Date of intake:: 2/16/2025

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

Date of assessment:: 2/22/2025

Summary:: ***3/22/25: Ribbit is brought to the behavior office for a handling assessment. He is visibly anxious, panting heavily and pacing around the room. Ribbit frequently jumps up on the handlers and remains unsettled throughout the session. While standing with one handler, he turns and jumps towards the lead in their hand, biting onto it as a second handler tries to clip him to a drag lead. Due to this, Ribbit behavior determination will remain the same.**** 2/22/25: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Loose Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Social- seeks attention, tossed treats Call over: Readily approaches- soft body, follows helper Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Allowed- lick lips, turns head Exuberant handling: Allowed- lick lips, turns head Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follow- Neutral body Arousal comments: Knock: Approaches- soft body Knock Comments: Toy: jumps away fearful Toy comments: 2/19/25: Ribbit enters the behavior office with a looser body posture and checks in with handlers present. He readily accepts treats but does begin head whipping with wide eyes and a tense body with attempts to collar him. Once collared he is given the chance to walk away to manage his discomfort. He does eventually return to the assessor and will nudge their hands with his snout but when they attempt to engage, he begins head whipping several times with his body tensing while trying to move away. Due to his increasing discomfort, a handling assessment could not be conducted. 2/18/25: Ribbit was highly uncomforable and unable to settle when attempting to conduct a handling assessment. His eyes are red as he wanders around the room. He does accept treats but otherwise maintains his distance with a tense body. Out of concern for his stress levels, attempts paused and he is returned to his kennel.

Summary:: Due to Ribbit entering the facility as a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 02/24/25 Ribbit is introduced to a novel male dog while on leash at the care center, due to his lameness. Ribbit doesn't greet the novel male dog, refusing to approach the gate. he eventually approaches just to scent the novel male dog at the gate, only to walk away. Ribbit appears unsure in what to do, remaining self-present and conflicted. Ribbit is returned to kennel, concluding the interaction. 02/23/25 Ribbit is introduced to a novel female dog while off leash at the care center. Ribbit doesn't greet the novel female dog, appearing nervous, displaying whale eyes as the novel female dog reacts poorly. The novel female dog displays signs of dog reactivity, hard barking and snarling at Ribbit. Ribbit will display paw raises, indicating discomfort, remaining self-present in front of the gate. Unsure in what to do next, Ribbit is moved away by the handler present. The novel female dog will return back to the gate in order to scent Ribbit and Ribbit will remain self-present, still paw raising. Ribbit is returned to kennel, concluding the interaction.

Summary (5):: 03/27/25 (Trainer Note): Ribbit is at the front of his kennel as the trainer approaches. He jumps a few times and is then easily leashed and taken to the Live Room. When inside, he immediately begins to engage with the snuffle mat. After being coaxed away from the snuffle mat, Ribbit is clipped to a drag leash. He then races back to the snuffle mat to continue sniffing out treats. Ribbit can orient to the handler between enrichment items, and then maintains focus on each item. Ribbit begins to take the puzzle bowl apart to get more treats out of it. The trainer coaxes ribbit back to the snuffle mat and removes the puzzle bowl. Ribbit is easily leashed and pulls moderately back to his kennel.

Summary (6):: 03/22/25: Ribbit is sitting on his kuranda bed with a neutral frame as handler approaches. He is leashed with ease and pulls moderately to the Canine Behavior Office. Ribbit is heavily panting and pacing around the room. He will jump up onto handlers often and does not settle throughout his time in the room. As he is standing with handler, he will turn and jump up toward the lead in their hand and will begin biting onto the lead as second handler attempts to clip him to a drag lead. Ribbit is kept on slip lead and returned to kennel safely. 3/18/25: Ribbit was leashed with ease and made his way outside with a bouncy frame. He relieved himself right by the exit. Ribbit was taken to the yard and clipped to a drag leash. Ribbit would sit on cue. He was highly treat motivated and would catch treats in his mouth. Ribbit leaned his body into pets. Ribbit evaded slip leash when it was time to leave the yard, jumping up and backing away when handler presented leash. Handler walked him inside on the drag leash and handed him to a second handler, who distracted him with a squeaker while handler 1 switched leashes. Ribbit jumped up again and seemed somewhat tense and uneasy as handlers were doing this, but tolerated it with a slow approach. Ribbit walked back to kennel and onto his kuranda bed. Handler brought him a rope toy which he immediately engaged with. 03/11/25 (Trainer Note): Ribbit is as the front of his kennel when the trainer arrives and is easily leashed and pulls lightly to the training room, jumping occasionally. Ribbit is easily redirected with treats and begins to engage readily with the snuffle mats. Ribbit will occasionally orient to the handler for more enrichment. Ribbit especially enjoys the puzzle bow and flips it multiple times to get the treats out. Ribbit would begin to orient to the handler more as the session continued. Ribbit was easily leashed and jumped a little as he walked back to the kennel where he calmly walked in. 02/26/25 (Trainer notes): Ribbit was at the back of his kennel as the handler approached, he came to the front for treats and was easily leashed and taken to the canine training room. Ribbit was placed on a drag leash, with one handler giving him treats and the other clipping the leash. Ribbit engaged with the enrichment with enthusiasm, orienting to the handler in-between items. Ribbit kept jumping for more treats, but was rewarded for keeping all four paws on the floor. Ribbit would hear someone outside of the room and orient to the door, looking tense, but was easily redirected with treats. Ribbit was very focused on the orange bowl, tipping it upside down to get the treats, and appeared visibly calmer when it was time to leave. Ribbit was leashed by one handler whilst distracted by treats with the other and was taken back to his kennel.

Summary (7):: 02/24/25 When handler attempts to clip drag leash to collar, Ribbit will whip his head around. The second time, Ribbit will snap at the handler. 2/24/25: Ribbit quickly started eating kibble from his food tray at very front of kennel as handler approached. Handler tossed treats to move him away from door before leashing with ease. He walked to the yard for a gate greet (see dog-dog summary and note above.) Ribbit would make frequent stops after walking a few paces and intermittently lift his RFL. Handler was unsure if he was painful due to his bow legged conformation to front legs, but he was able to keep walking when lured with a trail of treats. He was returned to kennel without issue. 02/23/25 (playgroup): Ribbit is sitting on his kuranda bed with a neutral frame as handler approaches. He is leashed with ease and walks next to handler out to the yard for playgroup (see Dog-Dog Summary for further details). After his session, he walks slowly back to the Care Center, often taking breaks due to his legs. Ribbit is returned to kennel safely. 02/22/25 (assessment): Ribbit is sitting on his kuranda bed with a neutral frame as handler approaches. He is leashed with ease and walks to the Canine Behavior Office for reassessment (see Behavior Assessment for further details). Ribbit is social with handlers throughout his time in the room and will follow them around. He shows some sensitivity to touch and will become slightly tense and uncomfortable when contact is made. After assessment, Ribbit is leashed with ease and returns to kennel safely. 2/19/25 (late entry): Ribbit was leashed with ease and walked to the BA room for his assessment. He expressed discomfort with attempts to collar by tensing and head whipping. It was difficult to tell if he was whale eyeing. He was able to be collared by handler 2 while handler 1 distracted him with cheese. Ribbit was returned to kennel without issue. 02/18/25 (late entry): Ribbit is sitting on his kuranda bed with a neutral frame as handler approaches. He is leashed with ease and pulls mildly to the Canine Behavior Office. Ribbit spends time scenting before handlers attempt to collar him. Ribbit engages with squeeze cheese as handlers slowly try to collar him but each time the collar makes contact, Ribbit will become tense, whale eye and turn his head toward assessor. After three attempts at collaring, handlers decide not to continue due to his discomfort. Ribbit is returned to kennel and immediately begins whining and pacing back and forth.

Date of intake:: 2/16/2025

Date of initial:: 2/17/2025

Summary:: allowed for some handling, head whips with some touch, sedated as precaution and to treat ears

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13)

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to how uncomfortable Ribbit is currently with touch and novel stimuli, we feel that an adult-only home would be most beneficial at this time.

Potential challenges: : Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful,Anxiety,Leash-biting,Low threshold for arousal

Potential challenges comments:: Handling/touch sensitivity/Fearful: During his medical exam, Ribbit began head whipping and was sedated for the medical team to assess his ear infection and the remainder of his exam. Similar behaviors were displayed when attempting to conduct a handling assessment. Ribbit would head whip several times when touched after previously displaying conflicting body language. When given the chance, Ribbit does walk away to manage his discomfort but his body remains tense. It is important to always go slow and give him the option to walk away from any social interaction. Ribbit should never be forced to approach anything that he is uncomfortable with or to submit to petting or handling. It should always be Ribbit’s choice to approach a new person or thing. He may do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to her/his new surroundings. Please see the handout on the Decompression Period and Handling/touch sensitivity. Arousal/Anxiety/Leash-biting: Ribbit is taken to the behavior office for a reassessment he is visibly anxious, panting heavily and pacing around the room. Ribbit frequently jumps up on the handlers and remains unsettled throughout the session. While standing with one handler, he turns and jumps towards the lead in their hand, biting onto it.