Date of intake:: 9/28/2026

Spay/Neuter status:: No

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray, No known history

Date of assessment:: 10/1/2026

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: None Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sniffing around Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Distracted Call over: Approaches handler with coaxing Sociability comments: Sniffing around the room, flinches away from fast movement Soft handling: Accepts contact Exuberant handling: Tolerates contact Comments: Head flips once during exuberant contact Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler, sniffing around Knock Knock comments: Approaches handler readily, brief low tail wag Toy Toy comments: Sniffing, No reaction

Summary:: Due to entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 10/22/26: Stick Bug is introduced to a novel intact female and is loose and wiggly at the fence, gently pawing at the opening. He stands on the door greeting handlers and then jumps down toe tapping while sniffing nose to nose through the fence. He is let into the yard and leaps on the other dog and pushes them, doing chin overs and attempting to mount. The dogs are separated and Stick Bug pulls strongly zig zagging on leash towards the other dog, but is able to be redirected with treats. The other dog reapproaches and Stick Bug leaps on them wrapping an arm around their back, then continues pushing them and leaping excessively and the meet is ended. 10/20/26: Stick Bug is introduced to a novel intact female and is loose and wiggly at the fence, bouncing along the fence line and gently pawing at the door. He does not keep his attention for long, engaging with his handlers and intermittently returning to the fence with nub wags. The other dog is reactive towards him and he does not react back, remaining loose. 10/17/26: Stick Bug is introduced to a novel intact female and is loose and wiggly at the fence, standing on the fence door wit ha soft body. He toe taps and follows the other dog along the fence line with nub wags. The other dog is let into the yard and Stick Bug pulls towards her play bowing but she does not approach. He greets handlers and then attempts to stand on his hind legs next to her, wrapping an arm around her back. She guttural growls and he is non reactive as the two are pulled apart. He is then introduced to a novel intact female and walks nearby the fence without acknowledging her, then uses the bathroom nearby. He greets handlers and then approaches the fence with a loose body and nub wags, sniffing nose to nose briefly and then disengages and interacts with his handler. He intermittently reapproaches but does not remain at the fence for long, more interested in handler attention. 10/8/26: Stick Bug is introduced to a novel intact female and is loose and wiggly at the fence with nub wags while sniffing nose to nose, then gently paws at the fence. He is let into the yard and initially greets handlers and sniffs, then approaches the other dog with a loose body, allowing her to sniff him but not sniffing back. The other dog initiates start stop play, play bowing and bouncing and he play bows in return and bounces alongside her. Both are let off leash and Stick Bug is tolerant of being leapt on, moderate bumping, and the other dog being in his face. He gently mouths nearby her and gently play slaps, taking appropriate breaks and shaking off in between trotting along the yard with the other dog.

Summary (3):: 11/8/26 - Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel with a loose body, he is pawing at the door, handler has a spoon of peanut butter to distract him when he starts jumping up and getting aroused as the handler unlocks the door. Handler is able to leash him and uses the spoon to have him walk beside the handler and working on heel when exiting, and even outside handler continues to do this, it also helps with keeping him from jumping. At one point handler puts the spoon away and he begins jumping for treats, handler stops to reset him and he is easily calmed down, handler continues walk with him which he is interested in exploring and sniffing the street and quickly relieves himself fine. Handler works on leash manners with him throughout the walk and doing settling exercises which he is responsive to with treats, when returning to kennel he is fine and gives no issues. 11/7/26: Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel with a neutral body; he is easily leashed and brought out the room. As the handler shortens the leash, Stick attempts to jump on a few handlers as he walked past. Before and after crossing the street, Stick jumps up on the handler many times, close enough to their face. At times, the handler has to turn away so he can stop; he eventually settles. Stick walks ahead with mild leash tension, to and from; he doesn't react to people. Upon entry, as the kennel isn't cleaned, the handler brings Stick to the office. There, he jumps around towards the other familiar handlers with a loose body; he also fully engages with enrichment (bully stick). After a few minutes, the handler brings Stick back to his kennel. 11/5/26: Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel with a neutral body; he is easily leashed and brought out the room. He attempts to jump on an unfamiliar handler with a loose body, but the handler pulls him away. Outside, he notices other dogs, but doesn't react to them. As they get on the street, Stick notices a person standing neutrally, not paying any mind to him; they move a little bit closer, and stop walking again. Stick continues to look at them with a neutral body; the handler walks back and has Stick stand to the side. He presents a slightly forward body as the person walks past. Stick Bug walks with mild to moderate leash tension and doesn't react to people or dogs. He responds to recall well, as he immediately turns around to look at he handler and sits on command. Upon entry, Stick pulls in the hallway. He is returned to his kennel with ease.

Summary (4):: 11/4/26: Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel with a neutral body; he is easily leashed and brought out the room. He attempts to jump on an unfamiliar handler with a loose body, but the handler pulls him away. Outside, he notices other dogs, but doesn't react to them. Stick Bug walks with mild to moderate leash tension and doesn't react to people or dogs. He sits on command and takes treats with mild pressure. As they walk back to the shelter, a person walks behind Stick and the handler with their scooter. Stick looks back at them and stares with a neutral body. The handler encourages Stick to continue the walk; he continues to stop and look back at that person and then attempts to run away. Upon entry, the handler clisp their leahs and returns Stick to his kennel. 11/3/26 - Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel when handler approaches, he is leashed with a treat lure and comes out following a treat trail made for him, in the hall he does begin to jump for the handler's treat pouch, handler tosses treats and he redirects to them, handler keeps tossing treats as they exit the building. Outside handler gets him to do a sit and wait exercise to keep him engaged and work on the jumping as well as doing "take a breathe," and "touch" to reset him which overtime works and at some point he stops jumping for treats. After that he sniffs and explores pulling moderately for the rest of the walk and checks in with handler a few times, with those beginning exercises he did not have anymore arousal spikes and rest of the walk occurs fine with no issue, he is brought bac.k to kennel in the end with no issues with unleashing 11/1/26: Stick Bug is a the front of his kennel as handler approaches, he is distracted with a treat and is leashed before following more tossed treats out of kennel and into the hallway. Stick Bug pulls forward moderately and passes people on the street without issue, he passes dogs he sees with a forward posture and will pull moderately toward them. Stick Bug begins fixating on handlers hand and begins sniffing, mouthing and jumping on handler exuberantly. He is brought back inside and returned to kennel with moderate hesitation. 10/31/26: Stick Bug is at the front of the kennel with a soft body and wagging nub tail. He is leashed with a treat lure and exits the kennel. He scrambles along the ground pulling back and forth eating discarded food on the floor. Stick is then taken out towards the street. He jumps up exuberantly towards the handler. Handler turns their body away from him and continues walking. When he looks towards the handler without exuberantly jumping into them he is given a treat.

Summary (5):: -He jumps into the handler again, pawing their shirt. Handler has him sit and he is given a treat. Stick Bug walks directly behind the handler slowly, he will then walk around the handler before attempting to jump on them again. Handler turns away. Stick relieves himself a few times before he is walked back towards the shelter. He pulls very hard back into the building and is returned to his kennel without issue. 10/30/26: Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel with a soft body; he is lured with a toy and leashed. The handler drops the toy on the ground and Stick picks it up as he leaves his kennel; he drops the toy right as he exits the room. During and after crossing the street, Stick jumps and throws his body into theirs with a loose body and open mouth repeatedly; when he is standing, he mouths the handler's hand a few times. He throws his body into theirs once more; the handler gives him a treat. Stick walks with mild leash tension and doesn't react with dogs or people. He looks back at the handler with a soft face. Upon entry, Stick walks with significant leash tension; he is returned to his kennel with ease. 10/29/26: Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel, pawing repeatedly at the kennel bars when handler approaches. He readily accepts treats, which handler uses to redirect his attention during leashing. Stick Bug readily exits the kennel and follows a treat trail on the ground, passing neighboring dogs without reaction. Once in the hallway, Stick Bug immediately jumps toward the handler and briefly mouths the leash. Handler redirects him with tossed treats. When he gets to the driveway, he relieves himself. Right after he immediately attempts to jump again toward the handler. He displays open-mouth panting, visible salivation, and dilated pupils. It takes few attempts for handler to cue him to sit and engage before Stick Bug briefly settles. He accepts tossed treats but quickly disengages and shifts his attention back toward the handler. As the walk continues, Stick Bug moves forward with mild leash tension and passes people and dogs without any interest. After crossing the street, Stick Bug jumps onto the handler again, attempting to grab their clothing. His jumping becomes persistent, making it difficult for handler to access the treat pouch to get treats and redirect him.

Summary (6):: -During one handler's attempt to reach for treats, Stick Bug jumps toward the handler's hand and briefly grabs the sleeve (making contact with clothing only, without contact with skin). Handler extends their arm and maintains distance by keeping the leash short and away from them for the rest of the walk. Stick Bug continues displaying open-mouth panting and red, wide eyes. During the return, Stick Bug looks back at the handler and attempts to turn; handler shortens the leash to prevent further jumping and successfully pre-clips it. Stick Bug is returned to the kennel with no further issues. 10/26/26: It is reported that Stick Bug will quickly become over aroused after contact and will begin to mouth the handler. 10/25/26 - (PM) While behavior handler was out with another dog bringing them back to the building, they witnessed Stickbug is exiting the building with an ACS handler, as they are exiting Stickbug is jumping up to the handler continuously and mouthing going for the treat pouch and also moving back into the harness they have showing visible discomfort. The ACS handler had to hold him out multiple times and was unable to exit the driveway and continuously kept jumping up at the ACS handler and had to be returned back to kennel. Once behavior handler returns their dog back they go to walk Stickbug, Stickbug is at the front of the kennel with loose body and jumping up at the door, handler goes to leash him aiming for regular kennel roping vs clipping to harness, handler shows Stickbug the toy which he takes and goes to exit but once in driveway he drops the toy. Stickbug then begins to jump up at the handler going for their treat pouch/mouthing and handler shows a second toy which he takes but drops again and goes back to mouthing. Handler then tosses treats and Stickbug is redirected taking the treats but the second he looks back at the handler he goes to jump again mouthing, handler decides to work on a heel exercise with him, tossing treats and everytime he looks back at the handler before he could jump handler rewards, overtime the jumping stops and he walks with a loose leash beside the handler as handler continuously rewards for heel and good manners. Once bringing Stickbug back handler brings him into the PAC meet and greet room to remove harness as the handler suspects the harness was causing him discomfort, when handler goes to touch the harness he turns and mouths at their hand, handler tosses treats and goes for the harness again unclipping it and quickly removing it, he is then returned back to kennel.

Summary (7):: 10/22/26: Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel with a loose body, jumping up; he is leashed and brought out the room. Stick turns around and jumps on the handler. He pulls significantly while walking inside the building. Stick is brought the yard for playgroup (see D2D notes); during the interaction, Stick pulls around and jumps on the handler repeatedly, smacking their face with his paw. After the interaction, the handler walks Stick inside and returns him to his kennel. 10/16/26: Stick Bug is at the front of his kennel with a loose body; as they go to leash him, Stick gently mouths their hand. Once he is leashed, he comes out of the room. Stick doesn't sit on command until they present a treat. Stick is brought outside; he doesn't react to people or dogs. Stick walks with mild to moderate leash tension. At times, he turns to look at the handler with a soft face and loose body; he also allows pets. Stick would stop walking and then jump up high exuberantly and repeats it once or twice more. Upon entry, the handler clips their leash and returns Stick to his kennel. 10/15/26 (PM): Stick Bug is reported to be persistently and jumpy. As a novel handler walks him, he fixates and jumps on the experienced handler that is present. Earlier in the day, Stick jumps up and mouths another handler's arm, as well as darting behind their legs, resulting in them having to straight arm the leash for the remainder of the walk. 10/01/26 [assessment]: Stick Bug is lying down in front of his kennel when handler approaches. He gets up and does body shake while handler is unlocking the kennel. He is easily leashed and readily exits the room. Stick Bug walks through the hallways alongside the handler with no reaction to other dogs or staff members. Once outside, he continues walking slightly behind the handler on the loose leash. He does stop during the walk to sniff certain areas. He has no reaction to any stimuli on the street. He is treat-motivated (takes them with mild pressure) and follows verbal cues. He is social and allows petting. His body is loose. Once walk is done Stick Bug is taken to the Canine Behavior office for the assessment (see notes). During return handler is able to pre-clip the leash and bring Stick Bug back into his kennel with ease.

Date of intake:: 9/28/2026

Summary:: Fearful, retreated from handler

Date of initial:: 9/29/2026

Summary:: Hard barking and jumping up while in kennel. Opted to sedate

ENERGY LEVEL:: We have no history on Stick Bug so we cannot be certain of their behavior in a home environment. However, they will need daily mental and physical activity to stay engaged and exercised. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in addition to physical exercise, to positively direct their energy and enthusiasm.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to fearful behavior, we recommend an adult only home. We recommend placement with a New Hope rescue partner who is able to provide an experienced, adult-only foster home. Force-free, reward based training and/or consultation with a professional trainer/behaviorist is highly recommended.

Potential challenges: : Social hyperarousal,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression

Potential challenges comments:: Social Hyperarousal: Stick Bug quickly becomes overaroused in the presence of people, jumping up and mouthing them. Positive reinforcement, force-free training should be used to teach Stick Bug to remain calm when people and other exciting things are around. Stick Bug should be rewarded with treats when calm. If they escalate to jumping or mouthing, people should immediately walk away from and separate themselves from Stick Bug. Please see handout on Arousal. Fearful Defensive: During intake, Stick Bug was observed to be fearful and retreated from handlers. While in care, he has been observed to be jumping and hard barking when handlers approach while in kennel. It is important to move slowly with Stick Bug, to build positive associations (treats/toys/praise), and to allow them to initiate interactions with new people. They should never be forced to greet or to interact if they are not comfortable and soliciting attention. Please see handout on Fearful and Defensive Aggression.