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Reina's Puppy Test
Puppy Obedience
Therapy Dog
Obediance
K-9 First Aid
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Reina's scores have been bolded:
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TEST |
PURPOSE |
SCORE |
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SOCIAL ATTRACTION:
Place puppy in test area. From a few
feet away the tester coaxes the pup
to her/him by clapping hands gently
and kneeling down. Tester must coax in
a direction away from the point where it
entered the testing area. |
Degree of social
attraction, confidence
or dependence. |
-Came readily, tail up,
jumped, bit at hands.
-Came readily, tail up, pawed, licked at hands.
-Came readily, tail up.
-Came readily, tail down
-Came hesitantly, tail down.
-Didn't come at all. |
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FOLLOWING:
Stand up and walk away from the
pup in a normal manner. Make sure
the pup sees you walk away. |
Degree of following
attraction. Not
following indicates
independence. |
-Followed readily, tail
up, got underfoot
bit at feet.
-Followed readily, tail up, got underfoot.
-Followed readily, tail up
-Followed readily, tail down.
-Followed hesitantly, tail down.
-No follow or went away. |
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RESTRAINT:
Crouch down and gently roll the pup
on his back and hold it with one
hand for a full 30 seconds. |
Degree of dominant or
submissive tendency.
How it accepts stress
when socially/
physically dominated. |
-Struggled fiercely,
flailed, bit.
-Struggled fiercely, flailed.
-Settled, struggled, settled with some
eye contact.
-Struggled then settled.
-No struggle.
-No struggle, straining to avoid eye contact. |
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SOCIAL DOMINANCE:
Let pup standup and gently stroke
him from the head to back while
you crouch beside him.
Continue stroking until a
recognizable behavior is established. |
Degree of acceptance
of social dominance.
Pup may try to
dominate by jumping
and nipping or is
independent and walks
away. |
-Jumped, pawed, bit,
growled.
-Jumped, pawded.
-Cuddles up to testor and tries to lick
face.
-Squirmed, licked at hands.
-Rolled over, licked at hands.
-Went away and stayed away. |
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ELEVATION DOMINANCE:
Bend over and cradle the pup under
its belly, fingers interlaced, palms
up and elevate it just off the ground.
Hold it there for 30 seconds. |
Degree of accepting
dominance while in
position of no control. |
-Struggled fiercely,
bit, growled.
-Struggled fiercely.
-No struggle, relaxed
-Struggled, settled, licked
-No struggle, licked at hands.
-No struggle, froze. |
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OBEDIENCE APTITUDE TEST
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TEST |
PURPOSE |
SCORE |
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RETRIEVING:
Crouch beside pup and attract
his attention with crumpled up
paper ball. When the pup shows
interest and is watching, toss the
object 4-6 feet in front of pup.
*** I used a
tennis ball for this test.***
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Degree of willingness
to work with a human.
High correlation
between ability to
retrieve and successful
guide dogs, obedience
dogs, field trial dogs. |
-Chases object, picks
up object and
runs away.
-Chases object, stands over object,
does not return.
-Chases object and returns with object
to testor.
-Chases object and returns without
object to testor.
-Starts to chase object, loses interest.
-Does not chase object. |
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TOUCH SENSITIVITY:
Take puppy's webbing of one
front foot and press between *finger
and thumb lightly then more firmly
till you get a response, while you
count slowly to 10. Stop as soon as
puppy pulls away, or shows
discomfort.
*Do NOT use fingernail. |
Degree of sensitivity
to
touch. |
8-10 counts before
response.
6-7 counts before response.
5-6 counts before response.
2-4 counts before response.
1-2 counts before response.
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SOUND SENSITIVITY:
Place pup in the center of area,
testor or assistant makes a sharp
noise a few feet from the puppy.
A large metal spoon struck
sharply on a metal pan twice
works well. |
Degree of sensitivity
to
sound. (Also can be a
rudimentary test for
deafness.) |
-Listens, locates
sound, walks toward
it barking.
-Listens, locates sound, barks.
-Listens, locates sound, shows
curiosity and walks toward sound.
-Listens, locates the sound.
-Cringes, backs off, hides.
-Ignores sound, shows no curiosity. |
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SIGHT SENSITIVITY:
Place pup in center of room. Tie
a string around a large towel and
jerk it across the floor a few feet
away from puppy.
*** Did not have a
towel with me** |
Degree of intelligent
response to strange
object. |
-Looks, attacks and
bites.
-Looks, barks and tail up.
-Looks curiously, attempts to investigate.
-Looks, barks, tail-tuck.
-Runs away, hides. |
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STRUCTURE:
The puppy is gently set in a
natural stance and evaluated for
structure in the following
categories:
Straight front
Straight rear
Shoulder layback
Front angulations
Croup angulations
Rear angulations |
Degree of structural
soundness. Good
structure is necessary. |
-The puppy is
correct in structure.
-The puppy has a slight fault or deviation.
-The puppy has an extreme fault or
deviation. |
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