Date of intake:: 10/12/2026

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

Previously lived with:: 2 adults, 2 children (4 & 15 y/o), 1 dog, 2 cats

Behavior toward strangers:: avoids and barks

Behavior toward children:: tolerant, playful, friendly, and outgoing

Behavior toward dogs:: tolerant, playful, friendly, and outgoing with familiar dogs; barks and growls at unfamiliar dogs

Behavior toward cats:: barked and growled at resident cats

Resource guarding:: Lunar Rover is reported to guard food from the other animals in the home. She would becomes tense and hover over them. Lunar Rover did not display these behaviors with her people.

Bite history:: none reported

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: Lunar Rover is reported to have a high energy level.

Other Notes:: She is reported to have general and separation anxiety. She is fearful of loud noises and pulls hard while on leash. While on walks she avoids and barks at strangers, moving objects, other dogs, and other animals. There have been no attempts to hold/restrain her, or to wake her from sleep. She is fearful when startled. She is not bothered when pushed/pulled off furniture, when her paws are touched, or when her collar is grabbed. She allowed her previous family to bathe her, brush her, and trim her nails but is very fearful. In her previous home she would go on three walks a day. She was crate trained, but does not do well.

Date of assessment:: 10/15/2026

Summary:: 11/09/26: Lunar Rover entered the behavior office with a tense, tightly tucked body. She approached the assessor with wide eyes, quickly sniffing the air once a few inches away. The assessor offered her sliced cheese and chicken breast, but she did not take the offered items. Lunar Rover pulls back to the door to seek exit while trembling. Due to her fearfulness, a handling assessment is unable to be conducted. 10/15/26: Lunar Rover has been highly fearful during her stay in care. During her intake, she was barking and growling at staff and continued while being walked into the building. She continues to remain fearful and avoidant. Out of concern for her stress levels, a handling assessment is not attempted.

Summary:: Lunar Rover arrived as an owner surrender and is noted to be tolerant, playful, friendly, and outgoing with familiar dogs; barks and growls at unfamiliar dogs 10/29/26: Lunar Rover greets a novel male dog through a barrier while displaying significant fearful body language, including a tucked tail and pulling strongly away from her handler. When she approaches the novel male, Lunar Rover begins to untuck her tail, rapidly wag, and toe tap during the greeting. She then chooses to walk away and attempts to hide from the handler holding her leash. Due to her continued fearfulness and inability to safely proceed without a collar, a face-to-face introduction is not attempted.

Summary (6):: 11/8/26: Lunar Rover is standing at the front of her kennel with a neutral body where she is easily leashed and taken for a street walk. Coming out of kennel Lunar pulls moderately but slows down to where she is only applying light leash pressure after walking thru the hallway for a little bit. Outside she has a neutral body and walks slightly ahead of handler. She is uninterested in any of the treats that handler offers, she sniffs them and then moves away. She seeks out a couple of places of interest to her. She pulls moderately to reach these places and then spends a little bit of time sniffing. She is returned to her kennel with no issue. 10/21/26: Luna Rover is sitting up with a very tense body and whale eyes on the left side of her kennel as handler approaches. She remains tense without moving as handler drapes the leash over her head. The door is opened wide and Luna swiftly trots out and is taken outside for a walk. Luna will remain avoidant and distant from handler, often flinching back towards them with a tense body and whale eyes. She is not interested in treats throughout walk. Luna will relieve herself in the dirt patches and mildly pull on leash. Handler crouches down and is able to pet her, Luna does not solicit more and handler ceases. While outside, Luna Rover squints when looking at handler, yawn often, and lip her licks as forms of stress and calming signals. As handler returns her and attempts to clip their leash, she crouches down with a tense body and hard stares at handler. Handler opts out of using clipped leash and returns her to kennel with the leash, then using a hook to remove the leash. She does not react to hook and interaction is ended.

Summary (7):: 10/17/26: Lunar Rover is laying down on her bed with a tense body and widened eyes as handler approaches. She continues to remain on her bed and begins to tremble as the handler unlocks the door. She has no interest in treats or toys and would lower her head and turn away as the handler attempts to lasso her. She is able to be slowly lassoed as she attempts to stand up and walk to the opposite corner. Once leashed, she slowly walks out of kennel, and is then taken outside for a walk. On the walk, she has a tense body and tucked tail as she walks low to the ground. She would constantly stop walking and hard stare at the handler. She has no reactions to dogs or people. She pulls hard on the way back to her kennel, and would head whip and whale eye as the handler slowly clips their leash. She is then able to enter her kennel with no issue. 10/15/26: Lunar Rover is lying in the middle of her kennel as the handler approaches. She does not come forward, but lifts her head enough for the handler to lasso her gently, and once leashed she leaves the kennel easily. Lunar Rover is taken to a play yard, where she maintains a tucked posture and shakes. She moves around periodically and sniffs, but refuses treats and will look back at the handler with a tense face and body as they follow holding the leash. On returning to the kennel, Lunar Rover turns her head with a hard stare and tense face as the handler attempts twice to clip the leash. She is returned to the kennel without clipping but with no further issue, and a hook is used to retrieve the leash. 10/14/26: Lunar Rover is lying at the back of kennel with a tense, trembling frame as handler approaches. Handler speaks to her with a soft tone and will offer treats, but she shows no interest and curls into herself further. Handler kneels down at the side of kennel just in eyesight of Lunar and spends several minutes talking to her with a soft tone. She continues to tremble and display whale eye throughout. Due to her fearfulness, handler decides to leave her be and covers her kennel door with a sheet to block out added stimuli from the other dogs in the room.

Date of intake:: 10/12/2026

Summary:: bark, growl, tense body

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),No cats,Recommend no dog parks,Place with a New Hope partner

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Lunar Rover's fearfulness and potential for defensive escalations, we recommend an adult-only home. No cat: Due to the reported concerns in the previous home with the resident cats, we recommend that Lunar Rover be placed in a home without cats or other smaller animals. Place with a New Hope partner: Lunar Rover has not acclimated well to the kennel environment and has allowed only minimal handling since intake. We recommend placement with a New Hope partner who can provide any necessary behavior modification (force-free, positive reinforcement-based) and re-evaluate behavior in a stable home environment before placement into a permanent home.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,Separation anxiety,Anxiety,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Resource guarding: Lunar Rover is reported to guard food from the other resident animals in the previous home. She would hover over the food with a tense body. Her owner noted that she did not guard food from the people in the home. It is unknown how and if this behavior will translate into a future home environment. For this reason, we advise against ever removing items from Lunar's possession without safely trading for an item of equal or greater value. Please see handout on resource guarding. Handling/touch sensitivity: While Lunar Rover's previous family was able to bathe, brush, and trim her nails, she was reported to be fearful. Positive reinforcement, reward-based training should be used to pair touch with good things such as food rewards in order to teach her to be more comfortable with this. Please see handout on Handling/touch sensitivity. Fearful/potential for defensive aggression: Lunar Rover's previous owner reported that she avoids and barks at strangers. During her intake, she was hard barking and growling at staff. After being leashed and walked into the building, she remained tense while still growling. Since her intake, she has remained fearful and avoidant. Please see handout on Fearful/potential for defensive aggression. Separation anxiety: Lunar Rover's previous owner stated that she becomes anxious when left alone in the home. Her previous owner did not detail how this behavior manifested or if steps were taken to modify this behavior. Please see handout on Separation anxiety. Anxiety: Lunar Rover's previous owner stated that she is anxious. Her previous owner did not detail how this behavior manifested or if steps were taken to modify this behavior. Please see handout on Generalized anxiety. On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: While on walks, Lunar Rover avoids and barks at strangers, moving objects, other dogs, and other animals. She may need positive reinforcement, reward-based training to teach her to look at you rather than her triggers. We recommend a front clip harness or head halter to help manage this behavior. Please see the handout on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration.