Agnar
Treeing Tennessee Brindle Mix | 1.5 Years Old | Male | 80 Lbs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Good with other dogs! ✔️ Good with cats! ✔️ Potty trained! ✔️ Crate trained! ✔️ Good in the car! ✔️ Walks well on leash! 🧸 Loves to play 😀 Friendly 🐶 Typical Puppy
✅ Cherry eye seen in photos has been repaired!
✅ Easy/loose leash walking
✅ Does not jump up and takes treats gently
✅ Likes to chase toys but hasn’t figured out returning them yet
✅ Smart boy who knows “sit”
Agnar is listed as a 1.5 year old Treeing Tennessee Brindle hound (we list dogs according to their rabies certificate). But he’s more likely 8 months old and some sort of mastiff group breed mix like a Great Dane. Agnar was 80 pounds on Jan 2nd and has continued to fill out since he got to Wisconsin. Agnar has the potential to be over 100 pounds when fully grown. Currently if he stands on his back legs he is at the lower portion of his foster Mom’s face (she’s 5’6”).
Agnar was found as a stray in Texas and then was in a shelter for 3 months before being brought to Wisconsin. This boy is a gorgeous adolescent love bug who can be quite goofy a times. He loves to play, go for walks and then cuddle at night when you make him settle down. Because he’s an adolescent he still has a lot of typical puppy behavior and you’ll have to treat him as if he’s a toddler.
Energy Level:
Agnar is a medium energy level pup who loves to play with his foster siblings and chew on Benebones. He will happily go for a daily walk if you’d take him but he can take a day off from walking too. You will need to keep an eye on this boy to redirect him when needed because he’s learning what it’s like to live in a home and he’s a puppy. He does re-direct to a Benebone.
Training:
Agnar is easy to train. He’s very food motivated and already knows the commands: sit, down, settle, wait, and touch. He has also showed interest in learning scent tracking. Agnar is a loose leash walker with a front hook harness. He will just saunter along with the other pups.
Crate Training:
Agnar easily goes in a kennel without any fuss for a chicken strip.
Potty Training:
Agnar is potty trained and will go outside on command.
Grooming:
Agnar is a short haired dog and will require minimal grooming.
Dogs:
Agnar loves every dog in his home and every dog he has met on walks. When we see another dog across the street while on a walk he completely ignores them.
When Agnar plays he is not dominant and likes to mimic other dogs' play styles. He loves to play with his foster sister who is 38 pounds and she is able to pin him to the ground all the time and he just lets her do it. Most of the time he’s a gentle giant but he is still learning to play and sometimes gets too rough.
Cats:
Agnar lives with 2 cats and is not aggressive towards them. He will just sniff them while they are sitting on the counter and then easily re-directs away from them.
Kids:
Agnar has met some teenagers on a walk and he just looked at them and then kept walking. He has not met younger kids. When Agnar gets wound up he may potentially treat little kids like a dog and play bite them. For this reason younger kids are not recommended for this boy at this time. When he’s grown out of his adolescent phase he’ll most likely be ok with them by the way he reacts to other teens/people/dogs/cats.
Agnar is going to be a gem of a dog for those people who like a big/giant dog. He just needs an owner who is comfortable with big dogs and adolescent behaviors.
