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On The Job Behavior

Date
Month
Day
Year
1. ANXIOUS IN UNFAMILIAR LOCATIONS - Initially anxious during first visits to unfamiliar locations. Exhibited as increased or inhibited activity, cautious and/or less responsive or focused. When scoring, it is only the
2. NOISE SENSITIVITY - Startle, tense body language, hurries, escape or displacement behaviors when exposed to noise such as car horns, hair dryers, vacuums, banging
3. FEAR OF NOVEL OBJECTS - Fearful, avoidant or suspicious of unfamiliar objects, which could be anything, but common examples are plastic bags, statues, yard equipment, balloons, etc
4. FEAR OF UNDERFOOTINGS - Fearful, nervous, apprehensive of various walking surfaces (Part 1)
Optional
5. FEAR OF DOGS - Inhibited response to other dogs on leash or off leash such as low body posture, pulling back, head low, apprehensive, avoidant, hackles, withdraws, reluctant to proceed, watches
6. FEAR OF STAIRS - Hurries, refuses, or hesitant on stairs
Optional
7. FEAR OF TRAFFIC - Tense body language, tail low or tucked, change in activity level, startle, retreat, escape in response to sight and sounds of vehicle traffic
8. SEPARATION ANXIETY - Restless, vocalizes, and/or becomes destructive when left alone
Optional
9. HYPER -ATTACHMENT - Overly attached to primary handler, seeks to return to primary handler when handled by others
10. FEAR OF STRANGERS - Fearful, nervous, apprehensive with strangers, cautious, avoidant, hackling, slow approach, keying in, barking, growling, escape
11. BODY HANDLING CONCERN - Avoidant, anxious, fearful and/or aggressive when handled for noninvasive activities in a manner typical of a vet exam, grooming and/or nail clipping (Part 1)
Optional
12. RETREATS WHEN REACHED FOR - Moves head or face away when reached for by familiar persons
13. HARNESS SENSITIVITY - Drops rear quarters when harness put on.
14. AVOIDANCE OF BLOWING FAN - Fearful or avoidant when walking past a blowing fan

15 . BODY SENSITIVITY TO OBJECT CONTACT - Inhibited by physical contact with objects other than harness handle on back. Manifested by change in energy or walking pace or other object touching the dog, inhibited reaction or slowing down and/or avoiding or freezing when wearing items such as dog jackets or body of the harness, hypervigilance with foot placement, avoidance of tight spaces, focus 2-3 feet in front of the dog

Optional
16. ANXIOUS ABOUT RIDING IN VEHICLES - Avoids getting into vehicle, does not settle when riding

17 . INHIBITED OR PASSIVELY AVOIDANT WHEN EXPOSED TO POTENTIALLY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS - Copes with stress poorly, evidenced passively such as shutting down, avoidance, withdrawal, displacement activity such as avoidant sniffing and/or quitting as a response to stress

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18. ACTIVATED WHEN EXPOSED TO POTENTIALLY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS - Copes with stress poorly, evidenced by becoming more active such as faster movements, taking treats harder, more distracted or other displacement behaviors to release emotional energy
19. EXCITABLE - Increases energy and arousal levels without observed stress signals in response to stimuli such as, but not limited to, greeting a person, seeing another animal, being petted, anticipating going
20. SLOW TO RETURN TO PRODUCTIVE EMOTIONAL STATE - It takes the dog a long time to recover its productive emotional state following exposure to an arousing or stressful stimulus situation. Time starts after an exciting
21. FIDGETY WHEN HANDLER IS IDLE - Unsettled and/or pursues own interests when handler is idle
Optional
22. FEAR WHEN ON ELEVATED AREAS, DROP-OFFs, etc - Dog is fearful, apprehensive, hesitant near platform edges, or other elevated areas
23. BARKS PERSISTENTLY - Barks persistently when alarmed or excited
24. HIGH ENERGY LEVEL - Requires more energy outlets than the average dog to achieve a calm demeanor
25. LACKS FOCUS - Looking around; attention moves from one stimulus to another without maintaining focus on an activity. This is not a measure of 'engagement with handler', which is scored in number 41 Handler/Dog Team
26. MOVEMENT EXCITES - Easily distracted by non-animal movement: blowing leaves, flashlight, hose spraying water, etc., and has difficulty redirecting attention
27. CHASING ANIMALS - Excited by animals other than dogs (e.g. birds, insects, squirrels, etc.) with persistent interest
28. DOG DISTRACTION - Persistent interest in and high excitability level with other dog(s)
29. SNIFFING - Distracted by olfactory stimuli
30. SCAVENGES - Picks up food or other items from the floor, sidewalk or other similar surface.
31. INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR AROUND THE HOME - Chews household items, steals food or other items, tries to take things off counter tops, tables, etc., or out of garbage can. Carries or moves household objects
32. LACKS INITIATIVE- Lacks intrinsic motivation to seek solutions while performing a task requested by its handler
33. NOT WILLING - Dog pursues own interests; lacks apparent desire to respond to handler
34. RESOURCE GUARDING TOWARD PEOPLE - Exhibits signs of aggressive guarding or possessiveness of resources (objects, toys, food) toward people who are present and/or approaching
35. AGGRESSION TOWARD STRANGERS - Shows aggression towards unfamiliar people (charges, rushes, bites or attempts to bite)
36. AGGRESSION TOWARD DOGS - Shows aggression toward other dogs (charges, growls, rushes, bites or attempts to bite)
Optional
37. RESOURCE GUARDING TOWARD DOGS OR OTHER PETS - Exhibits signs of aggressive guarding or possessiveness of resources (objects, toys, food) toward dogs or other pets that are present and/or approaching
Optional
38. INAPPROPRIATE ELIMINATION WHILE WORKING EN ROUTE
39. SOCIALLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITH PEOPLE- Exhibits poor social manners with people
40. INCONSISTENT - Dog's confidence, demeanor and/or ability to cope is inconsistent and not as expected based on the recent observations and training or socialization provided
41. SOCIALLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITH DOGS
42. THUNDER REACTION
43. KENNELS POORLY - Adapts poorly to living in a kennel environment, evidenced by stressed emotiona

44 . HOUSEBREAKING PROBLEMS - Frequency at which dog eliminates in the home or when confined to a crate assuming the dog is given appropriate opportunity to eliminate and does not have a medical condition impacting the dog's ability to control eliminaton under normal circumstances

45. HANDLER/DOG TEAM: How well dog and handler work together
46. RELATIONSHIP SKILLS - Handler’s ability to help team work well together and/or advance the dog's confidence and/or skills
Optional

47 . COMPARISON 9-1 SCORE - This comparison score really helps us to get an overall picture of each dog. Use the 9-1 numerical score to grade each dog as an approximation of how well suited THIS dog appears to be at THIS time, related to the dogs in YOUR program, at THIS time. No need to consider how another program may rate the dog, how well suited for another line of work, or how the dog compares to the ultimat

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48. WORKING SPEED - Pace at which the dog is walking while guiding or other work the dog is trained to do.
49. GAIT WHEN MOVING OUT - How easily the dog maintains a trot when moving quickly
50. INNATE DESIRE TO WORK - Lacks intrinsic drive and motivation to learn tasks and be engaged with the handler
51. AVOIDANCE OF EXHAUST FROM VEHICLES
52. WHINES EXCESSIVELY- Vocalizes by whining in any situation whether excited or stressed
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