An Evaluation of a Behaviour Assessment to Determine the Suitability of Shelter Dogs for Rehoming

Table 2

Reasons given by assessors for failing dogs during the initial behaviour test (more than one reason was given for some dogs).

Reason	Number of dogs
Fearfulness	22
Aggression toward humans	11
Aggression toward other dogs	20
Untrustworthiness	9
Dog too forward or rough	8
Resource guarding	5
Excessive vocalization/escape behaviour	11
Total score too low	10