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August West

Outcross German Shepherd -

Reg # FEN-FD 01M Male

August West's Pedigree

August West's DNA results

D.O.B - 5/20/14

Health Trak

Sire: Hemi Dam: Lexi

Temperament tests and notes

Notes as of 11/01/24

1. Social attraction: Drawn to people with an overall confidence that the human touch is a good thing 7-8

2. Following Stays close, moves in coinciding direction, 7-8

3. Restraint. Tolerant without malice. Takes a second or two before testing his predicament. 7-8

4. Social Dominance He can be quite demanding and has a way of "being in the way" often. 7-8

5. Emotional Availability: Every emotion is displayed openly. Puts effort into communicating his feeling 7-8

6. Job oriented tasking: strives to follow directions and asks for guidance by offering behaviors. 7-8

7. Touch Sensitivity: Tolerant but he feels touch and is sensitive to discomfort. Reacts calmly 7-8

8. Sound sensitivity: stable and curious. Doesn't flee but is wary if the noise is sudden. 7-8

9. Sight sensitivity: hardly responds to quick moving objects. non stimulous 9-10

10. Stability: Stable and dependable, predictable. Does not wander farther than his yard. 9-10

11. Barking/vocal/whining Barks appropriately. Will stop when directed. Doesn't whine with excess. 9-10

12. Digging - Does not dig 9-10

13. Destructive Not at all. 9-10

14. Human object awareness Interested in man made things, not partial to them. No preference noted 9-10

15. Boundary respectfulness does not wander beyond boundaries we set. EVER 9-10

16. Swallowing compulsion none. All chewed objects toys have remains . 9-10

NOTES AT ONE YEAR OLD His temperament is outstanding. HE LOVES, loves, being held, hugged, layed on top of, and handled while he's chewing on toys, and bones. He has NO resource guarding. He will bring his bones over so we can hold them while he chews on them. He will to the AA "LEAN" while tearing up his stuffies. If he can, he will place the stuffy ON us, and tear it up while we "help" him.

He will get very hot (with temperature tape, I can read an increase of 2 degrees) on his forehead and between his eyes when he is especially cuddly, or when we hug him. He LOVES being hugged. The tighter and more covering the better. (This is not true of children, just adults - he "tolerates" kid hugs.) He has remained in a hug for 13 minutes, not moving, just breathing steady. He does not bark

Auggie chews his food. Every little piece is daintily chewed and swallowed. He drinks water the same way.

Very concerned when people cry. Gets clingy and almost over-sympathizes by insisting he be cuddled.

NOTES AT TEN YEARS OLD Much of his temperament noted at one year old remains the same. In his senior years he is still very trainable, sensitive and intuitive of our needs. He lives with a large working pack of Livestock Guardiian Dogs noow and he has his challenges negotiating all of his offspring and grandpups that are now part of that pack. Still no aggression but he is overwhelming sometimes. His food obsession is a pain in the butt sometimes. We have difficulty keeping him from hovering while we are in the kitchen. He still has a talent for being in the way.

His health really impresses me. Hips are good, eyesight and hearing are lessened but he is still sharp and engaging.