Date of intake:: 12/23/2025

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

Previously lived with:: 1 adult and other large dogs

Behavior toward strangers:: nervous around new people and needs time to warm up.

Behavior toward children:: Luna is tolerant around children.

Behavior toward dogs:: Luna gets along with familiar dogs but has no experience with dogs she has not met before.

Behavior toward cats:: no experience

Resource guarding:: Luna has no known incidents with resource guarding as owner would leave her alone when she is eating/playing with toys.

Bite history:: Luna has no known bite history.

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: Luna is noted to have a medium energy level in the prior home.

Other Notes:: Luna has tendencies to be destructive with things left out like shoes and household items. Luna will sometimes growl/bark at strangers on walks and at small animals like squirrels and birds. She is also fearful when being groomed. Luna is an independent shy girl that needs time to adjust to new people and new things. Once she is familiar with you, she is tolerant. Luna has never been in a crate before and spent most of her time outside when she was with her owner.

Date of assessment:: 12/24/2025

Summary:: 1/28/26: Luna will remain NHO due to her fearfulness and avoidance of handlers. Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Mild Reactivity to humans: Ignores Reactivity to dogs: Ignores Leash walking comments: Pulled back wanting to go back in into kennel, tucked tail Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Fearful- tucked tail,lowbody Call over: Aloof-sniffs floor, avoident Sociability comments: Displacement sniffs around room seeks exit Handling Soft handling: Fearful- tucked tail, moves out of handling position, avoided Exuberant handling: Fearful- reset into handling position, tucked tail, tight muzzle Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follow- 1 pass, pulls away Arousal comments: Knock: No repsonse Knock Comments: Toy: Fearful of the dummy hand Toy comments: spooked jumps away 12/24/26:Due to Luna's fearfulness and avoidance of the handler, a handling assessment will not be condcuted at this time.

Summary:: According to Luna's previous owner, she gets along with familiar dogs, but has not had experience with unfamiliar dogs. 2/5: Due to operation limitations and cold weather, only a gate greeting is conducted. Luna is introduced to a novel male dog; she initially does not see him when he approaches the gate. When she does, Luna rushes the gate, body stiff as she lip licks twice. Her lips begin to quiver, then draw up into a pucker while she briefly grumbles, body crouched low.

Summary (6):: 2/13/26: Luna is observed to lunge at a dog next to her when being returned to kennel. 02/11/26: Luna is lying in the back of her kennel When handler presents the leash, she gets up and walks to the front, allowing leashing with ease. Upon exiting the building, Luna puts on the brakes and refuses to walk through the doors to exit the building. She displays a tucked tail and pinned ears. Handler begins to returns her back to the kennel , Luna then refuses to walk into the kennel room and into her kennel. Treats are tossed into the kennel, and she enters promptly. Luna is secured safely in her kennel.

Summary (7):: 2/4/26: Luna is at the front of her kennel with a low body, is easily leashed and pulls very hard out of the kennel room, trying to lunge at the kennel passing. Luna in the office is aloof, not approaching staff and does not eat any treats offered to her. Luna sniffs around the room and the handler, and remains aloof with a tucked tail, licking some peanut butter off of the couch. Luna is brought back to kennel where she begins to kennel fight again, and when dogs pass her kennel she will lunge and hard barking. 01/27/26: Luna is standing at the front of her kennel and allows the handler to leash her with ease. She is escorted outside for an enrichment walk. Once outside, Luna refuses forward movement and pulls back toward the building, maintaining a neutral body frame with a lowered tail. The handler allows Luna to self direct back toward the building. During the return walk, Luna sniffs the snow and visually scans the environment. Session concludes, and Luna is returned to her kennel safely without any issues. 01/29/26: (Late entry) Staff reported that Luna needs two staff members for assistance because she stops at the door and will not walk forward. 1/18: Luna was seen slamming her kennel door and water bowls as a handler was taking out a dog next to her. When the handler checks on her, her kennel is smeared in feces due to the repeated jumping and the kennel glass has saliva. 01/11/26: Luna is standing at the front of her kennel with a neutral frame and allows the handler to leash her with ease. She is escorted outside for an enrichment walk. While outside, Luna remains hypervigilant, walking very close to the handler. She becomes startled by loud noises or sudden movements. When offered treats, Luna accepts them gently from the handler’s hand. When the session is complete, Luna is returned to her kennel safely without any issues. 12/26/25: Luna is standing at the front of her kennel with a tense body as handler approaches. She is hesitant to be leashed, and would back away as the leash gets closer to her. Once she is slowly able to be leashed, she is then taken to the behavior room for her assessment. In the room, she continues to have a tense body would avoid and back away from the handlers as they would try to interact with her. Due to fearfulness, her assessment is unable to be completed. She is then taken back to her kennel with no issues.

Date of intake:: 12/23/2025

Date of initial:: 12/24/2025

Summary:: does not like being touched around ears, calm, likes snacks, gentle, nervous, but no growling or si

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

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

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Luna fearfulness, we reccomend she be placed in an adult-only home. No cats: we recommend Luna be placed in a home without small animals due to her growling/barkling at squirrels and birds. Place with a New Hope partner: Luna came into the care center as an owner surrender due not having the time and resources to care for luna and another dog in the home.In the prior home Luna is noted to be independent shy girl that needs time to adjust to new people and new things. Once she is familiar with you, she is tolerant. In the care center Luna is hesitant to be leashed and will retreat when handlers approach. In the behavior room, she maintained a tense body posture, avoided interaction, and backed away from touch.Luna will require a slow-moving, patient placement that can provide continued confidence-building and gentle handling in a low-stress environment. Luna is available for rescue through one of out new hope partners.

Potential challenges: : Destructive behavior,Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Destructive behavior: Luna has tendencies to be destructive with things left out like shoes and household items. This indicates a need for environmental management and enrichment strategies to redirect her energy toward appropriate outlets, such as chew toys and structured activities. Please see the handout on Destructive behavior. Fearful/Handling/touch sensitivity: During Luna medical exam it is noted that she does not like being touched around ears, calm, likes snacks, gentle, nervous, but no growling or signs of aggression. In the prior home it is noted she is also fearful when being groomed. she is noted to be nervous around new people and needs time to warm up.These observations suggest that Luna would benefit from gradual desensitization to handling and grooming, paired with positive reinforcement to build trust and confidence. Please see the handout on the decompression period and Handling/touch sensitivity. On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: Luna will sometimes growl/bark at strangers on walks and at small animals like. This behavior indicates a need for focused training on leash manners and impulse control, using counter-conditioning and desensitization techniques to reduce reactivity and improve her ability to remain calm in stimulating environments. Please see the handout on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration.