Date of intake:: 5/1/2025

Spay/Neuter status:: No

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

Previously lived with:: 1 adult and one large dog for 5 years

Behavior toward strangers:: Hansen is tolerant toward strangers

Behavior toward children:: Hansen is playful, friendly and outgoing with children

Behavior toward dogs:: Hansen is friendly around familiar dogs but prefers contact on own terms with unfamiliar dogs

Behavior toward cats:: Hansen will hides at 1st but is friendly/outgoing after a bit

Resource guarding:: Reportedly guards toys, food and treats tense body, growls/hard barks

Bite history:: No bite history

Housetrained:: Partially

Energy level/descriptors:: High

Other Notes:: Sargent growls/hard barks/lunges at small animals, large dogs Sargent hard barks and growls when startled/pushed or pulled off furniture Sargent fearful when feet and paws are touched Sargent is described as a vocal dog that prefers contact on their own terms. He is social and affectionate with familiar people and likes to hand out in the living room. He enjoys being petted, toys bones/dog biscuits and going outside, he pulls mild to moderate when walking.

Date of assessment:: 5/2/2025

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Hard Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Highly social Call over: Approaches with coaxing Sociability comments: Stays near handlers soliciting social interaction Soft handling: Accepts contact Exuberant handling: Accepts contact Comments: Arousal Jog comments: Follows neutral Knock Knock comments: No response Toy Toy comments: No response

Summary (7):: 5/20/25: Sargent Hanson is at the front of his kennel when the handler approached wagging his tail as he waits to be leashed. He is easily leashed and taken out of his kennel without a problem. Once outside, Sargent Hanson immediately relieves himself and explores the sidewalk. Sargent Hanson finds a stuff toy and immediately grabs it and lays down on the sidewalk to play with it for a couple minutes and then drops it and continues walking. After a couple minutes, he is easily brought back into the building and into his kennel with ease. 5/17/25: Sargent is barking at the front of his kennel when approached and begins wagging his tail when he notices the leash. He is easily removed from his kennel and taken to the street for his walk. Sargent walks at a slow pace at the handlers side but occasionally walks ahead to relieve himself. During the walk Sargent accepts head scratches and slightly leans in. When the walk is over Sargent is brought back to his kennel and goes in without issue. 5/14/25: Sargent Hanson is at the front of the kennel with a neutral body. He is easily leashed and walks slowly out of the kennel and the building beside the handler. He is walked to the street where he continues to walk slowly. He relieves himself and sniffs for a bit before being walked back to the shelter. Sargent Hansen stops at the front of the kennel. Handler applies a bit of leash pressure and walked into kennel and the leash is removed without issue. 5/2/25- Sargent Hansen is laying down in his kennel with a soft body, he is easily leashed and taken for a street walk. He pulls hard to various spots to sniff. He is aloof with handler and shows no interest in treats. He has no reaction to any stimuli. He is taken for his assessment where he is easily collared and social with handlers. He continues to show no interest in treats. Sargent is easily releashed and returned to kennel without issue.

Date of intake:: 5/1/2025

Summary:: Hesitant to allow leashing, not accepting treats, muscled into kennel

Date of initial:: 5/2/2025

Summary:: Tense but allows all handling

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

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 2

Recommendations:: No young children (under 5)

Recommendations comments:: No young children (under 5): Due to handling sensitivity we recommend a home with no young children.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Handling/touch sensitivity,Fearful/potential for defensive aggression,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration

Potential challenges comments:: Resource Guarding: Sargent Hansen's former owners report he will guard valuable resources such as toys and food. We recommend that Hansen be left alone while eating, and that food guarding behavior modification steps (available at ASPCApro.org) be utilized if this behavior is problematic in his future home. Nothing should ever be taken directly out of Hansen's mouth, and any time something is removed he should be rewarded with a high value treat or toy. He should be taught the "drop" cue and trade-up games. Please see handout on Resource Guarding. Handling Sensitivity: Sargent's previous owner states that he will hard bark and growl when startled or when pushed off furniture. They also state he is fearful when his paws are touched. Positive reinforcement, reward based training should be used to pair touch with good things such as food rewards in order to teach Sargent to be more comfortable with this. Please see handout on Handling and Touch Sensitivity. Fearful Defensive: Sargent's previous owner states he will hard bark and growl when startled. When first arriving at the care centers Hansen was reported to be somewhat fearful, he would baulk and pancake when being walked into kennel. It should always be Hansen’s choice to approach a new person or thing. Hansen would do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to his new surroundings. Please see handout on Decompression Period. On Leash Reactivity: Sargent's previous owner states that he will hard bark, growl, and lunge at small animals, and dogs. Sargent 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.