Foundation Skills for All Dog Sports

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* 1. Why do we teach our dogs to put their front feet on a disc?

To develop rear end awareness and coordination

To learn that work at a distance can still be rewarded

To start teaching self-control; stay on the disc and the cookies will come!

All of the above

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* 2. Teach your young performance star to run around the cone! But...why??!!

Introduce distance work

Orange cones are hard for dogs to see, and this practice improves their visual acuity.

None of the above

Both of the above

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* 3. Teach your young performance star to go and get on a platform. Which of the following is a reason for platform work?

Encourage a straight body in various positions

Allows the start of behaviors performed at a distance, such as sit and down

You can teach the dog to go where you direct them

All of the above

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* 4. Teaching a pivot in heel position is useful for which of the following sports?

Agility

Obedience

Rally

All of the above

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* 5. One reason to teach scent discrimination to puppies is to get them using their nose in training. That helps to balance out the rest of training which tends to rely on the dog’s sense of sight and hearing.

True

False

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* 6. Start your puppy on engagement training early! If you start playing with your puppy early, it will be easier to maintain this skill into adulthood, a time at which many dogs become much less naturally playful.

True

False

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* 7. “Find front” is particularly useful in which of the following sports?

Obedience

Agility

Tracking

All of the above

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* 8. Very few competitive dog sports require the skill of backing up. Why might you want to teach this skill anyway?

Prevent forward creeping on position changes for obedience

“Balance” the dog between moving forward and backward when they are anticipating a cue from the handler.

Improve physical strength and coordination

All of the above

None of the above

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* 9. Jumping is a basic skill for a number of dog sports. Before your dog is old enough to go over an actual jump, you can start the process by teaching the puppy to go between the uprights of a jump.

True

False

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* 10. Releasing a dog to a distraction on the ground, such as a cookie or toy, will teach them to break their stay.

True

False

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