The Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test - Understanding the Test and Report

When you reserve a puppy from my doodle maltipoos, we provide a puppy aptitude report to help you in your decision to pick the perfect puppy. You can learn more at https://www.mydoodlemaltipoos.com/pup... Testing Categories: Social Attraction - degree of social attraction to people, confidence or dependence. Following - willingness to follow a person. Restraint - degree of dominant or submissive tendency, and ease of handling in difficult situations. Social Dominance - degree of acceptance of social dominance by a person. Testing Ground Rules: We test at a location unfamiliar to the puppies. Usually in the same house but in a room where the puppies have not been. Puppies are tested one at a time. No other dogs or people are around except for the scorer and the tester. The puppies do not know the tester. The scorer is a 3rd party and not someone interested in selling you a puppy. Puppies are tested before they are fed. Puppies are tested when they’re at their liveliest Only the first response will be counted. Elevation - degree of accepting dominance while in a position of no control, such as at the veterinarian or groomer. Retrieving - degree of willingness to do something for you. Together with Social Attraction and Following a key indicator for ease or difficulty in training. Touch Sensitivity - degree of sensitivity to touch and a key indicator to the type of training equipment required. Sound Sensitivity - degree of sensitivity to sound, such as loud noises or thunderstorms. Sight Sensitivity - degree of response to a moving object, such as chasing bicycles, children or squirrels. Stability - degree of startle response to a strange object.