Date of intake:: 5/15/2026

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

Previously lived with:: adults, children, cat

Behavior toward strangers:: Tolerant, playful, friendly, and outgoing.

Behavior toward children:: Tolerant, playful, friendly, and outgoing.

Behavior toward dogs:: familiar dogs and is said to hard bark or growl at unfamiliar dogs both on and off-leash.

Behavior toward cats:: Actively avoids.

Resource guarding:: No known reports of Resource guarding.

Bite history:: No known reports of a bite history.

Housetrained:: Partially

Energy level/descriptors:: Twinkle Toes is noted to have a High energy level.

Other Notes:: Knows to relieve herself outside during walks or on wee-wee pads but may have indoor accidents a few times a week Pulls really hard on leash and may bark or growl at strangers who approach her home/yard She is unbothered by being held or restrained, disturbed when sleeping, being startled, moved form furniture, or when her collar is touched/grabbed. Surrendering client ever attempted to touch her paws. Getting in/being in a car makes her nervous Twinkle Toes is described as a social, affectionate, active, and playful yet lazy couch potato who enjoys spending her time indoors in the living room or where her people are. She knows the cues sit, no, yes, and good, an is crate trained to do well for up to 4hrs in a medium sized crate. She doesn't have a walk schedule and may pull hard on her leash but really enjoys walking with her family, playing with squeaky toys or plushies and snacking on Blue Buffalo Health Bones. She is not picky with food and will eat both wet and dry varieties. 2/2/26: 1st stay was a stray

Date of assessment:: 5/19/2026

Summary:: 5/19/26: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Hard pulls Reactivity to humans: Ignores Reactivity to dogs: Ignores Leash walking comments: jumps on kennel door Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Explores room- heavy panting, pacing, open mouth panting, jumps on handler Call over: Readily approaches- sits for treats, panting Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Allowed- heavy panting, sit, head whips Exuberant handling: Allowed- heavy panting, sit, head whips Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follow-pulls hards, heavy panting Arousal comments: Knock: Approaches- jumps on helper, panting Knock Comments: Toy: No response Toy comments: 2/4/26: Behavioral assessment upon request

Summary:: Twinkle Toes arrived as a return to the care centers, and is noted to have no experience with familiar dogs and is said to hard bark or growl at unfamiliar dogs both on and off-leash. 10/10/26: Twinkle Toes greets a novel male dog through a barrier, initially displaying loose body language while repeatedly bouncing along the gate and barking. Once introduced face to face, Twinkle Toes appears conflicted, lip licking and repeatedly approaching the novel male before quickly moving away. The novel male remains loose and offers play bows while attempting to solicit play. Twinkle Toes reapproaches and sniffs him but suddenly barks and nips toward his face before creating distance. She is able to shake off and continues showing interest in reapproaching, but when allowed to greet again, she repeats the same pattern of approach, discomfort, and escalation. Twinkle Toes appears socially interested but conflicted by the close proximity and novelty of the interaction. She repeatedly chooses to reapproach, but she is not attempting to avoid the novel male, but becomes uncomfortable once the interaction becomes more direct when the male faces her. She will be revisited with the same dog to determine whether increased familiarity and a slower introduction allow her to engage more comfortably. 5/16/26: Twinkle Toes is introduced to two novel male dog off leash through a barrier. The first male dog Twinkle Toes will begin to hard bark at the male dog once the male dog also begins to bark, growing stiff, but disengages on her own. With the second dog, Twinkle Toes is soft bodied, sniffing the gate and becoming loose/wiggly. The male dog whines, remains soft bodied but paws at the gate. Both dogs meet on leash and Twinkle Toes will greet briefly before bowing, licking the males face and trying to solicit play. The male dog continues to whine and go between playing with Twinkle Toes and walking away. Twinkle Toes is moved away briefly and the male dog is left off leash. After the consent check the male dog does reapproach Twinkle Toes, but continues to walk away and go between wanting to greet. Twinkle Toes will continue to try and solicit play, but also take breaks, giving the male space in another spot of the yard. Both dogs are separated with no issue and returned to kennel. 02/14/26 Twinkle Toes is introduced to a novel male at the Care Center. She enters the yard with a soft frame and after approaching the male at the gate, displays a loose and wiggly frame. She disengages after a minute and solicits attention from handler, reapproaching the gate readily when the male comes back over.

Summary (3):: 10/22/26 (Trainer Note): Twinkle Toes is laying down on her kuranda bed with a neutral body as handler approaches. She begins to intensely spin and bark in her kennel, bouncing off the kennel door. Handler uses a treat to leash her and remove her from kennel as she continues to bark. Handler clips her harness as she is walked down the hallway and then is taken to the street for a training session. Twinkle Toes will pull hard on leash but is consistently recalled and redirected using the 123 game and "touch" cue. Handler works on level 1 & 2 of the E/D game from across the street of another dog. Twinkle Toes readily participates and remains engaged with handler. When handler pets her she becomes slightly aroused, jumping around in a zoomie-like manner, she settles with the use of a "touch" cue. Twinkle Toes is returned to her kennel without issue.

Summary (4):: 0/15/26 (Trainer Note): Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of kennel with a loose body as handler approaches. She is easily clipped to her harness and removed from kennel. She pulls hard out of the care centers. Handler work on the 123 game and the "touch" cue outside, Twinkle Toes readily participates, enthusiastically and consistently redirecting her attention to handler. When passing by dogs on the street, Twinly Toes will lunge and hard bark at them but is easily redirected. Handler is able to work on level, 1 of the engage / disengage game from a distance. She is returned to her kennel without issue. 10/13/26 (playgroup): Twinkle Toes is at the front of her kennel and will begin to jump onto the door, spinning over to the wall and kicking off of it as she spins onto the ground. As her paws are dipped in feces, she leaves marks on her kennel door, wall and ground where she has been doing this repetitively. As the handler opens the door, Twinkle Toes will come up to the door and jumps onto the door and has to be refocused with treats at the front of the kennel so the handler can leash her. She will then pull hard on leash to the elevator where she will sit to solicit treats from the handler. Once out of the elevator she pulls hard to the play yard where she is placed on a drag leash to meet another dog. The gate greet is short to avoid frustration. (see dog to dog for more details) After the dogs are separated, Twinkle Toes is leashed and will then pull hard back to kennel where she is secured safely. 10/9/26: Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins jumping and barking at the door as the handler unlocks it and is able to be leashed while being distracted with treats. She then pulls hard while barking and heavy panting on the way outside to the play yard for play group. In the yard, she greets the other dog at the gate with a neutral body and begins to get frustrated and constantly bark and heavy pant towards the dog. Please see dog to dog notes for more details. She pulls hard on the way back to her kennel and is able to enter with no issue3s.

Summary (5):: 10/02/26 (Trainer Note): Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel as the handler approaches. She begins jumping on the door and barking upon noticing the handler. The handler kneels down to clip her harness and she attempts to push out as the handler does so, but allows clipping. Twinkle Toes pulls hard to the canine training room. She allows the handler to attach a drag leash, though she is attempting to get to the various enrichment items as they do so. Twinkle Toes engages readily with the enrichment. The handler works with her on the 123 game, take a breath, and touch. Twinkle Toes engages intently. She is easily leashed and returned to kennel without issue. 10/1/26: Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins jumping and barking at the door as then handler unlocks it. She is able to be leashed while being distracted with treats and is then taken outside for a walk. On the walk, she would pull hard ahead while heavy panting on the way to the yard. In the yard, she would constantly approach and jump up on the handler with a loose body and then sit to receive treats. She would bark towards the dogs in their kennels on the way back to her kennel and enters with no issues. 09/24/26 (Trainer Note): Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel as the handler approaches. She is easily leashed and pulls moderately to the canine training room. She is loose and social with the handler, but quickly becomes aroused, jumping repeatedly onto the handler and attempting to steal treats. The handler throws treats into a snuffle mat and Twinkle Toes engages readily. The handler works with her on the 123 game and touch. Twinkle Toes is able to engage in brief intervals before being redirected onto the snuffle mat. She is easily leashed and returned to kennel without issue. 09/14/26 (Trainer Note): Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel as the handler approaches. She is easily leashed and pulls mildly to the training room. When inside, the handler begins work on conditioning the marker and the 123 game. Twinkle Toes will peridocially opt out of training to sniff the room. the handler decides to engage Twinkle Toes into some up/down game with a snuffle mat to help conditiont he marker and give her soemthing to sniff. Twinkle Toes wil enage for several minutes until a second handler enters the room with a mop and bucket. The first handler steps on the leash and Twinkle Toes will hard bark. The handler quickly picks up the leash in their hand and leads her away, creating space. The handler will mark Twinkle Toes for looking at the second handler and she will look towards the first handler to receive a treat. The handler can do this a further three times whilst Twinkle Toes remains under threshold. Twinkle Toes is re leashed and returned to kennel.

Summary (6):: 9/3/26: Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed with ease and is then taken outside for a walk. On the walk, she would pull hard ahead while heavy panting. She would approach and jump up on the handler to demand for treats. She is comfortable siting to receive treats and would eat them when the handler would toss them on the ground. She has no reactions to dogs or people and pulls hard on the way back to her kennel before entering with no issues. 8/6/26: Twinkle Toes is barking at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed while being distracted with treats and is then taken outside for a walk. On the walk, she would pull hard ahead while heavy panting. She would approach and jump up on the handler while heavy panting and is able to be redirected with treats. She is comfortable siting to receive treats. She has no reactions to dogs or people and pulls hard on the way back to her kennel before entering with no issues. 07/23/26: Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel with a soft frame and will allow the handler to leash her with ease. She will then be brought outside for an enrichment outing. While outside, Twinkle Toes will walk on a semi-loose leash while maintaining a neutral frame, though she will continue to pull with forward momentum. She will display heavy panting as she explores the environment, sniffing the trees and grass throughout the outing. Once this session is concluded, Twinkle Toes will be brought back to her kennel safely without any issues. 7/16/26: Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins to jump at the door as the handler unlocks it and is able to be leashed while being distracted with treats. Once leashed, she then pulls hard out of kennel and attempts to pull towards the dog in kennel next to her while barking. The handler is able to quickly exit her kennel room and she then pulls hard on the way outside for a walk. On the walk, she would hard stare at dogs that would pass by and is able to be redirected with treats. While in the yard, she would stare at dogs that would pass by on the ramp and begin to bark. She is able to be redirected when the handler squeaks a toy and then tosses treats. She would then constantly approach the handler and sit to receive more treats. She pulls hard on the way back to her kennel while heavy panting, and would try to pull towards the dogs in kennels while vocalizing before quickly entering her kennel with no issue.

Summary (7):: 06/26/26: Twinkle Toes is laying on her bed as the handler approaches. She comes to the front of the kennel and jumps on the door, but allows the handler to leash her. She pulls towards kennels while walking through the room, eventually attempting to jump up on another dog's kennel right before exiting. She barks while walking through SDA, then quiets down and walks out of the building only pulling mildly. In the play yard, Twinkle Toes is clipped to a drag leash and allowed to roam. She explores for a bit, occasionally returning to the handler for treats. The handler throws a ball for her, and Twinkle Toes proceeds to catch it, then play by herself for a few minutes. At one point, a dog on the street barks, and Twinkle Toes begins to bark in response. The handler is able to easily get her attention with treats. Twinkle Toes is easily re-leashed and brought back inside without issue. 6/18/26: Twinkle Toes is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins jumping and barking at the door as the handler unlocks it and is able to be leashed while being distracted with treats. She then pulls hard on the way outside for a walk. On the walk, she has a loose and wiggly body as she pulls ahead. She would stare at dogs and people nearby and is comfortable approaching the handler and would sit to receive treats. She pulls hard on the way back to her kennel and is able to enter with no issues. 06/05/26: Twinkle Toes is laying on her bed as the handler approaches. She stands up and walks to the front of the kennel where she is leashed easily. On her walk, she is loose and wiggly. She sniffs around, takes treats when the handler calls her, and sits down to let the handler pet her on the head. After her walk, she is returned to kennel without issue. 05/29/26: Twinkle Toes is laying on her bed as the handler approaches. She gets up, is leashed with ease, and brought outside for a walk. She spends most of the walk on a loose leash, sniffing. She doesn't seek attention from the handler, but will accept treats and gentle petting. She is brought back inside and returned to her kennel without issue. 5/22/26: Twinkle Toes is is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She begins jumping up at the door as the handler unlocks it and she is able to be leashed while being distracted with treats. She is then taken outside to the play yard for play group. In the yard, she would jump up on the handler with a loose body to receive treats and pets. She becomes tense at the gate when greeting the other dog and begins to bark. Please see dog to dog notes for more details. She is able to be taken away and returned back to her kennel with no issues.

Date of intake:: 5/16/2026

Summary:: very friendly and outgoing. She greeted staff with a loose wiggly body, tail wags, and offered her t

Date of initial:: 5/16/2026

Summary:: Easily examined, took treats readily, relaxed, seeking human attention and affection

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 3

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Recommend no dog parks

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): We recommend Twinkle Toes be placed in a home with No children (under 13). Recommend no dog parks: Due to Twinkle Toe's behavior towards some novel dogs, we recommend she does not visit dog parks.

Potential challenges: : House soiling,Basic manners/poor impulse control,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Anxiety,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Strength/leash pulling

Potential challenges comments:: House soiling: Twinkle Toes knows to relieve herself outside during walks or on wee-wee pads but may have indoor accidents a few times a week. Use positive reinforcement, such as treats and praise, to reward Twinkle Toes when she eliminates in the appropriate outdoor spot. Please see the handout on House soiling. Basic manners/poor impulse control:Twinkle Toes is noted to jump up often on people.Consistent training to teach her to sit or stay when greeting people, using positive reinforcement and redirection, will help manage this behavior. Please see the handout on Basic manners/poor impulse control. Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition: During assessment, Twinkle Toes takes treats roughly, showing a lack of proper bite inhibition. Training should focus on offering treats with an open hand and using commands like "gentle" or "easy." Rewarding her for taking treats softly and providing chew toys can help improve her bite inhibition. Please see the handout on Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition. Anxiety: Twinkle Toes began to display heavy panting and pacing during her assessment. Managing her anxiety will require creating a calm environment, providing enrichment activities, and using stress-reducing techniques like puzzle toys and regular exercise. Please see handout on generalized anxiety. Barrier frustration: Twinkl Toes is noted sometimes bark or growl at strangers who approach her home/yard.This indicates a need for desensitization and counter-conditioning techniques to help her remain calm and composed in situations where she is separated by barriers. Please see the handout on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration. Strength/leash pulling: Twinkle Toes is ntoed to hard pull while on walks.Using tools like a no-pull harness and consistent leash training can help manage her pulling behavior. Please see the handout on Strength/leash pulling.