Canine Temperament Test Fail 

Ideally they don't want dogs going through the test who have been trained for it. It's a test designed to increase difficulty and test the dog on reactions to certain stimuli. Its meant to test reactions. In this case, he just wasn't mature enough but has since passed a Temperament Test and a CGC.

chizoioioi it's about testing the dogs on change in footing. same as walking across the tarp that makes noise. how do they do walking over something that changes.

SouthBuffaloG1 it's used to determine how they handle unusual footing. A soft dog will not pass. The issue here, if I probably took him through the test before he was mature enough to understand it better. This is my dog. He was a little over 18 months old when we did this. Were we to retake the test, he would be fine with the footing at this point. It was something I hadn't worked with him on beforehand because of a lack of ability to do so. Had he walked across the grating, he would have passed this test. We are only able to test one more time and after that, we're blocked from it. No tests nearby are scheduled.

he did great, it is obvious that he is rock solid. If anything I would have wanted him to alert more on the unfriendly stranger but he looked thirsty :) I'm pretty sure a female in heat passed thru that course before you did haha :) All he needs is grate practice and you got this.

Sophia Larkspur When we did this one, he was only about a year and half and still very immature. He has since passed a temperament test with GSD Club of Washington and has the certificate from GSD Club of America as a result. He's used to more active trials so hadn't figured out how to process what we were doing at the time.

He has to greet without being excited and not jumping up. I'm surprised they passed him on that. Walking on mesh is something you would come across in the city and the like.

He has since passed :)

diane loya he was about 3 when he passed. He definitely matured a lot between this test and the passing one. Only about a year and a half between tests but that was more due to time and test availability.

Wren Sounds silly! Looked like an excellent dog to me!.. I have needed to teach every dog I have ever owned to be comfortable walking over a grating. Number one -- walk over the grating yourself,

EJ Haskins It's a TEMPERAMENT test. If you want to test basic training, try a CGC. atts.org/frequently-asked-questions/ See item 6: 6. What, if any, preparation does my dog need? No special training beyond normal socialization and exposure to normal living is necessary. Should a dog be socialized to walk on uneven footing? Of course. They should learn that as a puppy. But you do not TRAIN to have correct temperament. Are you seeing the distinction?

Wren NO! An indication of temperament would show up DURING the training. Timid dogs simply take longer to be at ease with new things. Though even this will be affected by how many new things the dog was exposed to from puppyhood. Think “kennelosis”. And ‘training’ is happening the whole time. You talk about “normal socialization and exposure to normal living” without defining what you consider ‘normal’. I would expect that being prepared to walk over a grating was ‘normal living’ for a city dog, but pretty rare (except for cattle gratings) for a country dog. A normal country dog would do exactly as your dog did - you walked around the grating, therefore your dog did too. Sign of intelligence, really.

EJ Haskins As I suspect that URLs are not permitted here, I suggest that you look up/Google for: "Socialisation and other critical periods' by 'best behaviour.com.and "Problem behaviour I dogs, Understanding the shy dog" Campbell

Wren I am a qualified CGC Instructor (though now retired). So I am not talking of 'training' obedience type thingies. I am talking about normal socialisation to both the living and non-living environment.

Hi! If you'd like to contact me on my facebook page, I can give you some tips! facebook.com/KrystalZDogTraining/ You can also check out my website www.KrystalZDogTraining.weebly.com Far as tips go, I started with luring and rewarding for being where I wanted him to be. Every now and then I'd have to throw in some directional changes when he wasn't paying attention before he started to be more reliable in walking next to me. Hopefully next Rally Trial we do, I can get someone to record our run. He's not perfect but he gets the job done.

+KZoppa okay Thank you! I'll check it out tomorrow, I'll defiantly email you soon!

Sounds good!

I wouldn't have failed you for temperament, more for lack of control. Temperament look stable

Megan Gould please look up requirements for the American temperament test society. You're not supposed to train for the test. the instructor specifically told us at the beginner to let the dog just do what he's going to do. at this time he was 18 months old. We have since passed a temperament test. This is NOT the CGC so testing is different.

I also want to point out that he was a young dog who had just finish running in his favorite event ever. His training is fine but he was young when we did this. We only failed the test because he refused to go across the grating. They don't want you training for this test because it's designed to put more pressure on the dog. It's to check for a solid temperament. Lack of control had nothing to do with it. I was told to allow the dog to do his thing and not correct or guide him in any way. You can train a fearful dog to tolerate the elements presented but it's not a true representation of the temperament. There were several other breeds there. My husband simply recorded mine. My dog is now 4 years old, has passed a temperament test, CGC, CGCA, Rally Advanced and working towards Rally Excellent, he's passed several other "title" events and will soon complete a coursing ability advanced 2 title. Again, control was not the issue. I went through the test for the experience. I took a young dog through, followed the directions given and got the experience. If you're curious about where he's at now as far as his "test" as you put it, these are his current titles - CAX, CGCA, ETD, HCT, NCO-1, PKD-T, RATI, RATN, RA, TC If you're curious about the testing elements, you can read about them here. atts.org/tt-test-description/ We have passed the exact same test through the GSD club of Washington which is a branch of the GSD club of the US. The elements are the same, the title is the only different as ATTS would be a TT wherea the GSD club is TC. He's my first well bred dog and we basically hit the ground running. Until he was almost 3, he was VERY immature which is to be expected with the breed and particular lineage. At this point in our life, we were really just getting our feet wet and seeing what it was like.

His temperament is rock solid. He was just a typical doofus intact male.

pol you I'm not sure what stone you're referring to but the gunshot is designed to surprise the dock and test their reaction and recovery to the noise. If they are startled and don't recover and continue to act fearfully, it can be a temperament issue. If they recover quickly and want to investigate, it's usually a good sign.

pol you the bucket? is that what you're talking about? if so, that part of the test is again designed to test the dogs startle reaction and desire to investigate or to avoid it. if they avoid altogether, it's a sign of weaker temperament by test standards. if they want to investigate, it's good.

Same also for the umbrella? Thank you for the quick response..!😊

pol you yes. the way the test is designed, each step gradually puts more and more pressure on the dogs to test how they handle different stresses that gradually increase in what the dog would consider a potential threat.

It was a test that allowed spectators. The talking is also not consistent through the whole video. The person filming is also not involved in the dog world except for what I drag him to so he had no real idea what was going on except he was there to record for me. The test elements are really easy to look up as well as they're pretty universal unless you're going for a BH before IPO titles.

Because that's not how the test is done. It's not a BH. It's just a temperament test. Similar to a CGC - done on leash.