Date of intake:: 5/31/2025

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

Previously lived with:: 2 adults, 3 children, 1 dog

Behavior toward strangers:: friendly, outgoing, and playful with strangers.

Behavior toward children:: friendly, outgoing, and playful with children. She has previously lived with three children.

Behavior toward dogs:: friendly, outgoing, and playful with familiar and unfamiliar dogs

Behavior toward cats:: Unknown

Resource guarding:: No known reports of Resource guarding.

Bite history:: No known reports of a Bite history.

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: Diamond Girl is noted in the prior home to have high energy level.

Other Notes:: She uses the bathroom outside. She is reported to jump frequently. While on walks she lunges towards small animals (squirrels, birds, etc). She is not bothered when held/restrained, when woken from sleep, when her paws are touched, or when her collar is grabbed. She is a quite, independent, playful, dog. She spends most of her time where people are, in the living room, and in the bedroom. She loves water, and allowed her previous family to bathe her, brush her, and trim her nails. In her previous home she would go on four walks a day. She was crate trained, but does not do well.

Date of assessment:: 6/3/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Loose Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Timid warms up when given treats, tucked tail Call over: Comes when coaxed with treats- timid, tucked tail Sociability comments: takes treats with mild pressure Handling Soft handling: Allowed- sits, lip licks, tucked tail Exuberant handling: Allowed- sits, lip licks, tucked tail Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follow- tucked tail, slowly follows Arousal comments: Knock: No response Knock Comments: Toy: No response Toy comments: 6/2/25: A handling assessment could not be conducted today due to Diamond Girl being spayed. 6/1/25: A handling assessment was not attempted today due to Diamond Girl baring her teeth during her medical exam. She is given more time to acclimate to prevent trigger stacking.

Summary:: According to Diamond Girl's previous owner(s), Diamond Girl has interacted with different dogs and is often described as friendly, outgoing, and playful with familiar and unfamiliar dogs. She has previously lived with one dog. 06/12/25: While off-leash at the Care Center, Diamond Girl is introduced to a novel female dog. She approaches the gate with a loose, relaxed posture. Both dogs engage in mutual sniffing through the gate. The novel female offers a pray bow, followed by a bout of hard barking. In response, Diamond Girl mirrors with a play bow, then walks away and seeks out the handler. She later returns to the gate, remaining present with a helicopter tail. When the novel female offers another pray bow, Diamond Girl begins to whine, suggesting internal conflict or uncertainty. The dogs are then separated, concluding the interaction. 06/04/25: While off-leash at the Care Center, Diamond Girl was introduced to a male greeter dog. At the gate, she approached with a soft body posture and a wagging tail. Both dogs engaged in mutual scenting through the gate, during which Diamond Girl displayed ears pinned back. As the greeter male remained loose, wiggly and present at the gate, Diamond Girl created distance, moving away and shifting her focus to the handler. She did not return to the gate, and the interaction was concluded.

Summary (6):: 07/13/25 Diamond Girl is jumping onto her kennel door excessively and spinning off of it as the handler approaches. Diamond Girl will grab onto the handler's leash as they attempt to leash her, pulling and tugging on the leash and will only let it go when the handler administers a toy and/or treats. As she is distracted with a toy, they handler will guide the loop of the lead onto her and will take her out for a walk. Diamond Girl will pull towards her neighboring kennel before being directed out of the kennel room. Diamond Girl is administered a toy in which she will not carry with her. Diamond Girl will pull on the leash as she displays a tense body while panting heavily. Diamond Girl will pull in the direction of other dogs with novel handlers on the walk, in some cases, bunny hopping due to the intensity of the pulling. Diamond Girl is returned to the facility where she will enter the building quickly, pulling a bit harder towards her kennel room. As she enters her kennel room, she will attempt to pull towards her neighboring kennel but is directed into her kennel. She whips around and will grab onto the handler's lead but with a treat scatter, she will release the leash. 07/13/25 Observed pulling intensely towards other dogs with novel handlers, while on a walk. Will jump and spin in her kennel excessively, as well as hard bark at her neighboring kennel. 7/6/25: Diamond Girl is standing on her kurunda bed when the handler approaches and is easily leashed to be taken out for a walk. Diamond Girl pulls hard, vocalizing midly in the hallway and when seeing other dog in a kennel passing will begin to hard bark and lunge until they are out of sight. Diamond Girl is brought onto the sidewalk, where there is little dogs around and at a far distance, so she is able to explore the sidewalk while still pulling hard, only exploring for seconds before pulling to the next patch. Diamond Girl turns the corner and sees another dog, immediately lunging, vocalizing, hard barking towards the other dog until they are out of sight and she is rushed past. Diamond Girl walks down the street, pulling a bit less and when coaxed by staff does approach with a neutral body, and tolerates petting. Diamond Girl is brought back into the building, and in the hallway when hearing the sounds of the kennel room will begin to scream loudly and vocalize. She is placed back into kennel with no issue and starts to drink water.

Summary (7):: 7/3/25: Diamond Girl is observed to lunge at other dogs and pull hard on leash, vocalizing as well when passing on the street. Diamond Girl will continue to vocalize when no dogs or triggers are in sight and heavily pant. 6/29/25: Diamond Girl is at the front of her kennel panting heavily with a flushed face and is removed from kennel without issue. Diamond Girl in the hallway will begin to vocalize and bark, hard barking at other dogs on the street and lunging. Diamond Girl pulls hard outside and continues to heavily pant with a wide strained expression, pant heavily and unable to settle. Diamond Girl when the handler stops to give her a break is social and leans into petting, but still panting heavily and is unable to relax. Diamond Girl is brought back to kennel where she begins to vocalize randomly, and pulls hard back into her kennel. 6/15/25: Diamond Girl is at the front of her kennel heavily panting, and out on her walk this morning was reported to become increasingly reactive on leash towards other dogs for a moderate distance. Diamond Girl will hard bark, pull and continue to fixate on the dog until line of sight was broken by stepping in-between cars. Diamond Girl is also reported pull throughout her walk without stopping and becoming restless. 06/03/25 (BA) Diamond Girl sitting on her karanda bed displaying a relaxed, neutral frame. She comes forward appearing a bit nervous, moving slowly while paw raising. The handler will lightly leash her and proceed to the behavior office. Diamond will be taken through a kennel room where she remains aloof, ignoring the other dogs reacting towards her. As she enters the office, she appears a bit nervous still, displaying a tucked tail and whale eyes. Both handlers present will administer her treats in which she becomes softer in frame, appearing a bit more relaxed. (See BA in the Behavior section for more insight). Diamond Girl is returned to kennel, where she enters with no issue

Date of intake:: 5/31/2025

Summary:: friendly and social. She allowed staff to pet, scan for m/c, and collar. She walked easily back to

Date of initial:: 6/1/2025

Summary:: Bright, calm, accepts pets, sits on command, food motivated, bares teeth on head exam, handling and

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 4

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),No cats

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): We recommend that Diamond Girl be placed in an adult-only home at this time. No cats: In the prior home, Diamond Girl is reported on walks to lunge at small animals (squirrels, birds, etc). We recommend she be placed in a home with no small animals.

Potential challenges: : Basic manners/poor impulse control,Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition,Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Leash-biting

Potential challenges comments:: Basic manners/poor impulse control/Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition: Diamond Girl is noted to jump frequently in the prior home. Diamond Girl is noted during her handling assessment to take treats roughly and dig her head in the handler's treat pouch. We recommend that the training should focus on teaching her basic manners and impulse control through consistent cues and positive reinforcement. Techniques like "sit" before receiving treats and rewarding calm behavior can help improve her manners and bite inhibition. Please see the handout on Basic manners/poor impulse control/Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition. Handling/touch sensitivity/Fearful/potential for defensive aggression: Diamond Girl was noted during her handling exam to bare her teeth when they examined her head, but remained tolerant during the rest of the handling exam. We recommend that training should aim to build her trust and reduce fear through gentle handling and positive experiences. Gradual desensitization to head handling and rewarding calm behavior. Please see the handout on Handling/touch sensitivity/decompression period. On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: Diamond Girl is reported on walks in prior home to lunge at small animals (squirrels, birds, etc) and has been reactive towards dogs in the care center, barking and lunging as she walks past. We recommend training should focus on desensitizing her to these stimuli and teaching her to remain calm on walks. Using techniques like counter-conditioning and redirecting her attention with treats or cues can help manage her reactivity. Please see the handout on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration. Leash biting: Diamond Girl has begun to leash bite when being removed from kennel. Please see handout on Arousal