Date of intake:: 10/10/2026

Spay/Neuter status:: No

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

Previously lived with:: Adults, children, dogs

Behavior toward strangers:: No experience

Behavior toward children:: Millie is friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward dogs:: Millie is friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward cats:: No experience

Resource guarding:: None reported

Bite history:: None reported

Housetrained:: Partially

Other Notes:: Millie's previous owner described her as a social and affectionate dog. *Previous assessments can be given upon request*

Date of assessment:: 10/20/2026

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Balking Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Made it 10 feet away from the building before Millie began balking. When the handler attempted to guide Millie to the behavior office, Millie began flailing and head whipping. She was not receptive to coaxing, and eventually a familiar handler picked her up and carried her to the behavior office. Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Fearful Call over: Approaches with a low of coaxing Sociability comments: Tense body, receptive to treats and coaxing Soft handling: Fearful Exuberant handling: Did not conduct Comments: Tense body, tucked tail, flinched upon contact, then retreated quickly. Began seeking exit and was reluctant to reapproach handler Arousal Jog comments: Did not conduct Knock Knock comments: Did not conduct Toy Toy comments: Did not conduct

Summary:: According to Millie's previous owner(s), Millie is friendly and outgoing. Millie lived with many other dogs in her previous home. 10/22/26: Millie is introduced to a novel intact female and is tense at the fence with a low-mid level flagged tail. She sniffs nose to nose with soft eyes and perked ears, staying frozen in place and trembling. The other dog disengages and explores the catch pen, Millie looks to them while perked and takes a few steps following them along the fence line. She then stands frozen while lip licking, stress yawning, and trembling. She does not walk away from the fence when a handler attempts to lead her out of the yard, and has to be carried out.

Summary (3):: 10/30/26: As handler approaches Millie's crate she is at the front pacing, whining and heavily panting. She is easily leashed and removed from her crate, once out of crate she would begin to have a hard pull forward with a low body, tucked tail and pinned ears. Once exiting the office, handler would continue to walk forward and Millie would then turn and begin to pull back towards her crate. She would wait for her crate to be cleaned and a familiar handler would approach. Millie would become loose and wiggly and begin to exuberantly jump up onto the other handler. The other handler would take the leash and would take Millie out for a street walk. The interaction was then ceased. 10/29: While loose in the office staff were preparing for Halloween event. Millie was calm and curious with all the activity happening around her. She easily greeted many visitors coming in and out. Greeting people with a loose body and often licking them on their hands. A large bag of candy was being mixed on the floor, Millie sniffed the items and was easily called away from it. At one point she came over and gently picked up a lollipop. She was asked to drop it and she placed it on the floor. The staff member easily picked it up. She was placed in her crate and given a treat. 10/29/26: Millie is sitting up in her crate when handler arrives. She presents with a loose wiggly body, toe tapping and vocalizing as handler unlocks crates and leashes her. Upon exit, she jumps up on handler, soliciting pets with a loose wiggly body and wagging tail. Handler guides her down and brings her outside for her walk. Millie exits the building with ease, sniffing her surroundings. As they get further from the shelter, Millie begins showing signs of fear - tail tucking and eyes darting around. Handler squats down and Millie approaches with a loose wiggly body. As handler continues guiding Millie away from the shelter and across the street, she begins trying to pull back in the direction of the shelter. Handler is able to squat down again and have Millie approach, her body loosening as she does. Handler picks Millie up and brings her to a quieter area. Millie begins interacting with her surroundings, sniffing and marking, her body maintaining a neutral state. After sometime, Millie begins pulling back in the direction of the shelter - pulling with moderate tension. As they cross the street, handler squats down again to give Millie a break from pulling. She places a paw on the handler and solicits pets. Handler then brings her back into shelter. In the office, Millie initially jumps up on handler to solicit attention, mouthing gently. They work on basic manners for a few minutes which Millie is receptive to. Handler begins working on the computer and Millie goes into her crate and interacts with her toy. Millie is rewarded with a marker cue and a treat each time she walks away from the handler and enters her crate. After some time, her leash is removed and secured in her crate.

Summary (4):: 10/27: Millie was returning from a walk and entered the driveway with her handler. Millie saw two staff members she is very familiar with towards the back of the driveway. They acknowledge her and the handler walking her attempted to walk towards the staff. Millie stopped walking and showed conflicting behaviors. While she was toe tapping, tail wagging, and leaning forward towards the two staff members she refused to walk passed the first half of the driveway. Nothing was in her pathway she just has never been past the doorway entrance. Not to increase FAS Millie's handler walked her to the door and she easily entered the building. The two staff members returned to the office and Millie greeted them excitedly. She caught the zoomies and played with her toy. Her body loose and wiggly. After a while a staff member called her over and placed her on their lap. She calmly stays with them as they work and shortly falls asleep until someone came to the door. She goes back on the floor and greets the visitor with ease and then chooses to go back to her open crate to sleep. 10/26: Handler approaches Millie in her crate to take her out for her first walk of the day. She is at the front of the crate with a loose, wiggly body, jumping up and pawing the crate door while whining. Her paw gets caught in the slip lead as handler attempts to leash and they reset, successfully leashing Millie upon second attempt. She is brought out of the crate and immediately jumps up on handler socially, wagging her tail and nudging handler's hands for pets. She maintains a loose, wiggly body as handler walks her out of the office and to the street for a walk. While in the driveway, Millie becomes slightly frantic, darting on leash and jumping up at handler while pawing at them. She is able to be redirected easily with mild leash pressure. Millie is reluctant to cross the street and pulls back to the care center with a slightly tense body as handler walks them towards the street; she is coaxed forward with baby talk and once across the street resumes a loose body. She pulls moderately throughout the walk and will check in with handler frequently. At one point while passing a loud truck, Millie stops and freezes, watching the truck with perked ears and a forward body. After a few seconds, she disengages when handler calls to her and continues walking. Millie shows no reactivity to people passing by. When they start to walk back to the care center, Millie begins to pull hard, coughing from the leash pressure. Handler stops walking and calls her to them, and Millie leans into them with her full body for pets. After a few moments to decompress, handler continues walking and Millie pulls moderately back to the shelter. She is placed on a drag leash to allow handler to clean her crate, and explores the office where she is being housed with a loose body, frequently checking in with handler as they clean. Once her crate is set she enters readily, engaging with a toy before settling.

Summary (5):: 10/20/26: Millie approaches the front of her crate with a soft body and rapid wagging tail; as they attempt to leash her, she attempts to go to the back. The handler lures her with a treat and leashes her, but she doesn't exit her crate; they create a treat trail, and she slowly exits, but continues to hesitate. A familiar handler approaches and coaxes Millie; she fully exits her crate, but tries to pull back into the crate. The familiar handler walks, and Millie follows; they move away, but she continues to walk. Once she realizes that they are gone, she briefly stops, but continues to walk. once they are on the street, Millie begins to baulk; when the handler applies gentle leash pressure to attempt to cross the street, she doesn't move. The handler then walks on her on the sidewalk; she briefly walks before baulking again. The handler coaxes her (squeaker, baby voice), but she doesn't walk. As the handler begins to walk towards the shelter, Milli begins to moderately pull; she sees another familiar handler and approaches. The handler lowers themself and pets Millie all over. As the handler walks Millie inside to the behavior office, she baulks and attempts to pull towards the room (office) she resides in, when the handler coaxes her and applies gentle leash pressure, she continues to baulk and flail her head around. Other handlers attempt to help coax her, but she refuses. The first familiar handler approaches and attempts to coax her, but Millie again attempts to pull towards the room and flails her head around; the familiar handler then picks up and carries Millie to the behavior office. Millie is brought in, but the assessment is ended early. After the assessor clips her leash with a dragline, they attempt to pet her, but she is avoidant; eventually she allows brief petting, but avoids the assessor a few more times, seeking exit. The handler then walks Millie back to the room; she pulls moderately towards the room. She enters and returns to her crate; the handler removes the leash and ends the interaction.

Summary (6):: 10/19/26: Millie is at the front of her crate with a wiggly body and tapping her toes as handler approaches. She is easily leashed and brought out of her crate, and leans into handler with a loose, wiggly body as they pet along her neck and back. She bounds forward as handler stand and begins walking out of the office. She walks next to handler, occasionally prancing forward and then looking back at handler as they walk out of the shelter. She maintains a loose body as the exit the driveway and explores her surroundings. Millie looks back at handler frequently as she walks, and will tap her toes and wag her tail as handler engages with her. When passing MOP on the sidewalk, Millie tenses slightly and tucks her tail, shying away from people as they pass. She flinches and shies away from loud noises such as cars or bikes, but recovers quickly after they pass. She pulls mildly as they walk back to the care center. When they re-enter the office where Millie is being housed, she is placed on a drag leash to allow for handler to clean her crate. While on the drag leash, Millie has brief zoomies and engages with a squeaky toy while her crate is cleaned. When it is ready, Millie enters readily and lays down, chewing on her toy. 10/18/26: Millie is in the back of her crate as handler approaches. She comes to the front with her ears pinned and gives low tail wags; she is easily leashed and brought out of her crate. She is reluctant to walk out of the office but handler is able to coax her forward with baby talk. She maintains a low, crouched posture with her ears pinned back, trembling as she steps forward. Once they reach the threshold to the hallway, Millie stops walking and is unable to be coaxed forward. She gives appeasing tail wags as handler talks to her in a baby voice and leans into them as they approach her. Handler is easily able to pick Millie up and carry her to the play yard, where she is placed on a drag leash. Millie explores her surroundings slowly, sniffing around the pen but maintaining pinned ears and a tucked tail. She will look at dogs passing on the other side of the fence and perk her ears, but disengages on her own and returns to exploring her surroundings. Handler kneels and calls to her; Millie approaches and puts her two front paws on handler's leg, nudging their hand for pets. Handler pets Millie along her neck and body and then stops, but Millie nudges their hand again whenever they stop. After a few moments, Millie is re-leashed without issue and walked back towards the shelter, but needs to be carried down the stairs and through the hallway back to the office where her crate is. Millie is then again placed on a drag leash to allow handler to clean her crate; Millie play bows and wags her tail more enthusiastically, having brief zoomies in the office as handler cleans. She engages with a toy handler throws for her and sniffs treats thrown on the ground. Once her crate is cleaned, she enters readily and settles.

Summary (7):: 10/15/26: Millie is in the back of her crate as the handler approaches; she goes further back as they open the crate. The handler slowly lassos her, but she doesn't approach the front. With some leash pressure and coaxing from a familiar handler, Millie eventually exits the crate. From the office to the driveway, Millie is very hesitant, stopping and attempting to walk back to the office, but the familiar handler walks beside her, coaxing her with pets and baby talk, even lifting her up to go through a door. As Millie approaches the street, another familiar handler speaks to her, and she turns back to look at them. On the street, Millie hesitantly walks behind the handler; she stops walking and flinches when loud sounds are made (a car door closing, a cart being pushed, and a passerby on a skateboard). The handler keeps the walk brief, so they walk back to the shelter; Millie then walks ahead of the handler with mild leash tension and a tail tucked at base. When walking to the behavior office, Millie stops and attempts to pull towards the office in which she resides, but the handler is able to coax her to continue the walk in the different direction. Millie is brought inside for her assessment, but it is ended early to reduce FAS. The assessor is able to collar Millie after several attempts of food lures, but she continually seeks exit. The handler walks Millie back to her office; as they enter, she pulls into her crate. 10/14/26: (ASSESSMENT) Handler enters the room and Millie is sitting quietly in the crate. Handler lifts the kennel cover and opens the crate door. She retreats to the back with a tense body and whale eyes. Handler tries to coax her forward with treats and she remains in the back. The handler is able to get a leash over Millie's head but she does not approach. A familiar handler attempts to coax her forward and she remains at the back. A second familiar handler attempts to coax her out. Millie approaches before retreating to the back of the crate again. When handler softly talks to her, she approaches with a hunched tense body, and the tip of her tail wagging softly. Handler is able to remove the slip lead carefully when Millie approaches again. The interaction is then ended due to FAS. 10/12/26: Millie was observed to be baulking during her evening walk on 10/11. She had a tucked tail and tense body, drooped ears and tight mouth. She was reluctant to move forward and leash pressure was used to return her back to her pop-up crate in the office. She did not take treats. The staff member who walked her mentioned that she was also scared to walk on the street during her evening walk.

Date of intake:: 10/10/2026

Summary:: Allowed all handling, tense and trembling, needed to be carried

Date of initial:: 10/10/2026

Summary:: Thrashed on leash and needed to be toweled

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to fearful behavior, we recommend an adult only home. We recommend placement with a New Hope rescue partner who is able to provide an experienced, adult-only foster home. Force-free, reward based training and/or consultation with a professional trainer/behaviorist is highly recommended.

Potential challenges: : Fearful

Potential challenges comments:: Fearful: Millie has been observed to be highly fearful while in care, noted to have a tense body, tucked tail, and maintained her distance from handlers. They should never be forced to approach anything that they are uncomfortable with or submit to petting or handling. It should always be their choice to approach a new person or thing. Millie would do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to their new surroundings. Please see handout on Decompression Period.