Date of intake:: 2/16/2026

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

Date of assessment:: 2/18/2026

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Loose Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Explores room- sniffs pacing, lip licks, mild anxious behavior Call over: Readily approaches- wags tails, seeks attention Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Allowed- lip licks, wags tail Exuberant handling: Allowed- Soft body wags tail Handling comments: Shakes off Arousal Jog: Did not conduct due to medical Arousal comments: Knock: Approaches wags tail soft body Knock Comments: Toy: No response Toy comments:

Summary:: Due to entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 02/20/26: Aquamarine participated in mutual greetings with a novel male, maintained presence at the gate, and subsequently disengaged with a shake-off behavior. She does not return to the gate. Both dogs are separated concluding the interaction. 02/18/26 Aquamarine is introduced to a novel male while off leash. She sniffs along the yard, mostly keeping to self. She approaches the gate with coaxing from handler and sniffs the male briefly with a low tail, wagging slowly, before disengaging and walking away to sniff along the yard again.

Summary (6):: 3/9/26: Aquamarine greets handler at front of kennel with a loose and wiggly body. She is easily leashed and pulled from kennel and taken to behavior room. She approaches handlers and accepts treats from everyone. Aquamarine did not at first want to leave the behavior room, but handlers were able to encourage her to get started and then she returned to her kennel with no issue. 3/7/26: Aquamarine is siting on her bed as handler approaches her kennel. She comes forward and is able to be leashed with ease. She is then taken to the behavior room. In the room, she has a loose and wiggly body as she approaches the handlers to receive pets and treats. She is slowly able to return back to her kennel and enters when a treat is tossed inside. 3/6/26: Aquamarine is at the front of her kennel, easily leashed and taken into the live room where in the hallway she pancakes and has to be coaxed into the room. In the room, Aquamarine is very social, leaning into petting and plays fetch with the handler while also doing some cues with another staff member that enters. Aquamarine is leashed, and taken back to her kennel with no issue. 3/5/26: Aquamarine is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed with ease and is then taken to the behavior room. In the room, she has a loose and wiggly body as she approaches the handlers to receive pets and treats. She would approach other familiar handlers that would enter the room with a loose and wiggly body and jump up to receive pets and treats. She is slowly able to return back to her kennel and enters when a treat is tossed inside. 3/3/26: When being brought back into the building after a gate greet, Aquamarine would not want to walk down the ramp or the sidewalk to re enter the car center. Aquamarine would pancake, thrash and turn away. Aquamarine is taken through the elevator where she is reluctant and walks onto it with a low body, and eventually returned to kennel.

Summary (7):: 3/1/26: Aquamarine is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed with ease and is then taken to the behavior room. In the room, she has a loose and wiggly body as she approaches the handlers to receive pets and treats. She has no reactions to people entering and exiting the room. She is slowly able to return back to her kennel with no issues. 2/27/26: Aquamarine is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed with ease and is then taken to the behavior room. In the room, she has a loose and wiggly body as she approaches the handlers to receive pets and treats. She would baulk to the ground when the handler attempts to exit the room with er. She is able to exit the room with coaxing and a treat trail. She baulks at the front of her kennel and has to be slowly muscled inside due to not wanting treats. 2/26/26: Aquamarine is observed to be baulking and pulling away from the handler as they attempt to return back to the building while outside. The behavior team member then returns back from walking a dog and is able to take the leash. She would constantly try to back away into the snow towards the street as the handler tries to coax her forward by speaking to her and offering treats. She is able to slowly enter the gate and then pulls hard towards the ramp to the yards when the handler opens the door. The handler then gives her a moment an then she slowly starts to walk into the building. Once in the building, she would walk slowly behind the handler and constantly stop walking as she looked around. She is eventually able to slowly reach her kennel and has to be slowly muscled inside. 2/20/26: Aquamarine is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is able to be leashed with ease and is then taken to the play yard for play group. In the yard, she greets the other dog at the gate with a tense body and then walks off to explore around with sniffing. Please see dog to dog notes for more details. She has to be muscled back into her kennel due to not wanting to go back in. 2/19: Staff reports that Aquamarine is displaying pronounced fearful behavior and shows reluctance to return from both the entrance and exit. - 2/18/2026: Aquamarine is at the back of her kennel with her the top of her nose bloody and the front of her kennel also bloody. Aquamarine is easily leashed and brought outside where she is a bit timid, but will approach with coaxing with a slow wagging tail. Aquamarine greets another dog, but is taken back to her kennel with no issue.

Date of intake:: 2/16/2026

Summary:: stressed and nervous but still friendly and tolerant

Date of initial:: 2/17/2026

Summary:: head shy, will back up when examining head, but accepts treats and able to examine with mild restrai

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Aquamarine's high levels of fearfulness and reluctance to return to her kennel, we recommend an adult-only home at this time. Place with a New Hope partner: Aquamarine 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: : Fearful,Anxiety

Potential challenges comments:: Fearful/Anxiety: During Aquamarine medical exam it was noted that she was head shy, will back up when examining head, but accepts treats and able to examine with mild restraint. During her behavioral asssessment she was noted to pace around the room and display lip licking behavior.Training should emphasize slow, predictable interactions, minimizing sudden stimuli when possible, and reinforcing calm, relaxed behavior to support improved emotional regulation. Please see the handout on decompression period and generalized anxiety.