Date of intake:: 12/27/2024

Spay/Neuter status:: No

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

Previously lived with:: 2 adults, 3 children and 2 other dogs

Behavior toward strangers:: Kloe is friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward children:: Kloe is friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward dogs:: Kloe is friendly and playful with familiar dogs, hard barks and growls towards unfamiliar dogs

Behavior toward cats:: No experience

Resource guarding:: Kloe is reported to growl at other dogs that try to get near her food. No reported resource guarding with humans.

Bite history:: None reported

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: Medium

Other Notes:: Kloe's previous owners describe her as a social and affectionate dog that loves playing with toys.

Date of assessment:: 12/30/2024

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Mild Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: Moderate Leash walking comments: Hard barking, lunging, raised hackles Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Highly social Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: Seeking treats Handling Soft handling: Accepts contact Exuberant handling: Accepts contact Handling comments: Neutral body Arousal Jog: Follows handler readily Arousal comments: Knock Knock Comments: Approaches handler readily Toy Toy comments: No interest, No reaction

Summary:: 1/15/25: Kloe greets another dog at the gate with a tense, still body with hackles raised. She growls.

Summary (2):: 7/20/25: ACS report that Kloe will bounce up and down in kennel before and after her walk. She is constantly panting, finger painting her kennel and jumping up very high. When a handler approaches her kennel Kloe is at the front of her kennel with a neutral body and relaxed mouth. Once she sees the handler she begins to jump up high in the kennel. Blood is observed to be on the floor and walls of her kennel. 7/11/25: Kloe is siting at the back of her kennel and approaches the front with a loose and wiggly body as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed with ease and is take outside for a walk. On the walk, she would approach the handler and would sit and stare for treats with a loose wagging tail. She was comfortable receiving pets from the handlers. She is pulls hard on the way back to her kennel and enters with no issues

Summary (3):: 7/10/25: During an active time in the room, Kloe is observed to be jumping up high in the corner of her kennel, spinning around before repeating this behavior. When handler opens the kennel door, there are red droplets at the front of her kennel indicating she is bleeding from somewhere. 7/6/25: It is reported that Kloe is jumping up and down in her kennel, finger painting high up on the walls. It is also reported that this behavior is occurring before the room is active and becomes worse once the room does become active. This behavior occurs for both the AM and PM walk for up to two consecutive days. 6/27/25: Kloe is standing at the front of her kennel with a loose and wiggly body as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed with ease and is take outside for a walk. On the walk, she would approach the handler and would sit and stare for treats with a loose wagging tail. She would become tense and pull ahead when she saw dogs close by and across the street. She is able to be redirected with treats and with a squeaky toy. She is able to return back to her kennel with no issues. 6/14/25 (late entry)- Kloe is at the front of her kennel with a loose and wiggly body, barking at handler. She is easily leashed and taken for a street walk. While handler waits in the drive way for dogs to pass, handler has Kloe sit facing them away from the other dogs. They feed her treats which she takes gently and stays focused on handler. She is taken to the street where she walks on a loose leash with a mild pull towards areas to sniff or relieve herself. She is social with handler and allows them to pet her head, neck and back. She leans into handler's legs when her side is petted. When she sees dogs on the street handler presents treats and she follows them again keeping focus on them. She is easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue. 6/10/25: It is reported on the behavior board that Kloe like to play fetch and play with the water hose. 5/30/25: Kloe is siitng on her bed at the back of her kennel as handler approaches. She was heistant at first to approach the front when the handler presents their leash. She then approaches when the handler tosses treats for her. She is comfortable being leashed after eating the treats and is then taken outside for a walk. On the walk, she had lose and wiggly body and was comfortable receiving pets from the handler. She would sit for treats and would lean into the handler to receive head rubs and back scratches. She would become tense when he saw a dog and was able to be redirected with treats. When returning back to kennel, she saw a familiar volunteer. She approaches the volunteer with a loose and wiggly body and would jump up to receive pets. She was comfortable siting and receiving treats while waiting in the meet and greet room as her kennel was being cleaned. She is returned back to her kennel with no issues

Summary (4):: 5/27/25: Staff reported that Kloe has been observed to jump up high and bounce off the walls of her kennel with her paws. 5/7/25: Kloe is standing at the front of kennel with a soft body as handler approaches. She is easiyl leashed and removed from kennel. She is taken to the street for a walk. She lightly pulls but walks alongside handler for the most part. Kloe sniffs the ground and her surroundings on her walk. She does not respond to people passing by and maintains a loose body with an open, relaxed mouth. When spotting another dog, she pauses, becomes stiff, stares, but is easily redirected with some leash pressure and treats. Kloe is returned to kennel 4/27/25- Kloe is at the front of her kennel with a soft body, she is easily leashed and taken for a street walk. While in the elevator she picks up a toy. She carries the toy throughout the duration of the walk, only putting it down to gently take a treat from handler's hand then will pick it up. She walks on a loose leash next to handler. When she sees another dog behind her, she keeps turning to look at them. Handler used a squeaker and she follows the handler. She has no reaction to people passing her. She allows handler to pet her head, neck, and back, she leans into handler's legs when they are petting her side. She has a slight pull when returning to the building. She is easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue. 4/25/25: It is reported on the behavior board that Kloe loves playing fetch. 4/13/25: Kloe is standing at the front of kennel with a neutral body and barking as handler approaches. She is easily leashed and removed from her kennel. She pulls very hard as she is taken to the street for a walk. When spotting another dog down the block, she becomes hype fixated, will not stop whining and pulling towards them, and handler has to use muscle to hold her back and move her away. After a couple squeaks from a squeaker toy, she turned towards handler with a loose body and approaches. This behavior repeated itself whenever she spotted another dog on the walk. She was easily redirected with toys and treats, and she also would continuously be shaking off. Handler would reward her anytime she oriented herself towards handler, towards the end of the walk, she was regularly checking in with handler. She was returned to kennel without issue. 04/06/25: Kloe is at the front of her kennel laying down as handler approaches. She is leashed while distracted with treats and taken to the street for her walk. During Kloe's walk she stops frequently to sniff spots on the street. Her pulling is mild and and she walks alongside handler for the majority of the walk. She accepts treats gently from handler and allows for soft chin scratches from handler. During her walk Kloe spots a dog down the street and fixates on it until it is out of her line of sight. She walks for a bit longer before being brought back to the care center. She is brought back to kennel and returns w

Summary (5):: 03/30/25: Kloe is at the back of her kennel laying down as handler approaches. She accepts some treats and allows leashing before following tossed treats out to the hallway. She walks down to the elevator and sits for treats before heading down to the backyard with handler. Once outside she is brought into the first play yard and placed on a drag leash. She investigates the yard and approaches handler occasionally, she also approaches the gate when she sees dogs passing but is redirected by handler who begins paying fetch with her. Kloe initially does not engage with handler, simply following the toy and not bringing it back. However after a bit she begins picking up and chasing the toy more actively, bringing it back to handler. She plays for a while and does some simple pattern games with handler before being brought back to kennel. Kloe returns without issue and accepts a few more treats before interaction is ended. 03/16/25: Kloe is lying down in her kennel upon approach. Handler presents leash and unlocks the kennel and Kloe jumps up with a soft body. She is easily leashed and taken out for a street walk. On the street Kloe does not pull and walks alongside the handler. She sniffs her surroundings and takes treats with a soft mouth when offered. On the way back to the shelter she spots a small dog and fixates. Pulling hard towards the small dog. Handler keeps her away. They run into a larger dog which she shifts her attention to. Treats are tossed to redirect her and are successful. She is walked into the building and returned to kennel without issue. 2/23/25: Kloe is at the front of her kennel barking as handler approaches. She is able to take treats and settle while being leashed. She is then taken downstairs for a walk outside. On the walks, she would walk very close to the handler and lean their body into them while walking. She would continuously stop walking to try to lick her paws due to them being irritated. She would sit for the handler to receive treats, and liked to search for them when they were tossed on the ground. She was taken back to her kennel when she started to limp a lot. She pulled on the way upstairs and into her kennel. She instantly went back to licking her paws as handler locked the door and walked away.

Summary (6):: 2/13/25: When a neighboring dog was being returned to their kennel, Kloe jumped up, pushed off the wall and landed on her side on the floor of her kennel. Unfazed, she jumpsed back to her feet and barked at the front of the kennel. 2/8/25: Kloe is at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is offered treats and while distracted is leashed without issue. She attempts to kennel fight intensely with the dogs she passes in the room as she exits and once outside pulls frantically in different directions before beginning to follow handler, who offers treats and asks Kloe to sit. She waits for handler to feed her treats and takes them with light pressure. She is taken to the street for her walk and almost immediately begins fixating on dogs she sees. She is unable to be redirected with treats or squeaky toys and will only stop fixating if line of sight is broken. She will occasionally stop to sniff on the street and walks past people without issue. She is walked for a while more and brought back inside, she allows clipping while distracted with treats and begins pulling hard back to kennel. She attempts to kennel fight while returning to kennel but enters kennel without issue. 2/5/25: Kloe is reported to be jumping up on the walls, scaling the kennel and parkouring. 2/1/25- Kloe is at the front of her kennel with a neutral body, barking when handler approaches. She is easily leashed and when she exits her kennel she tries to cage fight. She is taken for a street walk, she has a slight pull and has no reaction to any people passing. Once MOP stopped to baby talk to Kloe and she had a slight pull towards them wanting to greet with a soft body. Handler let the MOP know they cannot interact. When a dog is across the street Kloe pulls to the curb fixating on them with a tense body, high tail with no vocalization. Handler has to tug her away and presents treats which Kloe gently took from them. She continued to walk and sniffed around. When handler pet her side she leaned into their legs with a wiggly body. When they stopped petting, she does a little bouncy walk forward. She is easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue.

Summary (7):: 1/29/25: It was reported on the behavior board that Kloe is banging on the transfer door when staff are cleaning on the opposite side. 1/12/25- Kloe is at the back of her kennel with a a low head, averting eyes from handler and ears slightly pinned. She slowly comes to the front and when handler attempts to leash, she backs away. Handler tosses treats into her kennel and she comes forward to eat them, while she is eating handler is able to leash her. She slowly exits her kennel and is taken for a street walk. She walks on a loose leash next to the handler and she gently takes treats from them. She keeps a neutral body throughout the walk and walks with her head low. She allows handler to pet her all over and she has no reaction to people passing her. When she sees another dog across the street, she watches them and her head is perked up with ears high. Handler calls to her, presents treats but she stays focused on the dog across the street. She has no vocalization and just watches. Once the dog is out of sight she continues walking. When on another block, there is a dog down the block. She then picks up pace and will walk ahead of the handler but not pulling. Leash has some slack, she then went to smell something and turned to handler to accept more treats. She was aloof with handler throughout the walk, just taking treats and not solicitating attention. She was easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue. 12/30/24: Kloe is standing at the front of kennel with a neutral body and barking as handler approaches. She takes treats gently through the kennel bars and is easily leashed. As she is removed from the room she intensely kennel fights. Handler has to use muscle to remove her from the room. She shakes off once outside and pulls hard towards the street. There's a dog that Kloe passes by within 10 feet of distance, she immediately lunges, growls, and consistently hard barks as handler pulls her away. Treats and toys were used but were unsuccessful at redirecting her. She continuously turned around and pulled in the other dogs directions. Kloe was brought into behavior room for an assessment where she was soft bodied and social with handlers. She was returned to kennel without issue.

Date of intake:: 12/27/2024

Summary:: Fixated on dogs but allow most handling

Date of initial:: 12/29/2024

Summary:: Tense body for exam

ENERGY LEVEL:: Kloe is described as medium energy. They will need daily mental and physical activity to keep them engaged and exercised. And we recommend using force-free, reward-based training techniques for them.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 3

Recommendations:: No children (under 13)

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to handling sensitivity and on leash reactivity we recommend a home with no children.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Handling/touch sensitivity,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Resource Guarding: Kloe is reported to growl at other dogs that try to get near her food. No reported resource guarding with humans. We recommend feeding dog separately. Please see handout on Resource Guarding. Handling Sensitivity: Kloe's previous owner states that she is fearful when her collar is grabbed. Positive reinforcement, reward based training should be used to pair touch with good things such as food rewards in order to teach Kloe to be more comfortable with this. Please see handout on Handling and Touch Sensitivity. On Leash Reactivity: Kloe's previous owners state that she will hard bark towards people that approach while on leash. During her stay in the care center Kloe has been observed to be highly dog reactive. Noted to hard bark and lunge with raised hackles. This behavior was not able to be redirected easily. Kloe will need positive reinforcement, reward based training to teach them to look at you rather than people and other stimuli. We recommend a front clip harness to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration.