Date of intake:: 5/7/2026

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray; history unknown

Other Notes:: Finder reported that Charlotte was calm with the finder but was nervous/fearful of their father.

Date of assessment:: 5/10/2026

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: none - loose leash Reactivity to humans: did not pass Reactivity to dogs: did not pass Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): tense body, tucked tail, hypervigilant, warms up slowly with slow approach Call over: approaches with coaxing Sociability comments: conflicted - would bounce but then retreat Handling Soft handling: tense, leans in, sits between assessor's leg Exuberant handling: lip lick, swiveling ears, tenses further, eyes widen Handling comments: Arousal Jog: follow, low body Arousal comments: Knock: huffs Knock Comments: Toy: play bow, bouncy Toy comments:

Summary:: Due to entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 06/07/26 Charlotte is introduced to a novel female while off leash. She readily approaches the gate and sniffs the female with a tense frame, head low. She maintains this posturing for several seconds as the novel female bounces and play bows at the gate. Charlotte will walk away from the gate, return to offer a play bow before becoming very tense again and hard staring the female. Charlotte chuffs and as the female is being guided away, Charlotte vocalizes. 05/23/26: Charlotte is introduced to a novel male while off leash. She immediately play bows and bounces along the barrier. As they meet face to face, both dogs engage in mutual sniffing with neutral frames. Charlotte will engage in play bows but becomes conflicted when the male jumps up onto her and will overcorrect, growling and baring teeth. Due to the male not picking up on Charlotte's discomfort, they are both guided away. Charlotte settles, maintaining a neutral frame for the remainder of her time in the yard. 5/22/26: Charlotte greets a novel female dog off leash through a barrier. Charlotte is loose bodied, demand barking and bowing at the gate at the other female. The other female dog is also soft bodied, but lip licks and jumps on staff. Charlotte greets the female on leash, and will play bow, lick the females face but the female dog will stiffen with her hackles raise and remain tense. The female begins to vocalize as Charlotte will remain loose and continue to bow. Charlotte is moved away due to the females uncomfortable body language. 5/21/26: Charlotte greets a novel male dog at the gate off leash through a barrier. Charlotte will walk up to the gate neutral body, sniff the male dog and begin to wag her tail with a soft body and remain at the gate whining a little. The male dog will also sniff and have a slow tail wag, but walks away. Charlotte is social with staff afterwards, jumping on them and leaning into contact. 05/09/26 Charlotte is called out for playgroup but due to high levels of FAS, and refusing to come out of kennel, she does not make it out to the yard. Will circle back.

Summary (6):: 6/7/26: Charlotte is at the front of the kennel hard barking and jumping onto the glass as the handler approaches. She is leashed with ease and will walk out of the kennel pulling moderately. Once on the ramp, Charlotte will zoom around at the end of the leash. Once she is done zooming, she will pull to the play yard where her collar is clipped with a drag leash. She will then greet another dog through the gate with a tense frame. She will begin to hard bark at the dog and is leashed, unclipped from the drag leash and returned to her kennel where she is secured safely. 06/02/26: Charlotte is jumping at the front of her kennel as the handler approaches. When the handler puts the leash into the kennel, Charlotte jumps into it. She is brought outside to the yard and clipped to a drag leash. Once on the drag leash, Charlotte runs back and forth across the play yard at full speed. When the handler picks up toys to toss for her, she waits with a wiggly body, but shows little interest in the toys after chasing them. She continues to run around the yard. When she stops for a couple of minutes, the handler offers her treats and leashes her to bring her back inside. She is returned to the kennel with no issues. 5/23/26: Charlotte is jumping and barking at her kennel door as handler approaches. She continues to jump and bark as the handler unlocks the door and she is able to be quickly leashed while being distracted with treats. She is then taken to the play yard for play group. In the yard, she greets the other dog at the gate with a neutral body and then becomes tense and begins to bark. Please see dog to dog notes for more details. She is able to return back to her kennel with no issues

Summary (7):: 5/14: An adoption counselor came to the behavior office, seeking assistance with removing Charlotte from her kennel for an interaction. She was reported to have escalated to growling, hard barking, and snapping at her handler's hand when attempting to leash her. A handler goes to assist. She sees the handler and becomes conflicted. Charlotte becomes wiggly seeing the handler, but continues to hard bark. The handler offers her some treats, and she begins eating, but when the hadnler cracks the door open while positionning themself to leash her, Charlotte lip curls and growls. The handler gives her more treats and then leashes her as she's eating. Charlotte is then taken to the play yard for her interaction. She is hypervigilant and wary of the adoption counselor, turning often to look back. Once in the pen, Charlotte remains avoidant of the potential adopter, body tense, ears swiveling. Due to her behavior in the kennel, she remains on the lead. She occasionally huffs at the adopters, slowly approaching to sniff when they bend to one knee. Charlotte stays close to the hadnler, occasionally softening, jumping on them, and seeking brief pets before walking away again. Once the interaction is ended, she returns to her kennel without issue. - 5/10/26: Charlotte is standing at the front of her kennel as handler approaches. She is able to be slowly leashed and is then taken to the behavior room for her assessment. In the room, she has a tense body and low tail as she slowly approaches the handlers to take treats. After a while, she becomes more comfortable and will lean into the handlers to receive pets. Please see behavior assessment notes for more details. She is able to return back to her kennel with no issues. 5/9: Charlotte was reported to be growling and attempting to lunge at an unfamiliar handler in kennel when they attempted to remove her from the kennel for playgroup.

Date of intake:: 5/7/2026

Summary:: nervous but tolerant

Date of initial:: 5/9/2026

Summary:: nervous, took treats hesitantly, body tense, needed to move very slow

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Charlotte's potential for defensive escalations, we recommend that she be placed in an adult-only home. Place with a New Hope partner: Due to all noted concerns displayed during her stay in care, the behavior department recommends Charlotte be placed with a New Hope placement partner who is able to provide an experienced adult-only foster home. A period of decompression is recommended to allow her to acclimate comfortably to her new environment; force-free, reward-based training only is advised when introducing Charlotte to new and unfamiliar situations. Consultation with a professional trainer/behaviorist is highly recommended for guidance to safely manage/modify any behavior she presents with outside of the care centers.

Potential challenges: : Fearful/potential for defensive aggression

Potential challenges comments:: Fearful/potential for defensive aggression: Charlotte gives clear warnings when she is uncomfortable and does seem to choose to avoid or retreat when given the opportunity, but if prevented from moving away, there is a potential to escalate to higher-level warning behaviors and possible fear-based aggression. It is important to move slowly with Charlotte, to build positive associations (treats/toys/praise), and to allow her to initiate interactions with new people. She should never be forced to greet or to interact if she is not comfortable and soliciting attention. Please see handout on Fearful/potential for defensive aggression.