Topband: Is this considerd assisted

[Howard K2HK]

About 5:30AM EST my dogs woke me with some annoying barking. After checking around and finding no cause I decided to check 
topband rather than hop back to bed. TX3A was pounding in here an honest 5nn. Took only a few minutes to make a solid contact. I wonder if hanging around the shack has trained the dogs to sniff out the DX? Can I still enter in single op unassisted? 
73,
Howard..K2HK