Description of action | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
1. Intro to a Stranger | runs away hides | Hesitant, lies down | Goes to stranger | Jumps on stranger, bites and runs around hyper barks | Goes to the stranger may sit or sniff and walk around stranger | Walks and wags tail sits to be petted, |
2. bonding, must be after 4-6 days of ownership | No bonding | Notices people but indiffernt | Follows contently | Into self and only responds to humans when it wants to | Stays with it's partner, but will follow others away from it's partner | Bonds closely, follows everywhere, looks for partner when out of sight. |
3. Lifted up | Frozen hugs you | Small struggle strong heart beat | Settles down strong heart beat | Struggles, growls bites and jumps down | Struggles slightly, will respond different to strangers than partner | Doesn't care licks your face.Trusts partner and family |
4. Restrained on back | Stiff or will not be turned over | No struggle heart beat elevated, white eyes. Stiff. | relaxed | Can not restrain this dog on its back. | Struggles good eye contact. May settle down | Lays there quietly |
5. After restraint | Freezes or leaves | Rolls over pees, licks. | Wiggles licks hands | Jumps and licks your face, bites and runs around you. | Stays with human, may lick hands good eye contact | Lays there or may get up. If you get up pup will. |
6. Retrieves | Nothing, scared and lays down | Looks away | Doesn't notice | Chases picks up and runs away with, shakes it. | Chases but comes back to human. Easy to train to retrieve | Doesn't care to but watches. May follow the ball. Easy to train to retrieve |
7. Loud noises | Freezers or runs to hide. Wide eyed. | Startles may try to hide behind you. May get defensive | Listens, locates, ears up. interested | Startled, runs away barks, runs back to human. Tail under | Stays with human ears up may go toward noise but comes back to human and ignores. | Looks up investigates if no one is around. If you are there he may look over but is not concerned. |
8. Tease with rag then drop it. | Runs away | Defensive hides | Curious but wants human attention. May bite or hold rag. | Attacks, bites, shakes runs away with and may come back with | While teasing pup is interested and may take the rag. When dropped ignores | May hold rag but doesn't care, more interested in what you are doing. |
Herding | Scared of livestock | Watches but hides from stock | Curious, may follow but then run away | Attacks, bites, chases, circles constantly | Watches closely, will follow you around livestock | Watches closely, relaxed and confident around stock |
10 Open umbrella | Startled and runs to hide | Startled no investigation. | Ears up and stares. Elevated heart beat. | Leaps at bites at growls barks runs in all directions and barks a lot. | Startled, may run a few steps but doesn't leave human | Looks up ears up, is interested may go investigate but returns to human wagging tail. |
11. Energy | Frozen or runs to hide | Cautious, runs but not close to people | Trots and walks | Gallops everywhere. Runs. | Gallops, trots. | Walks prefers next to person, trots to stay with you |
12. Hunting | Afraid of open space | Stays close to human | Trots around loosely, some smelling | Runs around out of control | Always conscious of where you are, but trots in front sniffing ground | Will quarter in front of you on walks |
13. Hide treat under dish | No persistence | Some persistence but may not eat. | Finds it, moves dish and eats. | Persistent until it gets the treat and looks for more may jump on you or tear up dish. | If human leaves this pup leaves with human. May not remember treat | Lays down and waits, when human leaves remembers treat is there and gets it later. |