Date of intake:: 6/1/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: Yes

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Returned

Bite history:: Rollie was adopted, but later that same night, a call from an ACO in Connecticut called seeking assistance with Rollie due to the adopter not being able to get into the car nor were they able to remove him from the vehicle due to his behavior. There was mention of a bite when the ACO and their friend who was a trainer for the state troopers were attempting to handle Rollie but it is unclear if the bite broke skin. The ACO stated that the bite could have been worse had the victim not been wearing what sounds like protective gloves.

Other Notes:: Rollie was returned back due to "Aggressive" behavior upon arrival to the adopter. They were unable to get Rollie out of the car and had to be brought back to ACC. Previous stay- 4/24/25: Stray, Limited history Means of surrender (length of time in previous home): Stray, Limited history (1 week) Previously lived with: Adults, children, other dogs, and cats Behavior toward strangers: Rollie is aggressive Behavior toward children: No experience Behavior toward dogs: No experience Behavior toward cats: No experience Resource guarding: None reported Bite history: None reported Housetrained: Energy level/descriptors: Rollie is reported to be surrendered due to aggressive behavior. No further details have been acquired. *Previous assessments can be given upon request*

Date of assessment:: 6/10/2025

Summary:: Rollie was originally surrendered into care as a stray after spending a week in his finder’s home. The finder wanted him removed from the home due to Rollie being ‘aggressive’ but they did not provide further details as to what he had displayed while in their care. During his stay in MACC, Rollie presented as initially fearful/defensive and took time before showing any form of social behavior. Rollie was adopted, but later that same night, a call from an ACO in Connecticut called seeking assistance with Rollie due to the adopter not being able to get into the car nor were they able to remove him from the vehicle due to his behavior. There was mention of a bite when the ACO and their friend who was a trainer for the state troopers were attempting to handle Rollie but it is unclear if the bite broke skin. Rollie had to be control poled, then was placed on a slip lead. They attempted to use a plastic tote to maneuver him to the back of the vehicle but he turned and bit the trainer on his hand and finger, nearly jumping toward their face. The ACO stated that the bite could have been worse had the victim not been wearing what sounds like protective gloves. Due to the concerning level of escalation including biting, the concerns raised by the finder and once he was adopted, Rollie is not a candidate for a handling assessment at this time.

Summary:: 4/30/25: Rollie greets another dog at the gate with a neutral body, high wagging tail. He disengages on his own and will reapproach remaining neutral.

Summary (4):: 06/12/25: Rollie is at the front of his kennel laying down as handler approaches. He is offered treats but is tense and stares at handler so handler moves back and begins slowly unlocking the kennel door. Rollie stands and allows leashing, he exits kennel and pulls out the room and is walked out to the yard. Once outside Rollie sniffs around and uses the bathroom while out. He is generally aloof, he does not accept treats while outside and attempts to interact with dogs in play yards he passes. Rollie explores the yard for a while before being brought back inside after a while. He is clipped and returns to kennel without issue. 6/11/25: LATE ENTRY FROM (6/8): Rollie is sitting at the front of the kennel tense and with dilated eyes. Handler offers him treats and he refuses them. Handler unlocks the kennel and Rollie's stands up with a soft body and his small tail wags quickly. He is easily leashed and pulls moderately out of the kennel room. As he exits, Rollie sees a familiar handler and stops and stares at them with a neutral body leaning in the familiar handler's direction. They continue walking towards the elevator. Rollie stops at the elevator and looks around the corner at the familiar handler again. His body soft and his tail wagging. The familiar handler approaches and he jumps up on them with a soft body and fast wagging nub. Bouncing around the handler and leaning on them. Rollie is brought to the street where he walks between the handlers. He is aloof towards the handler holding his leash and sticks by the familiar handler. Rollie relieves himself and will occasionally seek attention from the familiar handler, jumping up on them socially with a loose body and allowing petting on his head and back from the familiar handler. As he walks back to kennel he doesn't walk back into the kennel room until the familiar handler follows and he is returned to kennel without issue. 6/10/25: Rollie is at the front of kennel with a tense body. He does not take treats through the kennel bars and remains tense while leashed. He is removed from the room. In the elevator he slowly turned towards handler, whale eyed up, remained tense, and let out a brief low growl. Handler kept him straight armed for safety and put him in a kennel without issue.

Summary (5):: 6/9/25: ACS report that Rollie lunged towards a member of the public on the street. He almost got a hold of their leg before the handler pulled him back. 6/8/25: Rollie is observed to hard bark, lunge and muzzle punch the kennel door when the handler is passing by his kennel. 6/3/25: Rollie is observed to bite the kennel door 5/27/25 (late entry)- Rollie is at the front of his kennel with a neutral body, he is easily leashed and taken for a street walk. He has a moderate pull, sniffing around. He relieves himself and is social with handler when called. They offer his treats but he shows no interest. Handler pats their chest and Rollie jumps up on them with a soft body. He allows them to pet his head, neck and back. He has no reaction to any stimuli. He passes an ACS staff member and greets them with a soft body, he leans his body against their legs allowing them to pet his side. He is easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue. 5/25/25: Rollie is laying down at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He is able to be leashed with ease and is taken downstairs for an interaction outside. During the interaction, Rollie would approach the potential adopter and sniff their hand and the bottom of their legs with a tense body. After a few sniffs, he walked away and doesn't engage again. Rollie would continue to have a tense body and was staring at the dogs that were passing by in the driveway. Rollie is then taken across the street with the two new hope team members and the potential adopter following. Rollie would continue to have a tense body and was comfortable being near the interested adopter. Rollie was observant of his surroundings and would look around with a tense body the entire time. He was not interested in treats. The interaction then ends and Rollie is taken back to his kennel with no issues. 5/17/25: Rollie is sitting at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He continues to stare at the handler with a tense body as the handler offers treats. He then stands up and begins to wag his tail as the handler unlocks the door and leashes him. He is then taken outside for a walk. On the walk, he would walk ahead of the handler with a neutral body frame. He would become tense and stare at people that would pass by and at people that were across the street. He would become tense when he saw dogs across the street and would try to pull towards the street. He was able to approach the handler to receive treats. He is able to return back to his kennel with no issues.

Summary (6):: 5/14/25: It is reported that Rollie was growling at an unknown volunteer as they were attempting to hand out enrichment. 5/10/25- Rollie is sitting at the front of his kennel with a neutral body, handler offers treats but he shows no interest. He is easily leashed and taken for a street walk. While in the elevator Rollie jumps on handler with a soft body and wagging tail. He allows handler to pet his head, chin, neck and back. Handler turns their body and he jumps down. He has a slight pull on the street and pulls hard to a spot to sniff. While walking dogs pass across the street, Rollie just looks at them with a neutral body and no vocalization. He disengages on his own and come to handler seeking attention. When handler pets his side, he leans into their legs. He goes between handler's legs and he allows them to pet his rear. He jumps on handler again with a soft body and wagging tail. He is offered treats but again shows no interest in them. He is easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue. 04/30/25: Rollie is at the front of his kennel laying down as handler approaches. He is offered a treat but does not accept it, he stands as handler begins unlocking his kennel. Rollie attempts to push his head out of kennel and is leashed in the process, he exits kennel quickly and walks out of kennel to the hall with handler. Rollie is taken to the yard for his walk, once outside he immediately begins using the bathroom. He walks around the perimeter of the yard and passes a few dogs, when one of them reacts to him Rollie jumps up to react but is quickly pulled away by handler. Rollie continues walking around the yards perimeter and continues to ignore treats from handler. After exploring inside some of the play yards and finishing using the bathroom, he is clipped and brought back inside. Rollie stops for a moment once he reaches his kennel and slowly approaches the front. He enters kennel on his own and interaction is ended shortly after. 4/28/25: Rollie is laying down in his kennel as handler approaches. He is able to be leashed while laying down and turned his head away. Once leashed, he is able to come out of kennel with ease and slowly was taken to the yard. In the yard, he would walk around slowly with his head low to the ground. He would stop walking when he got too nervous, and would continue waking on his own when ready. He was comfortable leaning towards the handler to sniff their hand. He is able to return back his kennel slowly with no issues.

Summary (7):: 04/26/25: Rollie is near the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He is slowly approached and offered treats but does not accept them, he crawls further toward the back of his kennel and sits near the center watching handler unlock the kennel door. Handler attempts to lasso Rollie but he moves toward the back of kennel and lays his head down flat on the ground making it difficult for the leash to go around his neck. Handler attempts to coax Rollie forward for a while using treats and a squeaker but is unsuccessful, eventually handler steps away and when they return he is near the front once again. Handler makes a few more attempts to lasso Rollie and is finally successful. He exits kennel and walks with handler out to the yard pulling moderately to the yard. Once outside he begins frantically turning his body toward handler while simultaneously pulling away from them. His posture is low and his ears are down with a tucked tail as he pulls forward away from handler while constantly looking back at them. Handler walks very slowly and avoids eye contact with Rollie who eventually allows handler to pass and walks slightly behind handler into the play yard. He uses the bathroom almost immediately but is hesitant to walk further into the play yard. After a moment he walks further in but begins pulling out toward the perimeter so handler walks with him around the perimeter. Handler begins walking progressively slower which seems to halt Rollies frantic pulling away, his body becomes slightly more relaxed and he allows handler to walk alongside him. Rollie is walked for a bit more around the perimeter and inside the other play yards. He will frequently flinch and cower when hearing even quiet noises or if his leash jingles too loud. He is brought back inside after a bit and returned to kennel. A hook is used to retrieve the leash and handler ends interaction. 4/25/25- Rollie is at the middle of his kennel with a tense body with his head low, when handler softly spoke to him he barked at them. When they unlock he retreated to the back cowering while slightly shaking. Handlers tossed treats and chicken but he showed no interest. Handler slowly lassoed a leash to him, when it touched his head he moved his head away. After a couple more attempts handler was able to leash him slowly, he slowly exited the kennel and had a slight pull to the play yard. He was taken into a pen, he sniffed around and relieve himself. He was looking around with a neutral body. He was aloof with handlers and would walk on a loose leash in the pen then around the perimeter. He was taken into another pen, handlers offered treats again but Rollie showed no interest. He sniffed a toy then explored the pen, sniffing around. Handler slowly clipped him and he was returned to kennel without issue.

Date of initial:: 4/25/2025

Summary:: Fleeing in cage, trying to get away from handler. Opted to sedate

ENERGY LEVEL:: We have a limited history on Rollie so we cannot be certain of their behavior in a home environment. However, they will need daily mental and physical activity to stay engaged and exercised. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in additional to physical exercise, to positively direct their energy and enthusiasm.

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: : Basic manners/poor impulse control,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Bite history (dog)

Potential challenges comments:: Basic Manners: Rollie has been observed to jump up on familiar handlers when seeking contact. It is recommended that default behaviors such as "Sit" and "Off" are reinforced to substitute any frustration and teach them to control their impulses instead of simply reacting; proper management is also advised. Force-free, reward-based training only is recommended. Please see handout on Basic Manners. Fearful Defensive: Rollie is reported to have been surrendered due to aggressive behavior, however no further details were given. Rollie has been observed to be fearful during his stay in the care center. Noted to have a tense body and cower away from stimuli. He has been observed to hard bark towards stimuli occurring outside of the room. It is important to always go slow and give Rollie the option to walk away from any social interaction. 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. Rollie 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 Fearful and Defensive Aggression. Bite History (Human): Please see bite history above for more details. Please see handout on Bite History and Potential for Future Aggression. On Leash Reactivity: Rollie has been observed to lunge towards a member of the public on the street, almost getting their leg before the handler pulled him back. Rollie will need positive reinforcement, reward based training to teach them to look at you rather than other people. We recommend a front clip harness to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration.