Date of intake:: 11/8/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: No

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

Previously lived with:: 3 Adults, 1 child (13 y/o) and 1 female LMB

Behavior toward strangers:: Mike is friendly and outgoing

Behavior toward children:: Mike is playful and friendly

Behavior toward dogs:: Mike is friendly with familiar dogs, will lunge, growl, and bark at unfamiliar dogs

Behavior toward cats:: Mike will hard bark

Resource guarding:: None reported

Bite history:: None reported

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: High (often playful/busy)

Other Notes:: Mike is an anxious dog when left alone. Mike will hard pull while on leash. Mike has destructive tendencies. Mike will hard bark at strangers when they approach the yard. Mike isn't bothered when held/restrained, disturbed while sleeping, startled, pushed/pulled on furniture, feet/paws touched, or when their collar is grabbed. Mike's previous owner describes him as an active and playful dog.

Date of assessment:: 11/9/2025

Summary:: Mike Wazowski has been obsvered to be highly on leash reactive. Noted to hard bark and lunge towards dogs while on leash. Mile is also observed to hard stare towards handlers with a tense body. Due to the high levels of fear, stress, and anxiety displayed. Mike Wazowski is not a candidate to receive a handling assessment at this time.

Summary (7):: 11/11/2024 (Trainer Note): Mike is standing at the front of kennel with a neutral body as handler approaches. He begins to bark and bounce up and down in a frantic manner as the door is unlocked. He attempts to push out of as handler braces the door. He is leashed and removed from the kennel. As he exits he lunges towards the dogs in the crate and hard barks, handler has to use a lot of muscle and a very short leash to pull him away. He continues displaying the same behavior until he reaches the yard. He relieves himself in the yard and paces around the pen, remaining frantic. Handler keeps him on a leash and cues a sit, he complies and is given a high value treat. As handler returns him to kennel, his movements become erratic and intense, mildly thrashing, pulling and darting in all directions, his body tense, and is hard barking and lunging towards the dogs. Handler swiftly muscles him down the hallway and into the kennel. 11/9/25: Mike is obsvered to hard bark and lunge towards people and dogs passing while in kennel. 11/8/25:(PM WALKS) Mike Wazowski is at the front of the kennel with a neutral body and wagging tail. Handler offers him a treat, Mike sniffs but does not show interest in it. He is easily leashed and pulls very hard out of the kennel and out of the room. Mike is brought to the backyard where he wanders around, he is sniffing repeatedly and is aloof with the handler. Mike does not respond to squeakers or vocal cues (calling 'hey!'). He relieves himself and the second handler goes to pick it up. As the handler walks to the garbage Mike turns around and pulls hard towards the second handler and stares at them with a tense body. He is kept away and walked around the perimeter of the yard. He ignores people passing the fence and is walked back into the shelter. A dog passes in front of him and he begins pulling forward and hard barking. He hard barks towards the passing pop up crates before he is placed in the kennel. As the leash is removed he begins to hover over a toy with a tense body. The leash is removed and as the kennel is locked, Mike jumps up and paws at the door whimpering and barking repeatedly. The interaction is ended. 11/8/25: Mike Wazowski was being brought to his kennel. He can be heard barking and scrambling outside of the office. Staff reported that he pulled and barked towards the pop-up crate outside the room and began thrashing. He was placed in kennel his kennel and the leash was removed with a hook.

Date of intake:: 11/8/2025

Summary:: Loose body, wagging tail

Date of initial:: 11/8/2025

Summary:: Loose wiggly body, wagging tail, thrashes when muzzled

ENERGY LEVEL:: Mike Wazowski is described as active and enthusiastic. They will need daily mental and physical activity to keep them engaged and exercised. We recommend long-lasting chews, food puzzles, and hide-and-seek games, in additional to physical exercise, to positively direct their energy and enthusiasm. We recommend feeding with puzzle feeders and food-dispensing toys. And we recommend using force-free, reward-based training techniques for Mike.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: New Hope Only

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),No cats,Recommend no dog parks,Place with a New Hope partner

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to on leash reactivity we recommend a home with no children. No Cats: Due to hard barking towards cats on the street we recommend a home with no cats. No Dog Parks: Due to lunging, growling, and barking towards unfamiliar dogs we recommend no trips to the dog park. We recommend placement with a New Hope rescue partner who is able to provide an experienced, adult-only foster home. Force-free, reward based training and/or consultation with a professional trainer/behaviorist is highly recommended.

Potential challenges: : Destructive behavior,Separation anxiety,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Strength/leash pulling

Potential challenges comments:: Destructive Behavior: Mike's previous owner states that he has destructive tendencies in the home. We are unaware of what, if any, attempts were made to remedy this behavior but we suggest to future adopters that Mike will need to be provided with physical and mental stimulation and with a variety of appropriate and engaging chew toys so they can engage in necessary chewing behavior without damage to human objects. Please see handout on Destructive Behavior. Separation Anxiety: Mike's previous owner states that he will become anxious when left alone. We recommend that potential adopters feel comfortable with separation anxiety behaviors and be prepared to manage and positively modify them should they appear in a home environment. They would do best in a home where a person is home for a large part of the day or with a plan so they are not alone for long periods of time. Please see handout on Separation Anxiety. On Leash Reactivity/ Leash Pulling: Mike's previous owner states that he hard bark towards cats, dogs, and strangers while on leash. During his stay in the care center Mike has been obsvered to be highly on leash reactive. This behavior is not able to be redirected. Mike will need positive reinforcement, reward based training to teach them to look at you rather than dogs and other stimuli. We recommend a front clip harness to help manage this behavior. Please see handout on On Leash Reactivity and Barrier Frustration.