End Reasons

An ‘end reason’ is the reason or reasons that a dog has retired, been transferred or released from your program and is being adopted or provided to another organization.

Storing these reasons are required because they are used for data summaries to identify which areas of health, behavior or other categories may be best to focus on for improvement in success rates and/or longer working times for graduated dogs.

These reasons listed below are reasons pertinent to guide and service dogs. Other types of working dogs will have different items on their list as well as some that are in common.

You can also click here to download a spreadsheet of End Reasons which includes 2 tabs – one tab lists reasons by Behavior Checklist items and the other mimics the table below.

1. To begin, follow steps on searching /selecting the dog with which you would like to add/edit their file.
2. Select the [Edit] icon

3. In the Edit screen, scroll down to New Status Date and Status in Owner’s Program. Select date of status change and select a status that ould result in ending a program (Released, Retired, etc.).

4. Select End Reason-1 and if applicable, add an End Reason-2.

5. To select End Reason, click on [Select] below the field box. Enter the reason in search bar, and/or select from list. You can select a tab (category – Appearance, Behavior, Breed/Whelp, Health, Performance, Other) at top of the page to narrow the search.

Please do NOT use ‘Behavior problem unspecified’ or ‘Health unspecified (for older data)’. An actual End reason should be selected/matched. If you can not find a match, please enter a support ticket to request an additional reason to the menu.

 

List of End Reasons by Category

(Most common reasons are in Red)

Age

• Age related retirement
• Age returned dog too old to reuse

Appearance

• Conformation Gait
• Mismark
• Too large
• Too small

Behavior

• Adaptability (attachment kennels poorly, separation anxiety)
• Aggression when challenges or protective of space
• Arousal (activated by stress)
• Arousal (excitable, distraction, high energy, figety, barks, socially inappropriate with dogs)
• Barks excessively
• Behavior problem unspecified
• Chase, movement excites
• Dog fear or aggression
• Eliminates while working
• Environmental Soundness (noise, traffic, objects, surfaces, riding)
• Focus lacking -mentally scattered due to stress
• Inhibited/avoidant when stressed
• Initiative or drive lacking
• Kinesthetic (body or harness sensitivity, body handling)
• Manners (destructive, eliminates in house)
• Manners (jumps on people, mouths, humps)
• Manners (steals food)
• Poor return to productive state
• Relationship (Handler/Dog team, unwilling)
• Resource Guarding (people or dogs)
• Stair concern, Elevated surfaces
• Stranger fear or aggression
• Thunderstorm Phobia

Breed/whelp

• Fertility poor
• Genetic risk retired breeder
• Had target number of litters
• Mothering skills poor
• Success rate poor for puppies
• Whelping Issues

Client

• Client health problem
• Client improper care of dog
• Client non-compliance
• Client-dog relationship
• Died while still actively working
• Graduate Caused Temp/work problem
• Lost Contact with Client

Dog Health

• Accidental or sudden death
• Blood/Lymph
• Cancer
• Congenital Deformity
• Digestive
• Elbows
• Endocrine
• Genotype test result risk
• Health Unspecified (for older data)
• Heart problem
• Hip dysplasia
• Mishap accident dog unusable
• Musculoskeletal Not hip or elbow
• Neonatal loss/Died after day 0 up to wean
• Neurologic (not seizure/tremor)
• Ophthalmologic
• Otitis Ear Infections
• Respiratory
• Seizures Tremors
• Skin allergy
• Stillborn/Died Day 0
• Urogenital

Performance

• Accuracy of work
• Deficient/change in client’s requirements for using a dog
• Incompatibility of match
• Lifestyle/environmental change for client

Surplus

• Surplus dog not used

Transfer

• Breeding agreement transfer to organization or breeder

Unknown

• Reason unknown