Our assessment of Hunter in his own home, he has since been taken in by another rescue after owner said they had had no help from anyone else contacted!

Hunter is a 14-month-old, male, semi haired, black, tan and white German Shepherd cross Malamute. He is not currently neutered but is microchipped. He has no known food allergies and no disclosed medical issues. He currently eats Tails dry and wet food.
Hunter is being rehomed as his current owners do not feel they are the right household for him.
They do not have enough time or experience to give him in relation to exercise, stimulation and ongoing training. Hunter has been training on a one-to-one basis with his owner and a dog trainer. The trainer believes that Hunter will be better placed within an experienced home who can offer him the exercise he needs or give him a job to do.

Hunter has never been around children, cats or livestock so his reaction towards them is unknown. He is selective with other dogs, preferring bitches at present. He is currently living with another dog (puppy) but they are kept separate (unknown why). He is currently being left alone for 4-5 hours and will go out with a dog walker. He settles down when travelling in a car.

Hunter has never shown aggression or bitten anybody but he is nervous of visitors and people he doesn’t know. He does not like the post-person and when in the home he will bark at people he sees through the window but stops when corrected. He will jump up at visitors but will settle down after making friends with them.

Hunter has lived in his current home since he was bought from a private breeder at 8 weeks old. He lives indoors and is housetrained. He is described as being strong on the lead but will settle after 10 minutes. He has a selective recall, depending on the situation and knows sit, down, paw and off (to get off sofa etc.). He is toy and treat focused and does not show any possessive tendencies over either.

During the time the GSRE assessor spent with Hunter, this is what they said about him.
Hunter is a typical German Shepherd x Malamute of his age 1 year 2 months. He is a lovely cuddly large dog who is not yet fully grown.

Hunter is nervous with new visitors and people he has not met before. He will jump up too. Once Hunter gets to know people, he is fine. He sat by the assessor’s feet while completing paper work and loved a fuss. Hunter was very curious and once trust was established, he was brilliant and enjoyed being stroked and handled.

Hunter is walked with a collar and lead he is very strong on lead. He is interested in dogs walking on the other side of the road. He’s not neutered so gets on better with bitches, Hunter said hello to a little dog while out and he was fine.

Hunter would benefit from socializing, routine and plenty of walks. Someone that has the time to bring on his training and give him stimulation. He has so much potential.

**** We have spoken with the manager of the rescue Hunter is with now and this is what he had to say:

Whilst in kennels, he has shown some kennel guarding behaviour.. including snapping at one of my colleagues when she was returning him to the kennel, but in Hunters defence, he doesn’t know her that well and he is stressed in the kennels.

Hunter loves his toys.. and food! He knows ‘sit’, ‘down’, ‘paw’, ‘wait’ and ‘look pretty’ (he puts both paws over your arm), he will also drop the ball right into your hand – he’s not shown any signs of possessive tendencies around toys. He seems to have had no lead training. He is part muzzle trained.

He apparently doesn’t like his paws being held, nor does he like things going over his head; it took a while to get him to trust me to put a slip lead on him, but will let you touch his collar/ears etc. He has seen our vet, and was fine… there was 5 people in the small room, and he greeted everybody quite happily, took treats, got weighed and allowed the male vet to touch him etc.

His previous owners reported that he lived with a 12week old puppy (Dacs/mini poodle), but had to be kept separate due to him being too “full on”, whilst I’ve been walking him he is very interested in other dogs, and has had a squabble through the fence with a very highly strung greyhound – now hate each other! But he has been nose to nose with others and been ok. Wants to chase cats.

Hunter is super friendly with me, and is okay with the other staff once he’s out of the kennel, but in the kennel he looks a bit intimidating, with them.. not me.

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Location:

Ashbourne

Sex:

Male

Age:

14 month

Neutered:

No

Good with children:

Unknown

Good with other dogs:

Selective

Good with cats:

No