Date of intake:: 7/11/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: Yes

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray, No known history

Date of assessment:: 7/13/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: None Reactivity to humans: Moderate Reactivity to dogs: Moderate Leash walking comments: tense body, hard stares at people and dogs, not easily redirectable with treats Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Moderately social Call over: Approaches handler with coaxing Sociability comments: Checks in with handler, receptive to treats Soft handling: Tolerates contact Exuberant handling: Tolerates contact Comments: Tense body, lip licking Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler readily Knock Knock comments: Approaches handler readily Toy Toy comments: Sniffs, No reaction

Summary:: 8/9/25: Black Beauty greets another dog with a tense body, hackles raised. He then barks.

Summary (5):: 8/31/25- Black beauty is at the front of his kennel jumping up on the door barking at handler. They present a treat and he gently takes it through the bars. Handler uses a treat lure and he is easily leashed. He follows the command to sit and is rewarded while waiting for the elevator. He is taken for a street walk. He walks on a loose leash next to handler while doing check ins, he gently takes more treats. He social with handler and leans into their legs when they pet his side. When he sees other dogs, he stares with a neutral body. Handler calls to him and presents a treat, he follows them. He turns back again and handler again presents a treat which he follows them. He is easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue. 8/28/25: Black Beauty is standing in the middle of his kennel with a neutral body, relaxed facial muscles, and a relaxed tail wag. He is leashed and removed from the room as he pulls very hard. Throughout the entire walk he is pulling very hard, darting in all directions, sometimes even scrambling. As he is walked past the driveway threshold, a staff member is holding the door for handler. He quickly sticks his whole had under the gate and attempts to nibble staff members shoe. Handler has to use leash pressure to pull him away. Throughout his walk he continued the same frantic behavior, at times even displaying displacement behavior by abruptly stopping and scratching himself intensely. Handler attempted to engaged with hi musing high value treats, squeaks, and even pattern games. Handler was unable to retain his attention for more than just a couple seconds before he continued with the same behavior, even escalating to whining while pacing. He is returned to kennel while pulling very hard and scrambling to the point of choking himself.

Summary (6):: 8/28/25: ACS reported that as they were about to walk Black Beauty down the stairs during his AM walk, he became very jumpy with the new hire walking in front. In an instance, he jumped up and bit and released her shirt. He did not make contact or cause holes in the shirt. 8/24/25: Black Beauty is at the front of the kennel with a soft body and wagging tail. He is easily leashed and pulls moderately out of the room. He observes dogs in the hallway and stares at them with a slow tail wag. But does not react further. Black Beauty is taken to the street where he walks with a loose leash besides the handler. He relieves himself and continues walking with the handler, checking in regularly. Black Beauty is walked back to the shelter. A dog gets fairly close to him and he looks towards the dog but does not react further. He grabs a toy from a nearby bin and is then returned to kennel without issue. 8/21/25: It is reported that Beauty will jump up on handlers using their whole body. 8/16/25: Black Beauty is at the front with a neutral body and soft wagging tail. He is easily leashed and pulls hard out of the kennel. He is brought to the street where he walks with a loose leash besides the handler. He sees a dog in front of him and pulls hard towards them. Handler keeps him away and crosses the street. Black Beauty fixates on the dog across the street, regularly stopping as handler continues to walk. Black Beauty will then stop and sniff his surroundings before relieving himself and continuing on his way. Handler walks Black Beauty back to the shelter. He attempts to pull towards people who pass by or make comments towards him, with a soft tail wag. He is brought back to the shelter where he passes some familiar handlers. He approaches them with a soft body and wagging tail, pulling hard towards them. Handler then bring him back to kennel and he is returned without issue. 8/12/25: It is reported on the behavior board that Black Beauty is jumpy but redirectable. 08/08/25: Black Beauty is high pitch barking as handler approaches, when reclipping lock to high point on kennel door, Black Beauty is jumping up toward the hands with open mouth and high pitch barking. Black Beauty is leashed easily, pulls hard exiting kennel. While waiting for elevator, Black Beauty jumps exuberantly toward familiar staff, pawing and panting with vibrating body. When in elevator Black Beauty jumps up exuberantly to handler shoulder height, (undetermined if this improper socializing attempts or hyper arousal). Black Beauty does take treats dropped on floor and stops jumping. Black Beauty maintains neutral but forward body with consistent moderate pulling on sidewalk. Black Beauty checks in visually with handler for verbal cues, takes treats offered. Black Beauty maintains consistent moderate pulling back to MACC, re-enters kennel without issue.

Summary (7):: 8/5/25: Staff reported they were in the elevator with Black Beauty, bringing him back to kennel at the end of his walk. He begins jumping up onto the handler in a frantic manner mouthing them on their arms lightly. Handler straight arms Black Beauty to get him to stop. 7/29/25- Black Beauty was laying down when handler approached his kennel with a soft body, he was easily leashed and taken for a street walk. He check ins with handler and gently takes treats from their hand. He has a slight pull towards spot to sniff and sniffs around. When pass he watches them walk past with a neutral body. He follows the command to sit and is rewarded. When returning to the building he walks next to handler and takes more treats. He is easily clipped and returned to kennel without issue. 7/26/27: Black Beauty is lying down at the front of the kennel. He stands up when handler approaches and has a soft body and wagging tail. Black Beauty is easily leashed, and walked slowly out of the room. He is taken to the street where he walks with a neutral body beside the handler. He will regularly duck behind the handler. Handler offers treats and Black Beauty takes them gently. He then continues to walks beside the handler as they regularly feed him treats when he checks in. Black Beauty is then walked back to the shelter and returned to the kennel without issue. 7/20/25: It was noted on the whiteboard that Black Beauty knows the commands "sit" and "lay down". It was also reported by staff that Black Beauty returns to his kennel without issue if the floor fan in the room by his kennel is turned off. 7/14/25- when a volunteer was returning Black Beauty to his kennel, he planted outside the room. An ACS came and use a sling. As sling was being put on Black beauty spun his body around towards volunteer with no redirection or vocalization. ACS and volunteer switched between sling and leash. Black beauty started to head flip back and forth towards volunteer. K9 behavior instructed volunteer to drop sling and ACS jogged Black Beauty to kennel. He went into kennel without issue. 7/13/25: Black Beauty is laying down at the back of his kennel as handler approaches. He is able to be slowly lassoed and is then taken outside for a walk. On the walk, he had a tense body and would hard stare at dogs and people. He is able to be redirected when the handler offers a treat at his nose. He is then taken to the behavior room for his assessment. In the room, he was comfortable approaching the handlers and would take treats. Please see behavior assessment notes for more details. He had to be muscled into kennel due to not wanting to go back in for treats.

Date of intake:: 7/11/2025

Summary:: Loose body, allowed touching, hard staring

Date of initial:: 7/12/2025

Summary:: Tense body, allowed handling, food motivated, muzzled

ENERGY LEVEL:: We have no history on Black Beauty 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:: Level 3

Recommendations:: No children (under 13)

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to on leash reactivity and fearful behavior we recommend an adult only home.

Potential challenges: : Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Fearful Defensive: During his intake vaccines Beauty was observed to stare at handlers, retreat from them and begin to bark. It is important to move slowly with Beauty, to build positive associations (treats/toys/praise), and to allow them to initiate interactions with new people. They should never be forced to greet or to interact if they are not comfortable and soliciting attention. Please see handout on Fearful and Defensive Aggression. On Leash Reactivity: Beauty is observed to hard stare towards people and dogs while on leash. Beauty will need positive reinforcement, reward based training to teach them to look at you rather than dogs and other stimuli. We recommend a front clip harness to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration.