Date of intake:: 9/4/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: No

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

Date of assessment:: 9/8/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Moderate Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Moderately social Call over: Approaches handler readily Sociability comments: Stays near handler, receptive to treats Soft handling: Seeks contact Exuberant handling: Seeks contact Comments: Leans into handler Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler readily Knock Knock comments: Approaches handler readily Toy Toy comments: Grips firm, neutral body and wagging tail

Summary:: 9/9/25: Summit greets another dog at the gate with a neutral body, then demand barks. The other dog disengages and when he reapproaches, Summit becomes tense bodied and hard barks.

Summary (2):: 1/18/26: Summit is at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He is loose bodied and accepts treats from handler and begins picking up his linens in kennel and holding them in his mouth with a loose and wiggly body. He is distracted with more treats and a squeaker and drops the linens allowing leashing before picking them up again and carrying them out for his walk. Handler trades the linens with toy and Summit takes the toy and holds onto it briefly before dropping it outside. While walking Summit pulls hard and walks past people on the street without issue. He frequently stops to sniff spots on the street without issue and relieves himself during his walk. He is walked for a while and accepts treats throughout his walk, when seeing dogs he stares at them with a tense body but is redirected when line of sight is broken. After walking for a while he is brought back inside and pulls toward some of the pop up crates in the halls before returning to kennel. 1/18/26: Summit is observed to be resource guarding his harness. A familiar handler went to go pet him in the elevator as he was with another staff member. As familiar handler went to pet him, Summit would become tense-bodied and begin to low growl which slowly intensified as handler backed away. Once handler exited the elevator, he would begin to fixate on them and pull much harder towards them as he would continue to loudly growl. Primary handler has to muscle him away as he was not easily redirected. 1/13/26: A staff member walks passed Summit's kennel and he growls at them. He continues to growl face pressed against the door in the direction of the staff member. Another staff member calls him and he looses picks up his toy in his mouth. 1/12/26: Summit is at the front of the kennel with a soft body and wagging tail. He picks up his linen in the kennel. When handler tries to leash him the leash gets caught on the linen. Handler is able to clip the leash to Summit's harness and he is removed from kennel still carrying his linen out if the kennel as well. He drops the linen in the hallway and is later given a plush toy. He carries the toy out to the street. On the street. Summit pulls hard. He stops to sniff spots where he relieves himself. He drops the toy and is aloof with the handler. When handler calls to him, he looks to the handler with a soft wiggly body. Summit is walked back to the shelter, he spots a dog in the hallway and he fixates on them. Summit can not be redirected with treats or squeakers. When the dog leaves, Summit pulls back upstairs and is returned to kennel without issue. 1/11: Handler takes Summit to the backyard. Summit chooses to chasing the pigeons left and right consistently, and didn't play with toy that much. Loves treats, sniffing ground. Summits focus was more on the surroundings over handler.

Summary (3):: 1/11/26: Summit is reported to be low growling towards a handlers while in the possession of a blanket. He is holding the blanket in his mouth and as the handler gets closer the he becomes more tense and growls louder. 12/19/25: It was reported by a staff member that Summit growled with tense body towards a male MOP when Summit was near a pile of toys. He did not display this behavior towards female staff members. 12/18/25: It is noted on the whiteboard on 12/17 that Summit "hard barks and pulls at MOP with walker". 12/16/25: Summit is at the front of his kennel as a staff member approaches with an enrichment item. The item, a long carboard tube stuffed with treats, is slid is gently for him to sniff. He has a toy in his mouth moves away from the item, drops the toy, reapproaches, slowly moves back again then reapproaches. He gently takes the tube growls and stands on his bed at the back of his kennel 12/6/25: Whiteboard notes that walking Summit like to sniff "excessively" sometimes resulting in very long walks. 12/5/25: Summit is at the front of his kennel with a neutral body as handler approaches. He is then easily leashed and removed from his kennel, where handler clips his harness. Afterwards, handler goes to pet him for a brief second as they have done in the past. However, Summit became stiff-bodied bodied, low growled and a slight whale eye towards the handler. Handler then takes him out to the street, where he would pull very hard out towards the street. Throughout his street walk, he would continue to have a hard pull and would sniff and relieve himself in multiple spots. Handler would toss treats in his direction which he would begin to pick up off the floor for. Summit would continue the walk without reacting towards any people or dogs that were on the street. Shortly after, he is then easily clipped and returned back to his kennel with no further issues. DZ 11/28/25: Summit is at the front of his kennel with a loose and wiggly body. As handler approaches his kennel, he would begin to grab a blanket that's in his kennel and he would try to carry it in his mouth. Handler has to throw treats ahead of him to distract him, which is successful. He is then easily clipped to his harness and taken for a street walk, where he would have a mild pull in front of the handler. Summit would pull much harder towards spots he wants to sniff and relieve himself in. Summit would continue the walk loose-bodied and wouldn't react towards any passing stimuli. Shortly after, he is then returned to his kennel with no issue

Summary (4):: 11/21/25: Summit is at the front of his kennel with a loose, wiggly body. He is easily leashed and brought out the room; while walking out, Summit picks up and holds a toy. On the street, Summit walks ahead with leash tension pulling forward; he occasionally stops to relieve himself. He also shows no interest to passersby and no dog reactivity. Summit carries the same toy for the duration of the walk. Upon return, the handler clips their leash and returns Summit to his kennel. The leash gets caught between Summit's mouth and the toy he is holding in his mouth; when the handler attempts to remove their leash, Summit begins to tug on the leash. The handler lets go of their leash, and a second handler tosses treats in his kennel, but Summit shows no interest. After a minute, Summit drops his toy and the leash with it; the second handler quickly grabs the leash and removes it from kennel. 11/14/25: Summit is at the front of his kennel soft body and wagging tail. Once leashed he goes back into his kennel and grabs a blanket to carry in his mouth on the walk. He is walked on the street where he pulls ahead of handler. He will pull towards and growl at pigeons even with the blanket in his mouth. When seeing another dog, he pulls hard towards them, unable to be redirected. Handler has to toss treats in his line of sight to refocus. He will eat the treats that are tossed before pulling towards the other dogs again. At one point he drop the blanket and explores his environment. Handler carries it back to the care center and Summit will attempt to take it back from handlers hand just to drop it again. He is easily returned to kennel. 11/7/25: Summit is at the front of his kennel with a very loose and wiggly body. He would begin to bark at the handler and proceed to pick up a toy. He is then easily leashed and removed from his kennel while he has the toy in his mouth. Handler then puts Summit on a rope harness, which he easily allows. He is then removed from the building and taken out for a street walk, where he would have a mild pull and continue to carry the toy in his mouth. Each time he would drop the toy, he would pull hard towards it until he has it. Summit would easily relieve himself and would remain very social with the handler. A treat is presented to Summit and he 11/2/25: Summit is reported to "hunt pigeons" on white board. 10/31/25: Summit is is standing at the front of his kennel hypersalivating on his kennel door as handler approaches. He has red dilated pupils as he heavy pants and jumps at the door as the handler unlocks it. He is able to be leashed while being distracted with treats and he pulls hard while jumping up on the handler on the way outside for a walk outside. On the walk, he would pull hard ahead and would lunge towards birds. He would jump up on the handler while heavy panting and is able to be distracted when the handler tosses treats on the ground. He pulls on the way back to his kennel and enters with no issues.

Summary (5):: 10/18/25: Summit is at the front of his kennel barking with a very loose and wiggly body as handler approaches. He is easily leashed and removed from his kennel, where he would jump onto the handler soliciting pets. Handler would then turn their body, and he would drop and begin to lean his body into their leg. He is then placed into a leash harness due to his pulling and is then taken for a street walk. He would walk closely to the handler. Summit would then spot a pigeon and would begin to pull hard towards it and begin to bark; he is easily pulled away and rewarded a treat for breaking focus. Summit would continue the walk, not reacting towards any other stimuli, and would remain social with the handler throughout the walk. He is easily brought back to kennel with no issue 10/15/25: Summit was observed to lunge and bark at a bike passing by him on the street. 10/5/25: Summit was observed lying down with a soft, relaxed body as the handler approached his kennel. He was easily leashed and taken out for a street walk. During the walk, he had a moderate pull on the leash, occasionally pulling harder toward areas of interest to sniff. Summit remained social and engaged with the handler throughout the walk, taking treats gently from their hand. He would be very loose and wiggly. He showed no reactivity towards any stimuli and remained focused on exploring his surroundings. When passing other dogs, he did not fixate or react, continuing to sniff without concern. He is then clipped and easily returned to kennel. DZ 9/28/25: Summit is laying at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He is easily leashed and removed from kennel. He would pull hard towards the first kennel, but is easily muscled away and is able to be removed from the room with ease. He is kept on the handlers side as passing the pop-up crates which he showed no interest in. He is then taken to the yard, where he would pull hard towards and is placed on a drag leash shortly after. In the yard, he would explore and relieve himself with ease and would become loose and wiggly as handler calls his name. Summit would then remain social with the handler and would engage in playing 'two toy fetch'. In the yard, he would lean against the handlers leg soliciting pets and would then begin to run back and forth. As dogs passed by, he would pay no interest and would stay engaged with the handler. He is then easily re-leashed and brought back to kennel with ease.

Summary (6):: 9/23/25 (Late Entry): Summit is sitting at the front of his kennel, and as the handler unlocks the kennel, he stands and jumps on the kennel door. He is leashed with ease and towards a dog in kennel while leaving the room. Once outside, he attempts to relieve himself on packages, but the handler pulls him away. During the street walk, he walks ahead of the handle with tension on the leash. He occasionally slows down to sniff the ground an relieves himself. A few times on the walk, Summit pulls very hard towards pigeons. When returning to the shelter, he focuses on a dog walking past, and attempts to pull toward another dog, but the handler pulls him away. He climbs the stairs, allows leash clipping, and pulls into the room, returning to his kennel. 9/9/25: Summit is at the front of the kennel with a soft body and wagging tail. He is easily leashed and taken out of the kennel. He pulls towards the passing kennels as he exits the room and towards the pop ups in the hall. As they wait in front of the elevator Summit pulls towards the passing pop-ups with a forward posture. Handler tries to keep him away but he continues to pull. Summit is brought to the backyard, he is taken to the back pen and looks towards the dogs in the neighboring pens. He sniffs around the pen and jumps up high towards pigeons that land on top of the fence. If they land around the yard he pulls to them hard. Summit is brought to do a dog-dog interaction (see dog-dog). After, Summit is brought back upstairs and he pulls towards the passing kennels. He is returned to kennel without issue. 9/8/25- Summit is laying down with a soft body when handler approaches his kennel, he is easily leashed and take for a street walk. He has a moderate pull and pulls hard towards spots to sniff. He is social with handler and gently takes treats from their hand. He has no reaction to any stimuli. When he sees other dogs, he doesn't focus on them and keeps sniffing. He is taken for his assessment where he is social with handlers and takes treats. He is easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue.

Summary (7):: 9/8/25: Summit is at the front of the kennel with a soft body and wagging tail. As the handler approaches he begins to jump up on the kennel door, the handler is able to easily lure him down with a treat. He is easily leashed and taken to the yard. He marks often and pulls moderately. When seeing a dog in the neighboring pen he will pull towards them with a forward body and vocalizes. He readily approaches the handler when called and is receptive to treats. He allows the handler to clip their leash and is returned to kennel with no issue. 09/07/25: Summit is at the front of his kennel jumping at the kennel door as handler approaches. He is leashed while distracted with a treat and follows handler outside, pulling forward hard. He is walked out to the street where he continues to pull forward hard. He passes people on the street without issue but when seeing dogs will pull toward them moderately while staring at them with a mildly tense body. Summits pulling settles after a while and he begins slowly sniffing down the street and uses the bathroom while outside. Summit again begins pulling forward hard when returning to kennel, his pulling is intense but due to the leash pressure caused by his pulling he begins coughing and hacking. He accepts some treats from handler by hand before being returned to kennel without issue. 9/6/25: Summit displays the same behavior as of (9/5/25). Please refer to those notes. 9/5/25: Summit is standing at the front of his kennel with a loose and wiggly body as handler approaches. He is comfortable taking treats and is able to be leashed with ease. He then pulls hard on the way outside to the yard. In the yard, he would constantly sniff and stop walking to mark his territory. He would hard stare with a tense body and would lunge towards birds, people and dogs as they passed by him while vocalizing. He is not able to be redirected right away, and would only notice treats that the handler would toss on the ground if the treats tapped him. He pulls hard on the way back to his kennel and is able to enter with no issues.

Date of intake:: 9/4/2025

Summary:: Growling

Date of initial:: 9/4/2025

Summary:: Whale eyed and staring inside of crate. Opted to sedate

ENERGY LEVEL:: We have no history on Summit 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 additional to physical exercise, to positively direct their energy and enthusiasm.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13)

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to fearful behavior we recommend a home with no children.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Resource Guarding: Summit has been obsvered to growl towards handlers with a tense body while in the possession of objects such as a blanket. Nothing should ever be taken directly out of Summit mouth, and any time something is removed they should be rewarded with a high value treat or toy. Please see handout on Resource Guarding. Fearful Defensive: Summit was observed to growl and show whale eye during intake. It is important to move slowly with Summit, 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. On Leash Reactivity: Summit has been observed to pull towards dogs and vocalize. This behavior was able to be redirected. During one instance Summit was obsvered to snap towards the other dogs in the kennel room. Summit will need positive reinforcement, reward based training to teach them to look at you rather than other dogs. We recommend a front clip harness to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration.