The Challenge Continues!

We continue the Service dog training journey.

1. Car travel:

 X Yes __No Dog did not attempt to exit until given the appropriate command

 X Yes __No Dog was under control while exiting car and immediately after

 X Yes __No Dog did not interfere with or become distracted by a passing dog

2. Approaching a building:

 X Yes __No Dog was calm around moving cars

 X 1    2 __3 __4 Dog remained in a heel position on a loose leash

 X 1    2 __3 __4 When handler stopped the dog also stopped

__1  X 2 __3 __4 Dog did not attempt to greet or sniff others

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog did not attempt to eliminate unless specifically cued to do so

3. Entering a building:

 X Yes __No Dog entered building in a controlled manner using a manual door

 X Yes __No Dog entered building in a controlled manner using an automatic door

4. Moving through a store with distractions:

__1  X 2 __3 __4 Dog remained in heel position on a loose leash or calmly in place

__1  X 2 __3 __4 Dog was focused on handler

 X Yes __No Dog did not brush against or topple any merchandise

 X Yes __No Dog was not bothered by shopping carts and other distractions

5. Grocery Store:

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog was calm and kept pace alongside handler pushing shopping cart

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog did not sniff any food products or people

 X Yes __No Dog remained calm around shopping carts and people

6. High-distraction behaviors:

 X Yes __No Dog did not break the stay, startle or vocalize during the step-over

 X Yes __No Dog tolerated contact from the child

 X  Yes __No Dog did not break its position during contact with the child

 X Yes __No Dog was largely focused on handler during contact with the child

__Yes  X No Dog successfully tucked its tail

7. Mass transit: (not yet tested)

__1 __2 __3 __4 Dog boarded and exited public transportation calmly

__1 __2 __3 __4 Dog remained in position without disturbing others

8. Restaurants:

__1  X 2 __3 __4 Dog successfully ignored food or crumbs on restaurant floor

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog remained in position out of the way of others

 X 1   2 __3 __4 Dog did not beg, sniff, or create a disturbance in the restaurant

 X Yes __No Dog did not break its position during the dropped food challenge

 X Yes __No Dog did not sniff the dropped food item

 X Yes __No Dog did not try to consume the dropped food item

9. Bathrooms:

 X Yes __No Dog entered the bathroom without obvious fear

 X Yes __No Dog remained in position while handler washed his/her hands

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog did not whine or peek into adjacent stalls

10. Elevators:

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog entered, rode the elevator without fear, and exited appropriately

11. Escalators (NOTE: This part of the test is optional):

__Yes __No Dog got on the escalator without incident

__Yes __No Dog rode the escalator calmly

__Yes __No Dog got off the escalator in a controlled manner

12.

Stairs:

 X Yes __No Dog climbed stairs with handler in a controlled manner

13.

Off lead recall with distraction:

 X Yes __No Dog came immediately to the handler without hesitation or distraction

14.

Surfaces:

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog walked confidently on a variety of surfaces

15. Basic commands:

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog sat on command

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog laid down on command

16. Team relationship:

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Handler positively reinforced dog when commands were followed correctly

 X 1 __2 __3 __4 Dog was confident, relaxed, and friendly

 X 1    2 __3 __4 Dog was under the handler’s control

Scoring:

The team must score a 1 or a 2 on all 1-2-3-4 parts of the test. The team must score “yes” 80% of

the time on the yes/no parts of the test. There are 24 such items, so the team must score “yes” on at

least 19 items if all optional items are included.

Result from test: PASS!!!!! However we still need to work on the buses in our area