Date of intake:: 3/18/2024

Spay/Neuter status:: No

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

Previously lived with:: 1 Adult

Behavior toward strangers:: Leonardo is playful and active, lunges at strangers

Behavior toward children:: Leonardo has no experience

Behavior toward dogs:: Leonardo is shy and prefers contact on his terms

Behavior toward cats:: Leonardo has no experience

Resource guarding:: None reported

Bite history:: None reported

Housetrained:: Partially

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

Other Notes:: Previous stay: 1/19/24 Stray, No known history Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Hard Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: None Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Highly Social Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: loose/wiggly, explored room, approaches when called, panting, jumps on handlers Handling Soft handling: Seeks Contact Exuberant handling: Seeks Contact Handling comments: loose, wiggly, leans in for petting, hard to settle, positioned with treats, aroused Arousal Jog: Follows loose Arousal comments: engaged with handler Knock: Approaches loose Knock Comments: jumps on handler, loose/soft body Toy: No response Toy Comments: sniffs, moves away Level 3 Leonardo's previous owner describes him as a very active and social dog that is always ready to play. He may know the cues roll and sit.

Date of assessment:: 3/21/2024

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Hard- Very Hard Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Highly social Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: Soft handling: Over- aroused Exuberant handling: Over- aroused Comments: Jumps up on handler, hard to position, mouths handler Arousal Jog comments: Follows handler exuberantly Knock Knock comments: Approaches handler readily, jumps up on them Toy Toy comments: Grips light, moves away

Summary:: Due to Leonardo entering the facility a stray, there is no prior dog-to-dog history recorded. 01/22/24 Leonardo is introduced to a novel female dog while off leash at the care center. Leonardo is anxious and cannot focus. Leonardo doesn't greet and is returned to kennel. MACC: 3/26/24: Leonardo paws at the other dog through the gate. When in the pen with the other dog, Leonardo is tense and jumps on the other dogs back. He vocalizes and is pulled away.

Summary (4):: 4/18/24: Leonardo is at the front of the kennel standing on the bars vocalizing at the handler when approached. Leonardo is easily leashed and pulls hard out into the hallway and for a street walk. Leonardo explores his surroundings and when the handler calls him over, he walks quickly over to the handler soliciting attention and becoming overexcited during petting and proceeds to jump on the handler in a social manner. He is refocused with treats and continues his walk still putting moderately-hard. Leonardo is loose bodied and is returned to his kennel with no issue. 4/12/24: When handler enters the kennel room, Leonardo is observed to hypersalivate while screeching in kennel. He stops when handler unlocks the kennel door and is easily leashed and taken out to the yard where a drag leash is attached. He explores his surroundings, eventually relieving himself. Handler tosses toys which he chases and briefly interacts before disengaging. Handler speaks to him in an excited tone and he jumps on them loose bodied, allowing petting. He is then returned to kennel without issue

Summary (5):: 4/6/24: Leonardo is observed to vocalize incessantly, lick his kennel bars and dig at his kennel door when handlers are in the kennel room. 4/5/24: Leonardo is standing at the front soft bodied when handler approaches their kennel. He is easily leashed and removed from kennel where he pulls hard out of the room. He is taken to the yard where a drag leash is attached. He begins running back and forth before relieving himself. Handler sits on the bench, where Leonardo then approaches loose and wiggly. He allows petting and leans into handler. After some time outside, he is returned to his kennel without issue. 3/30/24: Leonardo is at the front of the kennel when the handler approaches. He begins barking loudly and digging at the kennel door. He is leashed easily and pulls hard on the way to the yard. He is placed on a dragline and he jumps high up on the handler repeatedly, at one point bumping their face with his chest. He is not easily redirected so handler just continues to turn away from him until he stops and rewards him with treats once he is calmer. He zooms around the yard and casually plays with a ball but doesn't pick it up. He allows pets all over. Handler sits on the bench and Leonardo begins jumping up on the frantically before climbing onto the bench and licking their face. Handler stands and scatters treats on the floor. Leonardo is easily releashed and taken back inside. He hesitates going into the kennel but after a moment he enters on his own. 3/21/24: Leonardo is at the front of the kennel jumping up, barking in a high pitched tone. He is easily leashed and pulls hard to exit the kennel room. Outside in the yard he jumps up frantically on the handler, whining, hugging their arms and legs with their legs. He mouths their arm and continues to jump on them. He is initially able to refocus with treats though does intermittently jump up. With more coaxing and treating he settles and is able to respond so some cues such as 'look' and 'sit'. He does not appear interested in toys or puzzle activities. He does accept petting and leans in slightly. As more humans and dogs enter the yard he begins to display more anxiety, whining and once again jumping at the handler and pulling toward exit. He is able to be brought back inside with no major event.

Summary (6):: 3/20/24: Leonardo (Leo) is at the front of the kennel when the handler approaches, with a tense body and rapidly wagging tail. He does not take treats. He pushes his head through the kennel door while the handler leashes him but he is easily leashed and taken out. Familiar handler is standing in the hallway and when unfamiliar handler walks by, Leo jumps up towards the familiar handler and pulls hard towards them. Unfamiliar handler tries to keep walking away but Leo scrambles on the floor and continues pulling hard towards them, straining, vocalizing, and putting intense pressure on the leash. Leo does not redirect for treats or the squeaker. Familiar handler walks with unfamiliar handler and Leo jumps up on familiar handler, vocalizing and straining to jump on them. In the backyard Leo is placed on a dragline. He jumps excessively on the familiar handler, mouthing them and jumping up to grab at their hat. He is aloof to the unfamiliar handler. Familiar handler exits the yard to get toys for Leo and he follows them along the fence line, whining and jumping up with an open-mouth, strained pant. Familiar handler throws the toys in the yard and walks away to the end of the backyard. Leonardo whines, vocalizes, paces, jumps and scratches at the fence. Familiar handler exits the area and Leo escalates, vocalizing intensely and excessively, desperately digging at the fence and door. Unfamiliar handler has to clip the gate shut. Leonardo tries to force his head through the gate and sticks his arm out of the gate, pulling up the metal drains outside the fence. He is not redirectable: he does not respond to rope toy, tennis balls, squeaker, handlers voice, or multiple kinds of treats. When handler picks up the dragline to pull him away from the fence he ignores them, straining hard against the leash. He reacts intensely to dogs walking by, allows touching but does not respond, and completely ignores handler. He does not calm down until familiar handler returns. Familiar handler and unfamiliar handler take Leo back to the kennel and he has to be muscled in but is returned without much issue.

Summary (7):: Previous stay at ACC: 01/28/24 As the handler approaches, Leonardo is lying down with a neutral body. The handler unlocks the kennel door and leashes Leonardo with no issue. The handler takes Leonardo to the assessment room. As soon as Leonardo enters, he immediately takes any treats from the floor. Leonardo has high energy, jumping on and off furniture in the assessment room. Leonardo has the zoomies, running back and forth once on a drag leash. Leonardo will engage with toys, playing with the soft-squeaky ones. Leonardo takes treats gently when administered and also will allow touch. Leonardo is leashed and returned to his kennel with no issue. 1/26/24: Leonardo is reported to pancake and thrash/grab onto a staff member's leg when trying to be put back into the kennel. (late entry) 1/22/24: Leonardo is in front of his kennel when the handler approaches he is given treats and is leased, Leonardo hard pulls on the lead out of the center to the play yard. Leonardo jumps on the secondary handler, a drag leash is attached to his collar where he walks around the yard, and treats are tossed due to him taking the hard. Leonardo begins to get over aroused and jumps on the handler vocalizing, he then runs and jumps on the yard table falling off, he continues to jump on the handler where he is leashed and taken back into his kennel so he goes and relax.

Date of intake:: 3/18/2024

Summary:: Loose relaxed body wagging tail

Date of initial:: 3/18/2024

Summary:: FAS; vocalizing

ENERGY LEVEL:: Leonardo's previous owner states that he has very high energy and is more active than most. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in additional to physical exercise, to positively direct his energy and enthusiasm. We recommend feeding with puzzle feeders and food-dispensing toys. And we recommend only force-free, reward-based training techniques for Leonardo.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13)

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Leonardo's lack of basic manners and hyperarousal, we recommend he goes to an adult-only home.

Potential challenges: : Basic manners/poor impulse control,Strength/leash pulling,Social hyperarousal,Separation anxiety,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Destructive behavior

Potential challenges comments:: Basic manners/poor impulse control/Social hyperarousal: Leonardo becomes aroused in the presence of people, jumping up on handlers. Positive reinforcement, force-free training should be used to teach Leonardo to remain calm when people and other exciting things are around. He should be rewarded with treats when calm. If he escalates to jumping or mouthing, people should immediately walk away from and separate themselves from Leonardo. Mouthiness: Leonardo has shown some mouthiness in the care center. Little pressure is applied, but this is a behavior that should be extinguished through training alternate behaviors and lack of reward (ex. walking away whenever Leonardo's teeth make contact with skin). We recommend never playing with bare hands, always with a toy, and ending play or attention whenever Leonardo puts teeth on skin. he should be rewarded with attention and treats when he stops and/or when he is seeking attention in alternate ways. Separation Anxiety/ Destructive Behavior: Leonardo's previous owner states that he will become anxious when left alone. It is reported that he will chew off door knows, door frames and damage the walls. We recommend that potential adopters feel comfortable with separation anxiety behaviors and prepared to manage and positively modify them should they appear in a home environment. He would do best in a home where a person is home for a large part of the day or with a plan so he is not alone for long periods of time. Strength/leash pulling: Leonardo strong dog with the capability to pull over an average adopter. His adopter must be prepared and able to handle a dog of this size and strength. We recommend that he be trained using positive reinforcement, reward based training to not pull on leash.