Date of intake:: 10/2/2024

Spay/Neuter status:: No

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Owner Surrender (Approx 3 years)

Previously lived with:: 3 adults

Behavior toward strangers:: Gino is friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward children:: Gino is friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward dogs:: Gino is friendly and outgoing with familiar and unfamiliar dogs on and off leash

Behavior toward cats:: Gino is shy and will actively avoid

Resource guarding:: Gino will become tense and hover over toy and food that is on his possession.

Bite history:: None reported

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: Very high (more active than most)

Date of assessment:: 10/6/2024

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Moderate Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: Mild Leash walking comments: Aloof to handler, become tense with high flagging tail and pulls towards dogs on the street Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Distracted Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: Sniffing around the office, responsive to name Handling Soft handling: Accepts contact Exuberant handling: Accepts contact Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follows handler exuberantly Arousal comments: Loose and wiggly body Knock Knock Comments: Approaches handler readily, jumps up Toy Toy comments: Grips light relinquishes

Summary:: 10/17/24: Gino is neutral bodied when greeting another male dog at the gate. He marks the entire perimeter of the vestibule. Once off leash, he rushes up to the other dog and attempts to mount.

Summary (5):: 1/19/25: Gino is at the front of his kennel as handler approaches. He is leashed without issue and and offered a treat which he takes with moderate pressure before exiting kennel and being brought to the street for a walk. During Gino's walk he walks alongside handler and pulls slightly. He walks past people without issue and when spotting other dogs on the street Gino will briefly face towards them but is easily redirected using treats. Gino walks for a while more, at times turning towards handler to engage with them and accept treats. He walks for a while more before being brought back inside and returning to kennel without issue.

Summary (6):: 1/13/25: Gino is observed to be heavily panting and at accelerated rate. He is anxious barking and pacing at the front of the kennel, occasionally spinning and bouncing off the wall. 1/10/25: PM Walks: Gino was at the front of the kennel when the handler approaches. As the kennel is being unlocked, Gino begins spinning back and forth and jumping towards the front of the kennel and back, occasionally barking. He is leashed with ease and pulls hard out of the room and down the hallway. Gino relieves himself in the elevator and looks at handler with a soft body and a wagging tail. On the street, Gino walks by the handler's side sniffing his surroundings. He relieves himself again and continues walking along handler's side. Gino would at times initiate check-ins with the handler and is given treats when done so. At the end of the walk Gino is returned to kennel without issue. 1/10/25- ACS staff reported Gino is relucent to return to kennel, planting outside his kennel by putting his paws up and handler has to left him in. 12/13/24: Gino is observed to be hard panting, jumping on his kennel door and spinning in kennel. 11/28/24: Upon approaching the kennel, Gino jumped up at the door ad barked. He stopped doing so when the handler opened the door. He was leashed with ease. While on the street, Gino walked with little to no tension on the leash. He relieved himself multiple times. Gino then stopped walking to turn to the handler. The handler gave him pets and a treat, which he gently took. While waiting to return to the kennel, Gino moved around constantly, while the handler stood still. Gino pulled towards his kennel when returning and removed leash with ease.

Summary (7):: 11/27/24: When handler is walking past Gino is observed to persistently bark, jumping and spinning off his kennel door and does not settle as handler walks away. 11/11/24: When a handler walked in front of Gino's kennel he jumped up against the kennel door and continually barked. This behavior continued until the handler walked away 11/2/24: Gino is at the front of the kennel barking and jumping on the kennel door with loose and wiggly body. He is leashed using a treat as a lure. He is walked on the street where he explores and relieves himself. As dogs pass, handler leads him to the curb and feeds him treats as they pass. He will look at the dog then back at handler receiving a treat. He is easily returned to kennel. 10/12/24- Gino is at the front of his kennel with a soft body, he is easily leashed and taken for a street walk. He pulls hard to various spots to sniff and urinate on. He gently takes treats from handler's hand but is aloof once treats are stopped being given. He has no reaction to people passing. Once he fully relieves himself, he moderately pulls for the rest of the walk. When returning, handler and Gino had to wait for a dog to pass. As waiting they were near a pop up, Gino pulled towards the dog and barked a couple of times, handler tossed treats and Gino went to eat them. He was easily clipped and wass returned to kennel without issue. 10/6/24: Gino is at the front of the kennel with a loose, wiggly body. He is easily leashed and does not take treats. He is taken for a street walk where he pulls moderately to hard, sniffing and marking often. When he sees people he has no reaction and when he sees other dogs he becomes stiff with a high flagging tail and stares, pulling towards them. He is taken for his assessment where he is highly social, exuberant, allows all handling, takes treats, and jumps up on the handlers socially. He is easily releashed and on return to kennel he enters on his own before immediately trying to back out and has to be muscled back into the kennel.

Date of intake:: 10/2/2024

Summary:: Social with staff, hard bark and lunge at dogs

Date of initial:: 10/3/2024

Summary:: Social, wagging tail

ENERGY LEVEL:: Gino is described as active and enthusiastic. They will need daily mental and physical activity to keep them 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. We recommend feeding with puzzle feeders and food-dispensing toys. And we recommend using force-free, reward-based training techniques for Gino.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 2

Recommendations:: No young children (under 5)

Recommendations comments:: No young children (under 5): Due to lack of basic manners we recommend a home without young children.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Basic manners/poor impulse control,Handling/touch sensitivity,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Strength/leash pulling

Potential challenges comments:: Resource Guarding: Gino will become tense and hover over toy and food that is on his possession. Nothing should ever be taken directly out of Gino's mouth, and any time something is removed they should be rewarded with a high value treat or toy. Please see handout on Resource Guarding. Basic Manners: Gino's previous states that he will jump up on people. During his time in the care center Gino has been observed to jump up on handlers in a social manner. 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. Handling Sensitivities: Gino's previous owner states that he will become fearful when held or restrained and he will bark and growl when his paws are touched. Positive reinforcement, reward based training should be used to pair touch with good things such as food rewards in order to teach Gino to be more comfortable with this. Please see handout on Handling and Touch Sensitivity. On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: Gino was observed to hard bark and lunge at dogs during his intake. Positive reinforcement should be used to help manage this behavior. Please see the handout on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration Leash Pulling: Gino's previous owner states that he pulls hard on leash. Their adopter must be prepared and able to handle a dog of this size and strength. It is recommended that they be walked on a front clip harness or head halter, which will help diminish their strength through leverage, and that they be trained using positive reinforcement, reward based training to not pull on leash. Please see handout on Leash Manners.