Basic Information:: Henry is a 5 year old white and chestnut large breed dog. He was given to his previous owner by someone who owned him prior. His previous owner has had him for 5 years. He was surrendered because the previous owner was no longer allowed to have him in the place he recently moved into.

Previously lived with:: 2 adults

How is this dog around strangers?: Around strangers, Henry is friendly and outgoing and exuberant at play with adults.

How is this dog around children?: Henry has not interacted with children.

How is this dog around other dogs?: Around other small and medium dogs, and some large dogs Henry is said to be friendly. Around some large dogs Henry will bark and wont interact.

How is this dog around cats?: Henry has not interacted with cats.

Resource guarding:: If his wet food bowl was touched while eating, Henry would growl and hover over the bowl. If his dry food was touched he kept eating and was relaxed. His previous owner stated, he does not get wet food often and gets very excited when he does. He is friendly and playful or a treat or toy is taken from him.

Bite history:: Henry has never bitten a person or animal while he with his previous owner.

Housetrained:: Yes

Energy level/descriptors:: Very High

Other Notes:: Henry is not bothered by fireworks or loud noises. He inst bothered if he is taken off furniture, restrained, if his nails are trimmed or an unfamiliar person approached the home. He’s tolerant during baths but will try to jump out and howls. He’s friendly if his coat is brushed or if an unfamiliar person approached his previous owner.

Medical Notes: Henry last went to a vet last year. He has on known injuries but is allergic to red meat.

For a New Family to Know: Henry is described as friendly, affectionate, playful, confident and excitable. His previous owner liked that he woke him up in the morning to play and always greeted him when he got home. When his previous owner was home he would tend to follow him around. He likes to play with stuffed toys and squeaky toys. His favorite game is tug. He was kept indoors and at night he slept in his previous owners bed. He ate dry Solid Gold Cold Water Fish bled. He is house trained and never had accidents indoors. Henry scratches on the door when he needs to use the bathroom. When left alone indoors he is well behaved unless left in a crate. If he is left in a crate he will, while inside, push the crate from one area of the home to another, grab things with his paw and drag them in the crate to chew them and use the bathroom. With a kong filled with peanut butter he is well behaved. He knows the cues; sit, come, down and paw. He was walked 2 times a day and pulls hard on the leash.

Date of intake:: 12/23/2017

Spay/Neuter status:: No

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Owner surrender (in previous home for 5 years)

Previously lived with:: Adults (2)

Behavior toward strangers:: Friendly, outgoing, exuberant

Behavior toward children:: Unknown

Behavior toward dogs:: Friendly around most dogs, may bark at some large dogs.

Behavior toward cats:: Unknown

Resource guarding:: Yes, growls and hovers over a bowl of wet food when approached.

Bite history:: Yes, at the care center Henry bit a staff member on the face, arm and hand, breaking skin on the arm and hand. The staff member was attempting to pet Henry after interacting with him for a few minutes.

Housetrained:: Yes

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

Date of assessment:: 1/4/2018

Summary:: Henry has at times been social with handlers, and at other times been highly aloof and also bit one staff member multiple times. As this behavior has no apparent trigger, he is not a good candidate for a handling assessment at this time.

Date of intake:: 12/23/2017

Summary:: Social, wiggly, sought attention.

Date of initial:: 12/23/2017

Summary:: Quickly escalated to warning signs (soft growl, side eye) with handling.

ENERGY LEVEL:: Henry’s previous owners describe him as a high-energy dog. He may have a low threshold for arousal and needs guidance to learn how to appropriately channel that energy when he becomes overstimulated. He will need daily mental and physical stimulation and exercise, and a force-free, positive reinforcement-based training class may help him to learn impulse control and to train desirable behaviors that can be rewarded.

IN SHELTER OBSERVATIONS:: Henry remains calm when in his kennel in the shelter environment. He has allowed minimal handling and brief touch but becomes aroused easily and will jump up onto the handler and mouth his/her hands.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: NEW HOPE ONLY

Behavior Asilomar: TM – Treatable-Manageable

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Place with a New Hope partner

Recommendations comments:: No children: Due to Henry’s bite history, we recommend an adult only home. Place with a New Hope partner: Due to Henry biting without any known trigger at the care center, we recommend placement with a New Hope partner who can provide any necessary behavior modification (force-free, positive reinforcement-based) and re-evaluate behavior in a stable home environment before placement into a permanent home.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Handling/touch sensitivity

Potential challenges comments:: Resource Guarding: Henry’s previous owner notes that he may growl when his food bowl is approached. We recommend that Henry be left along 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 Henry’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. Handling/Touch Sensitivity: Henry has bitten someone at the care center who attempted to pet him with no warning. It is important to always go slow and give Henry the option to walk away from any social interaction. Henry should never be forced to approach anything that he is uncomfortable with or to submit to petting or handling. It should always be Henry’s choice to approach a new person or thing. Henry may do best in an initially calm and quiet home environment and should be given time to acclimate to his new surroundings.