Date of intake:: 11/14/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: No

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Stray (No Known History)

Date of assessment:: 11/15/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Mild Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: Mild Leash walking comments: Pulls mildly on leash, when seeing dogs will visually fixate on them, when dog reacts to him by barking, Buck flinches and lowers his body, reactive to pigeons. Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Moderately social Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: Explores the room, does not accept treats, approaches handlers with loose and wiggly body, leans into pets and jumps on handlers/counters. Soft handling: Seeks contact Exuberant handling: Accepts contact Comments: Arousal Jog comments: Follows neutral bodied, looks up at handler Knock Knock comments: Approaches with wiggly body Toy Toy comments: Grips, relinquishes

Summary:: 11/25/25: Buck greets another dog at the gate with tense body. He then focuses on pigeons and will not reapproach the gate to greet.

Summary (5):: 12/3/25: Buck is obsvered to be at the front of the kennel panting heavily and licking the kennel bars. 12/2/25: Buck is reported to run to back of kennel when attempting to leash, lasso is noted to be effective. 11/28/25: Buck is sitting at the front of his kennel, leaning against the bars with a soft body. Handler speaks to him in a high pitch voice and he is soft and wiggly. However, he reatreats to the back of the kennel when handler attempts leashing. He remains soft but moves away from the leash. He is not interested in treats. Handler kneels down with the door slighly ajar. He comes forward low wagging tail soft body. He allows handler to pet him through the bars. The leash is able to be secured with a slow approach. Once leashed, he pulls hard to the street where he is hypervigilant, walking forward then stopping to look around. When the wind blows leaves past, Buck runs after them. He looks under cars and up at the small trees looking for birds. He runs forward and bounces back at the end of the leash when he sees a bird. He is aloof and is not responsive to handler calls or touch. He returns to kennel without issue.

Summary (6):: 11/25/25: Buck is at the front of the kennel with a soft wiggly body and wagging tail. Handler goes to leash him and he begins to back away and dodge the leash, a treat lure is used and he does not approach. Handler tries to lasso Buck and he ducks away. Handler closes the kennel door to re-adjust the leash and Buck re-approaches the front. He is then easily leashed without issue and pulls hard out to the street. On the street, Buck walks with a tense lowered body, occasionally lip licking. He looks to small birds with a lowered body and will chase after the birds when they fly away. Buck is aloof with the handler and does not take treats. Buck is walked back to the shelter, he pulls hard and is returned to kennel without issue. 11/25/25: Buck is reported to 'hunt birds' on walks, and is non-responsive to verbal cues or squeaker sounds to redirect. 11/23/25: Buck is at the back of his kennel as handler approaches. He stands and approaches the front but begins fixating on the back right side as dogs bark in the background. Even though there is no dog in the neighboring kennel, Buck begins jumping up and reacting to the his neighboring kennel. He is redirected when offered treats and approaches the front but does not accept the treats offered. He allows leashing and exits kennel following handler down the stairs to the street for his walk. Once outside Buck begins baulking and fixates on the multitude of dogs outside on the street. Squeakers and treats are ineffective in redirecting him so handler has to pull moderately for Buck to continue walking, eventually he continues walking. Buck walks past most people without issue but displays a tense body and hunched posture. While walking Buck will randomly stop at points and fixate on random objects or people, he displays a fearful and tense posture and his tail will tuck. He stops and stares at a cone and will not pass it until he is able to approach and investigate it thoroughly. Buck also fixates on a random passerby that is far behind him and will completely turn and stop walking to stare at the person even though they are a significant distance away. He is difficult to redirect and does not continue until he is pulled out of line of sight. After a while he is brought back inside, he is somewhat avoidant of his leash being clipped but he tolerates it and is brought back to kennel. Upon returning he stops and stares at the now returned dog in his neighboring kennel, he is muscled into kennel and interaction is ended.

Summary (7):: 11/21/25: It is reported that Buck is being difficult to remove from kennel, as his head is in the corner and he was barking and panting. After the walk, when returning him to kennel he was cage fighting and almost caught the handlers leg due to kennel fighting. 11/18/25: It is reported that Buck refuses to enter his crate upon return. It has also been observed that Buck is reactive to any dogs that walks past his pop up crate. He barks and rushes forward in the direction he sees the dogs 11/15/25 (For assessment): Buck is quiet, neutral body as handler approaches. Bucks becomes wiggly has handler begins to unlock crate. Buck is easily leashed, pulls mildly out of crate. Buck is loose bodied, becomes wiggly upon seeing familiar and unfamiliar staff. On walk Buck solicits contact, at times becomes exuberant, stands on hindlegs paws on handler with soft body. Buck visually fixates on pigeons, also sees a MMB, the MMB is hard-barking, Buck briefly flinches and lowers body, recovers to walk to office. In office Bucks becomes loose, wiggly bodied with staff. See assessment for details. Upon completing assessment he is walked back to crate, however he baulks hard, treat lure and verbal cues are not effective to lure into crate. Buck is muscled in, however pushes out of crate twice. Buck is pushed into crate on third attempt.

Date of initial:: 11/14/2025

Summary:: Wiggly and seeking attention throughout exam and all tasks. Showing belly for rubs.

ENERGY LEVEL:: We have no history on Buck so we cannot be certain of his behavior in a home environment. However, he will need daily mental and physical activity to keep him engaged and exercised. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in additional to physical exercise, to positively direct his energy and enthusiasm.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Single-pet home

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to poor impulse control and the risk for redirection while reacting on leash, we recommend an adult only home for Buck.

Potential challenges: : Basic manners/poor impulse control,Fearful,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Basic Manners/Poor Impulse Control: During his assessment, Buck was observed to frequently jump on handlers. It is recommended that default behaviors such as "Leave it", "Sit/Stay", "Down" are reinforced to substitute any frustration and teach him to control his impulses instead of simply reacting; proper management is also advised. Force-free, reward based training only is recommended. Please see handout on Basic Manners and Impulse Control. Fearful: When returning Buck to kennel it is reported that he will baulk intensely and refuse to walk and push his head out of kennel frantically upon return. It is important to always go slow and give Buck the option to walk away from any social interaction. They should never be forced to approach anything that they are uncomfortable with or to submit to petting or handling. It should always be their choice to approach a new person or thing. Buck 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 Decompression Period. On-Leash Reactivity/Barrier Frustration: During his walk Buck was reported to be reactive to pigeons and would heavily fixate on them and stare at them. While in the kennel room Buck has been observed to be highly kennel reactive, noted to rush towards other dogs while on leash. During one instance Buck almost caught the handlers leg while cage fighting. Buck may need positive reinforcement, reward based training to teach him to look at you rather than birds. We recommend a front clip harness or head halter to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On-Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration.