Question 1

You’re walking your Labrador in your neighborhood. You approach someone in their driveway talking with their lawn person. You notice a pitbull type dog standing with the homeowner. The dog barks, it’s a warning bark. You do the following:

a. You ignore the dogs territorial warning and proceed walking on the sidewalk directly in front of the homeowners home.

b. You notice the dog, you understand the dogs signaling could provoke a situation and cross over to the opposite side of the street and use that sidewalk.

c. You yell to homeowner your Rover is friendly and just wants to say hello.

Question 2

You recently moved to Florida. The development where you live includes wildlife conservation areas and lots of lakes and wooded areas. You have a sight hound mix. Your dogs wisdom panel concluded two dominate breeds, Greyhound and Labrador. You enjoy walking along trails around the lakes and through the woods. The home owners association has posted warning signs that gators could be present and do not disturb the wildlife.

a. You ignore these warnings, let your dog off leash and swim in the lakes.

b. You allow your dog to pull you close to the lakes edge and along the shore.

c. Rover spots a family of Sandhill Cranes and you delight in letting Rover bark furiously at them.

d. You’re aware your dogs behavior in these situations can be dangerous and get help from a qualified professional dog behavior and training specialist who uses positivity teaching methods. You respect wildlife and your community. You want to avoid your dog terrorizing wildlife and protect them from harmful situations.

Question 3

You just adopted a mixed breed dog. The shelter thinks the dog is terrier mix. Their veterinarian guessed the dogs age around 2-3 years. The shelter neutered the dog. There isn’t any obvious characteristics that might identify the breed mix. They also said the dog was picked up roaming.

a) The rescue, your friends and family told you to get your furbaby socialized asap. You decide the best opportunity is your local off lead dog park. You take your new furbaby to your dog park the next day.

b) You work M-F. You make arrangements for your furbaby to attend dog daycare. He meets their vaccination requirements. You arrange free trial day. They tell you Monday is available. You book that slot. You just adopted him Friday afternoon and you have to get back to work.

c) You planned two week vacation. You expected some uncertainty and how best to acclimate your new furbaby into their new home. You’ve already prearranged a behavior consult with professional behavior training specialist. This is your first dog ownership experience. You want to get it right.

d) You heard that board and train can train your furbaby for you. It’s expensive, often 2 weeks or more. They guarantee their results for the dogs lifetime. It’s not clear how they train dogs. This sounds like an easy solution since you don’t have a lot of free time to train yourself.

Select your choice for each question. Use the comment section below using this format a, b, c. d (rhetorical Q&A designed to get you to think)

BettyB ✔️ just because she’s really cute, well-trained, however, like most of us, she’s good not perfect in every context.