Date of intake:: 12/18/2025

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

Date of assessment:: 12/20/2025

Summary:: 12/19/25 Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Loose Reactivity to humans: N/a Reactivity to dogs: N/a Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Timid quicky waems up, displayed pin back ears and whale eyes at first Call over: Readily approaches- sits, soft body, gently takes treats Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Allowed- lip licks, stays in handling position Exuberant handling: Allowed- sits, lip licks Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follow- doesn't jog walks instead Arousal comments: Knock: Alert recovers soft body Knock Comments: Toy: Sniffs, walks away Toy comments:

Summary:: Due to entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 01/04/26 Clyde is introduced to a novel female dog while off leash at the Care Center. When he sees the female at the gate, he immediately lunges forward, displays a tense frame, and begins to grumble softly. Clyde is moved away from the gate and will engage with handlers with treats for a couple of minutes before lunging and grumbling softly at the female through the gate again.

Summary (4):: 3/12/26: Clyde is at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He is able to be leashed with ease and he pulls hard while being taken to the behavior room. In the room, he would pace around while heavy panting. He is able to be transferred to a drag lead and would jump up on the handlers to receive treats and pets. He is comfortable approaching the handlers and would sit for treats. He engages in a snuffle mat and a cheese lick mat back and forth. He pulls hard on the way back to his kennel and enters with no issue. 3/9/26: Clyde is standing up at his door as handler approaches his kennel. He is able to be leashed with ease and is then taken to the behavior room. In the room, he is able to be transferred to a drag lead and would jump up on the handlers to receive treats and pets. He is comfortable approaching the handlers and would sit for treats. He engages in a snuffle mat and a cheese lick mat. He pulls hard on the way back to his kennel and enters with no issue. 3/8: While in the behavior office, Clyde solicits attention from a handler. He presses himself into their lap, seeking further contact. When the handler pets under his chin and neck, they notice it is wet due to his hypersalivation. 3/7/26: Clyde is standing up at his door covered in poop and drool as handler approaches his kennel. He is able to be leashed with ease and is then taken to the behavior room. Along the way, he would pull hard ahead while barking at dogs he saw in the hallway. In the room, he is able to be transferred to a drag lead and would jump up on the handlers to receive treats and pets. He is comfortable approaching the handlers and would sit for treats. He engages in a snuffle mat and a cheese lick mat. He pulls hard while barking on the way back to his kennel and enters with no issue.

Summary (5):: 3/5/26: Clyde is standing up at his door covered in drool as handler approaches his kennel. He is able to be leashed and is then taken to the behavior room. Along the way, he would pull hard ahead while barking and vocalizing. In the room, he is able to be transferred to a drag lead and would jump up on the handlers to receive treats and pets. His neck, head and collar is covered in drool. He is comfortable approaching the handlers and would sit for treats. He engages in a snuffle mat full of treats and a cheese lick mat. He pulls hard while barking on the way back to his kennel and enters with no issue. 3/4/26: Clyde comes towards the front of his kennel when the handler approaches. He is easily leashed and pulls out of his kennel once in the hallway. He will hard pull towards the dogs barking in the neighboring kennel room. Clyde will grumble and heavy pant. Once in the behavioral office, he seemed to settle and allow the handler to clip his collar. Clyd does a small shake off and engages with a snuffle mat offered to him. Clyde begins to play catch with the handler, but loses interest and seeks out pets. Clyde with gently take treats from the secondary handler in the room and lean in for petting. Clyde is leash and taken back to his kennel, where he is reluctant to go back inside. Treats are tossed, and he follows back inside. 3/1/26: Clyde is observed to bark and vocalize coming out of kennel at staff, and when seeing other dogs the barking with intensify and start to pull harder towards them. Clyde outside will also continue to bark at other dogs even at a moderate distance before settling on his walk. 2/25/26: Acs reported that when returning Clyde back into his kennel a staff member was in the hallway holding a plastic bin, Clyde jumped for the bin and held onto it. 02/22/26 (Trainer Note): Clyde was sitting at the back of his kennel as a handler approached. He was easily leashed and pulled strongly to the Live Room. He began to pace and pant around the room so the handler gave him a snuffle mat. After a couple of minutes of the up/down came into snuffle mat, Clyde was able to focus on the 123 game. Clyde was jumpy but would respond to a sit cue. The handler continued conditioning the word three and Clyde opted out of training and began to sniff around the room. Clyde would look up from a snuffle Matt when he heard the word two. Clyde heard something at the door and walked over to it. The handler counted to 3 and when he heard the word 3 he was able to orient to the hand to receive treats. Clyde was easily released and returned to his kennel without issue.

Summary (6):: 02/28/26 (Trainer Note): Clyde is laying in his bed as the handler approaches. He is easily leashed and pulls moderately outside. Clyde struggles to focus and barks at people and dogs. The handler brings him back inside and works with him on orienting and eating out of a snuffle mat. Clyde continues to struggle to focus and runs around the room panting moderately with dilated pupils. He is returned to kennel without issue. 2/18: A handler walks a dog up the ramp to bring to playgroup when they see Clyde running back and forth along the fence line of the first outer pens, hard barking at other dogs that he sees passing. He does not settle and does this repeatedly for several minutes. When the handler is walking their dog back into the building, Clyde is still reacting to the other dogs. 02/16/25 (Trainer Note): Clyde waS sitting at the ack of his kennel as the handler approached. He was easily leashed and pulled mildly to the training.room. Handler continued work on 123 game and Clyde was able to make the association between the numb er three and a treat. Handler also continued condition a sit on approach for Clyde. Clyde accepted pets from both handlers in the room before being retuned to his kennel. 02/05/26 (Trainer Note): Clyde is barking at the front of his kennel as the handler approached. He was easily leashed and pulled moderately to the live room. When inside, he jumped on the counter and handler. The handler would cue him into a sit with varying levels of success. When Clyde would Sit, he was marked and rewarded. Clyde began to automatically sit in front of the handler. The handler began to condition the word three. Clyde was able to orient to the handler on the word three when the handler would count from one. Towards the end of the session, Clyde was able to sit on approach was looking to handler on the word three. Clyde was re leashed using a treat and returned to his kennel without issue. 2/1/26: Clyde is at the front of his kennel with a neutral body, standing at the front of his kennel when leashed. Clyde exits kennel and will pulls towards the other kennels, and when seeing dogs in the hallway will begin to vocalize/bark. Clyde enters the office and engages with multiple enrichment items set up by another staff members, keeping mostly to himself engaging with these puzzles. Clyde will come with coaxed, lean into petting briefly before going back to the puzzles. Clyde hears dogs outside of the door and will occasionally bark, but refocuses himself. Clyde is taken back to kennel with no issue.

Summary (7):: 01/20/26 (Trainer Note): Clyde is jumping up on his kennel door as the handler approaches. He is easily leashed and pulls moderately to the canine training room. The handler works with him on the 123 game and take a breath and he engages readily. Clyde is easily leashed and returned to kennel without issue. - 01/13/26 (Trainer Note): Clyde is jumping up on his kennel door as the handler approaches. He is easily leashed and pulls moderately to the canine training room. He is loose and wiggly with the handler but maintains a persistent pant and dilated pupils. Clyde has difficulty focusing throughout the interaction. The handler works with him on the 123 game and take a breath, though he jumps repeatedly while the handler is attempting to encourage breathing. Another handler enters the room and he approaches with a loose wiggly body. Clyde is easily leashed and returned to kennel without issue. 1/10/26: Clyde is jumping up at his kennel door as handler approaches. He is able to be leashed and he pulls hard on the way outside to the yard. In the yard, he has a loose and wiggly body as he would sit and take treats from the handler. He would hard stare and bark at dogs that would pass by. He is able to be redirected with treats. He would try to lunge and jump up towards pigeons that would fly around the pen. He would baulk on the way back to his kennel, and is able to continue walking with a treat trail. He enters his kennel with no further issues. 1/4/26: Clyde was at front of kennel with a loose and wiggly body. He was easily leashed and escorted to backyard, but he did pull hard on his trip out. Returning Clyde would stop several times on the way back, ultimately needing a treat trail to lure him back to building. Once inside of building he returned to kennel with no issue. 12/21: Staff report that Clyde did not want to walk down the ramp to return into the building. They spent 10 minutes coaxing him forward by using treats and would bend down periodically for Clyde to come to them. 12/19/25: Clyde is laying down on his bed as handler approaches. He is able to approach the front and is leashed with ease. He is then taken to the behavior room for his assessment. In the room, he has a tense body and whale eyes as he slowly approaches the handlers and allowed petting. He would slowly loosen up to the handlers by approaching and ta

Date of intake:: 12/18/2025

Date of initial:: 12/18/2025

Summary:: solicits pets, allowed for handling and tasks

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Single-pet home,Recommend no dog parks,Place with a New Hope partner

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): We reccomend Clyde be placed in a home with No children (under 13) due to his fearfulness. Single-pet home/Recommend no dog parks: Due to the concerning behaviors that Clyde has shown during playgroup (see DOG-DOG SUMMARY), we feel that he should not visit dog parks and be the only resident dog. The Behavior Department recommends that he be socialized in a more controlled setting until his behavior towards other dogs can be further addressed. Reward-based, force-free training can be utilized to help Clyde associate dogs with things he enjoys like toys or treats. Place with a New Hope partner: Due to Clyde's reactivity and redirection onto staff, we recommend he is placed with one of our New Hope Partners.

Potential challenges: : Fearful,Anxiety,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Bite history (human)

Potential challenges comments:: Anxiety/Fearful: Cyde is noted to become fearful when taken out of his kennel for walks. During his handling assessment, Clyde displayed pin back ears and whale eyes but quickly warmed up to handlers, showing improved comfort with patient, gentle interaction. Recommended interventions include slow approaches, pairing handling with high-value treats, and confidence-building exercises such as treat-and-retreat and enrichment activities to encourage relaxation. Please see the handout on the decompression period and generalized anxiety. On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: At the care center, Clyde has been observed to react to other dogs on leash, lunging towards, and grumbling at times. He may need positive reinforcement and reward-based training to teach him to look at you rather than other dogs. We recommend using a front-clip harness or head halter to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration.