Date of intake:: 8/14/2025

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

Date of assessment:: 8/16/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Mild pulling Reactivity to humans: N/a Reactivity to dogs: N/a Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Social- seeks attention, allows petting, but becomes mouthy and jumps on handlers, anxious pacing, heavy panting Call over: Readily approches- anxious Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Allowed- jumps on assessor, mouthy Exuberant handling: Allowed- distracted, moves out of handling Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follow- heavy panting,distracted Arousal comments: Knock: Jumps on the helper, heavy panting Knock Comments: Toy: lays down body blocks, mouth dummy hand Toy comments: ***08/15/25: Speed Racer came into the behavior office for a handling assessment. Once in the office, she displayed red eyes, heavy panting, pacing back and forth, jumping up on handlers, and mouthing handlers’ arms. Due to this ,she is given extra time to decompress.***

Summary:: Due to Speed Racer entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 08/18/25 Speed racer is introduced to a novel male dog while off leash at the care center. Speed Racer will approach the gate with a soft, wiggly body while the male dog is reluctant to approach. When the male dog approaches, Speed racer exuberantly jumps and stands on the gate, making the male dog uncomfortable. This concludes the interaction. 08/15/25: Speed Racer is introduced to a novel male dog at the gate. Speed racer will approach cautiously as she pants with red eyes. Speed racer will remain at the gate, continuing to pant as she scans the yard not acknowledging the novel male, looking beyond him. Both dogs are separated, concluding the interaction.

Summary (6):: 9/27/25: Speed Racer is standing at the door with her front paws on the door when the handler approaches. As the handler opens the door, she hops off the door and is easily lured through the leash loop with a treat. Speed Racer pulls moderately to the live room where she is clipped to a drag leash. There she begins to sniff around until she finds the snuffle mats that the handler previously set up. She toggles between snuffle mats and eventually engages with the handler, leaning in to solicit pets. After some more sniffing, Speed Racer is leashed with ease and returned to her kennel where she is secured safely. 9/25/25: Speed Racer is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins jumping and barking a the door with heavy panting as the handler unlocks it. She is able to be leashed while being distracted with a toy. She does not take the toy and pulls on the way to the behavior room for her assessment. In the room, she is able to be transferred to a drag lead and would pace around the room with heavy panting. She would jump up on the handlers and was able to take treats when they tossed them on the ground. Please see behavior assessment notes for more details. She pulls hard on the way back to her kennel and enters with no issues. 09/17/25: ACS staff report that Speed Racer is leash biting in the play yard. She was redirected by a novel sound and returned to kennel without issue. 09/16/25 (Trainer Note): Speed Racer is standing at the front of her kennel as the handler approaches. She begins to jump repeatedly up onto the door as she notices the handler. Speed Racer follows a treat lure through the leash. She is loose and social with staff, but pants heavily with dilated pupils. Speed Racer moves frenetically around the room, jumping repeatedly up onto staff. She shows minimal interest in treats, but takes some higher value items. The handler attempts to engage her in the enrichment but Speed Racer cannot hold focus and only shows interest in the food for a moment at a time. She is intermittently able to take cheese off of the snuffle mat, but runs across the room each time she hears a noise or someone in the room moves or enters. Speed Racer maintains her heavy pant and dilated pupils for the duration of the interaction. She is easily leashed and returned to kennel without issue.

Summary (7):: 09/02/25 (Trainer Note): Speed Racer is jumping up onto her kennel as she notices the handler. She is easily leashed and pulls moderately to the canine training room. Speed Racer is loose and social with staff, but jumps repeatedly up onto the handler with a moderate pant and dilated pupils. The handler guides her through the various enrichment items, but she is easily distracted, running to various parts of the room before responding to the handler calling her back over. She improves slowly over time, spending longer on each item and moving more with the handler. She is easily leashed and returned to kennel without issue. 8/18/25: Speed Racer is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins jumping, pawing and heavy panting at the door as the handler unlocks it. She is able to be leashed while being distracted with treats. She then pulls hard on the way to the play yard for play group. In the yard, she would jump up on the handlers with an open mouth and heavy panting. She greets the other dog at the gate with a loose body and would become tense and start barking at the dog. Please see dog to dog notes for more details. She then pulls hard on the way back to her kennel and enters with no issues. 08/15/25: Speed Racer is at the front of her kennel, jumping up and pawing at the glass. She is leashed with ease and brought to the assessment room. While being collared, she eats cheese. Speed Racer displays bulging, red eyes, heavy panting, pacing back and forth, jumping up on handlers, and mouthing handlers’ arms. She is unable to settle or regulate herself during the session. Once complete, Speed Racer is returned to her kennel safely 08/16/25: (Assessment) When the handler approaches, Speed racer is standing in front of his kennel with a loose, wiggly frame and wagging tail. Speed racer is easily leashed and escorted to the the BA room for her assessment. Throughout Speed racer is social with handlers but does become hyper aroused displaying red eyes, heavy panting as well as pacing back and forth, jumping up on handlers, and mouthing handlers’ arms. Speed racer is escorted back to her kennel where she is unleashed and safely secured.

Date of intake:: 8/14/2025

Summary:: extremely active and friendly. She accepted treats from staff, jumped up on staff for attention

Date of initial:: 8/14/2025

Summary:: allowed for handling and tasks, high energy, allowed for exam with food distraction

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13)

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): We reccomend Speed Racer is placed in an adult only home at this time.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Basic manners/poor impulse control,Social hyperarousal,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Anxiety

Potential challenges comments:: Resource Guarding: During her handling assessment, Speed Racer displayed guarding behavior by using body blocks and mouthing the dummy hand when the plush toy was touched. These actions suggest discomfort with sharing resources and a need for structured training to reduce guarding tendencies. Please see the handout on Resource Guarding. Social Hyperarousal/Anxiety/Basic Manners/Poor Impulse Control/Mouthiness: Speed Racer initially showed social hyperarousal by jumping on handlers, followed by anxious behaviors such as pacing and heavy panting. She actively sought attention but also mouthed handlers before walking away. This combination of impulsivity, anxiety, and mouthiness indicates a need for calming strategies, impulse control training, and clear boundaries during social interactions. Please see the handout on Social Hyperarousal/Anxiety/Basic Manners/Poor Impulse Control/Mouthiness.