Date of intake:: 3/18/2026

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

Previously lived with:: adults and children

Behavior toward strangers:: Friendly and outgoing.

Behavior toward children:: Friendly, playful, and outgoing.

Behavior toward dogs:: Calm and affectionate towards all dogs. Has no off-leash experience.

Behavior toward cats:: No experience.

Resource guarding:: None reported. Owner noted he immediately becomes playful if toys are touched.

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

Housetrained:: Partially

Energy level/descriptors:: Benyember is noted to have a high energy level in the prior home.

Other Notes:: Is unbothered by being moved from furniture, restrained, or disturbed while sleeping. Is fearful when startled, dislikes having his paws touched, and has never had his collar grabbed. He may bark when strangers approach his home or yard but has no reaction on walks. He is described as a very friendly, playful, active, affectionate, and outgoing dog who spends most of his time in the kitchen, bedroom, or living room of his home. He enjoys playing fetch, chasing and running with his family, and his favorite toys are balls, plushies, and chew toys. He eats both wet and dry food of various brands and is accustomed to eating home cooked meals as well. He is potty trained to use newspaper as wee-wee pads and to relieve himself outside on walks. He has never been crate trained but knows the cues paw, come, and sit. He is accustomed to going on long walks using a harness and will generally pull hard on his leash during. He allows his family to bathe and brush him but becomes fearful when his paws are touched for nail trimmings.

Date of assessment:: 3/22/2026

Summary:: 3/22/26: Due to Benyember high level of fearfulness and allowing minimal touch, a handling assessment will not be condcuted at this time.

Summary (7):: 3/27/26: Benyember is standing up at his kennel door whimpering and heavy panting as handler approaches. He continues to whimper while heavy panting as he jumps up and down at the door as the handler unlocks it. He then retreats to the back of the kennel and would avoid being leashed by constantly head whipping, dodging away and lowering his body to try to quickly get out of kennel with the leash loop getting over his head. He is able to be leashed as he sticks his head out the door and is then taken to the behavior room. In the room, he would pace around with an open mouth and loose body. He would approach the handlers and jump up with an open mouth and mouth at their hands. He is comfortable approaching the handlers as they were sitting down to receive pets. He is able to return back to his kennel with no issues. 3/26/26: Benyember is at the back of the kennel, shaking when approached and when the handler approaches Benyember begins to approach with a soft body, and play bow in front fo the kennel. Benyember would walk up the handler and lick there hands, play bow and bark when the handler attempts to clip there leash. Benyember continues to do so and is difficult to clip to his collar so he is leashed regularly where he is a bit head shy but walks right out. Benyember in the office will run around the room, approach staff, play bow and play with toys, accepting petting all along his kennel. Benyember is brought back to kennel and thrashes a bit before being brought back with no issue. 3/20/26: Benyember is at the back of his kennel cowering, trembling and ducking his head into the corner of his kennel. Benyember will not take treats tossed and continues to whale eye and look away from the handler. Benyember's kennel is soiled, and the handler steps into kennel and leashes him where he tolerates the leash being put over his head and when guided out, will intially thrash intensly and vocalize. Once out of kennel Benyember will pull midlly, thrash a bit once hearing the other dogs in opposite rooms. Benyember enters the live room and immediately lays down beside the handler, shaking and looking up towards the handler. Benyember will stay shaking and lay down next to the handler, and does tolerate some petting. Benyember is taken back to kennel with no issue, but remains low bodied.

Date of intake:: 3/18/2026

Summary:: nxious but friendly and outgoing.

Date of initial:: 3/18/2026

Summary:: Fearful, frozen in kennel, allowed leashing but would not walk out, pancaked on floor or would flail

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Place with a New Hope partner

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Benyember high level of fearfulness, we recommend he be placed in an adult-only home at this time. Place with a New Hope partner: Benyember has shown high level of fearfulness and has not acclimated well to the kennel environment and has allowed only minimal handling since intake. Benyember will stay shaking and lay down next to the handler, and does tolerate some petting. 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: : Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Strength/leash pulling

Potential challenges comments:: Handling/touch sensitivity/Fearful: Benyember is noted in his prior home to be fearful when startled, dislikes having his paws touched. In the care center he is noted to dispolay high level of fearfulness allowing minimal handling, he is noted to display whales eyes, shake and thrash when on leash. Training should focus on building her confidence through choice-based interactions, slow exposure to new environments, and reinforcing voluntary engagement to help her feel safer during handling and transitions. Please see the handout on the decompression period and Handling/touch sensitivity. Barrier frustration: In the prior home he is noted to bark when strangers approach his home or yard but has no reaction on walks. Training should focus on calm greetings, controlled repetitions, and impulse-control exercises to reduce frustration. Please see the handout On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration. Strength/leash pulling: Benyember is noted to hard pull while on the leash while on walks. Training should target loose-leash walking, rewarding engagement and slack leash moments, and using supportive equipment to improve handler control. Please see the handout on Strength/leash pulling.