throughout the assessment and is quick to put her teeth on skin. This is likely an attention-seeking behavior, but it should be replaced with an alternative behavior as it can frighten people. We recommend never playing with bare hands – always with a toy - and ending play or attention whenever Ashanti puts teeth on skin. She should be rewarded with attention and treats when she stops and/or when she is seeking attention in alternate ways. See handout on Mouthiness. Fearful/potential for defensive aggression: In the prior home she is noted to bark and growl at strangers. HANDLING/ TOUCH SENSITIVITY: Ashanti has been noted to become uncomfortable with handling at times. It is important to always go slow and give dog the option to walk away from any social interaction. Ashanti should never be forced to approach anything that she is uncomfortable with or to submit to petting or handling. It should always be her choice to approach a new person or thing. Ashanti may do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to her new surroundings. See handout on Handling and Touch Sensitivity. STRENGTH/ LEASH PULLING: Ashanti is a very large, strong dog with the capability to pull over an average adopter. Her adopter must be prepared and able to handle a dog of this size and strength. It is recommended that she be walked on a front clip harness or head halter, which help diminish her strength through leverage, and that she be trained using positive reinforcement, reward based training to not pull on leash. See handout on Leash Manners.