Date of Intake: 12/1/2017

Spay/Neuter Status: Unknown

Basic Information:: Cleopatra is a 3 year old unaltered medium to large female dog. Owner bought her from a breeder when she was a puppy. Owner surrendered due to living situation and personal issues.

Previously lived with:: 2 adults, 1 child

How is this dog around strangers?: Around strangers, she is friendly and outgoing and will allow to be pet all over by them.

How is this dog around children?: She lives with a 5 year old and is relaxed, respectful, and gentle playing with them.

How is this dog around other dogs?: She is playful and exuberant with dogs in the dog park.

How is this dog around cats?: She has not been around cats so behavior is unknown. There is no bite history with Cleopatra.

Resource guarding:: She has no known resource guarding issues

Bite history:: She has no known bite histories

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: High energy level

Other Notes:: There are no behavior concerns according to owner. She isn’t bothered with touching of food bowl, taking a bone or toy out of her mouth. She isn’t bothered with holding her. She will struggle to get out of the bathtub during bath time. Owner has never brushed her or trimmed nails so behavior is unknown. She is friendly with unfamiliar approaches to family or home.

Medical Notes: One year ago, Cleopatra was hit by a car and went to the vet but there was no underlying issues that was the last time she went to a vet.

For a New Family to Know: Cleopatra is described as friendly, affectionate, playful with a very high activity level. She plays with all types of toys but rips through most of them. She eats dry and wet food pedigree. She likes any type of treats. She is mostly house trained and uses grass and cement. She is crate trained and does well for 8 hours. She is well behaved being left alone in the home. She pulls on the leash. She wanders off leash but stays close by their side.

Date of intake:: 12/1/2017

Spay/Neuter status:: No

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

Previously lived with:: Adults and a child (age 5)

Behavior toward strangers:: Friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward children:: Relaxed, playful, and gentle

Behavior toward dogs:: Playful and exuberant

Resource guarding:: None reported

Bite history:: None reported

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: Cleo is described as friendly, affectionate, and playful with a very high activity level.

Date of assessment:: 12/3/2017

Look:: 2. Dog pulls out of Assessor’s hands each time without settling during three repetitions.

Sensitivity:: 1. Dog leans into the Assessor, eyes soft or squinty, soft and loose body, open mouth.

Tag:: 2. Dog is not fearful, but is unresponsive when touched. Approaches the Assessor when the game ends (may need coaxing to approach). Dog is focused on stimuli other than the Assessor.

Paw squeeze 1:: 1. Dog gently pulls back his/her paw.

Paw squeeze 2:: 1. Dog gently pulls back his/her paw.

Flank squeeze 1:: Item not conducted

Flank squeeze 2:: Item not conducted

Toy:: 1. Minimal interest in toy, dog may smell or lick, then turns away.

Summary:: Cleo approached the assessor quickly in the assessment room with a soft body. She jumped up on the assessor socially a few times. During tag, she was distracted, sniffing around the room. Cleo allowed all handling and displayed no concerning behaviors.

Summary:: The previous owner of Cleo describes her behavior around other dogs as “playful and exuberant”. Cleo has displayed exuberant, rough play behaviors when introduced off leash to dogs in the care center. She often has engaged in wrestling, mouthy play with frequent vocalization. The behavior department feels that Cleo should require slow introductions to social, playful dogs who are tolerant of rough, mouthy play.

Summary (1):: 12/2: When introduced off leash to a male dog, Cleo engages in very rough play, biting at the face and vocalizing. She is easily interrupted and explores briefly, then will return to rough play.

Summary (2):: 12/3: Cleo engages in exuberant, vocal and mouthy play. She displays the propensity to become over aroused during play and requires repeated interruption from handlers.

Date of intake:: 12/1/2017

Summary:: Upon intake Cleo has a loose body and allowed all handling.

Date of initial:: 12/1/2017

Summary:: Cleo was active, excited, social, and allowed all handling.

ENERGY LEVEL:: Her previous owners describe Cleo as a high-energy dog. She is a young, enthusiastic, social dog who will need daily mental and physical activity to keep her engaged and exercised. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in additional to physical exercise, to positively direct her energy and enthusiasm.

IN SHELTER OBSERVATIONS:: Cleo consistently displays highly social behavior with her human caretakers. She maintains a loose wiggly body throughout interactions and solicits attention from handlers.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: AVERAGE (suitable for an adopter with an average amount of dog experience)

Behavior Asilomar: H – Healthy

Potential challenges: : Basic manners/poor impulse control

Potential challenges comments:: Basic manners/poor impulse control: It is recommended that default behaviors such as “Leave it”, “Sit/Stay”, “Down” are reinforced to substitute any frustration and teach her to control her impulses instead of simply reacting; proper management is also advised. Force-free, reward based training only is recommended.