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Basic Obedience written Test

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·         No animal can learn if it is not ________________________

·         The attention must be _____________________ on the act to be done.

·         Most errors can be traced to a _________________________ of attention.

·         Dogs are ______________________ animals by nature.

·         The dog must be ____________________________ to be happy while working.

·         There should be no __________________________________ corrections on moving exercises.

·         On a moving exercise, leash corrections are accompanied by ____________________________.

·         All these training factors – attention, animation and response - ____________________ on each other.

·         A dog that is responsive will show great ________________________ and joy.

·         Four factors which affect training are attention, feed-back, transfer and ___________________ .

·         Attention must be focused on the subject to be _________________________________.

·         An emotionally unstable animal cannot pay _______________________________.

·         Experienced trainers develop a sensitivity that allows them to ________________ a dog’s mistake.

·         When there is proper transfer, the learning of one skill _____________________ the mastery of another.

·         There is positive and _________________ transfer.

·         ____________________________ binds responses together.

·         Training by ______________________ and clock is highly recommended.

·         Dogs have inherent _____________________ that the trainer may use to motivate the dog.

·         The drives are sex, _____________________ and pack instinct.

·         Dogs do not learn if they are _________________________ upset.

·         A dog that is ________________ cannot concentrate on the trainer’s actions.

·         The dog’s ______________________________ is the sum of its drives.

·         The trainer uses the ______________________ instinct to teach the dog to come.

·         A dog that loves to retrieve can be _____________________ by using the retrieve as a release.

·         The dog quickly learns to __________________- the unpleasantness associated with a collar correction.

·         A dog that experiences too much pain will attempt to ______________.

·         The learned state of _____________________ occurs when a dog cannot avoid or flee punishment.

·         __________________________ causes some dogs to lapse into a helpless state.

·         The collar is placed on the dog so the part attached to the running ring is on _____________________ of the dog’s neck.

·         The collar is not an effective correction device unless put on ______________________.

·         When walking under control the dog should walk _______________________ to the trainer on a ____________________ leash.

·         To correct a controlled walking exercise the dog is allowed to approach the ____________ of the leash.

·         Immediately after a correction the dog is ______________ profusely.

·         The goal is to train the dog to be ________________ under all conditions.

·         The trainer must assume the role of the ___________________________________ to the dog.

·         The perfect correction is given just as the dog _____________________ to make the mistake.

·         Corrections on any moving exercise are ___________________ accompanied by praise.

·         Corrections on a static exercise are accompanied with the vocal correction “_____________________”.

·         The degree of correction depends on the dog’s ____________________ of pain.

·         A correction should be hard enough that the dog will ____________________ its repetition.

·         A state of flight or helplessness can result from _________ correcting a dog.

·         The collar has two rings:  The running ring and the _________ ring.

·         The leash is attached to the ______________________ ring.

·         It is easier to train a new dog than to __________________ a dog that has learned unwanted responses.

·         When a problem occurs, the trainer should end the training session on a note of _____________________.

·         In operant behavior the dog must learn the ____________ of its acts.

·         The dog learns that certain acts always bring it _________________.

·         The dog also learns that other acts are followed by an _________________________ experience.

·         The dog repeats those acts that bring it _____________________, and ________________ those that bring unpleasant results.

·         Training is based on the _____________________ between positive and negative.

·         Equilibrium does not indicate __________________________  parts of positive and negative.

·         Each exercise must be broken up into _______________________ parts.

·         There are three areas of training:  static, dynamic, or a _______________________.

·         Stay exercises are ____________________________.

·         The sit-for-examination _________________________________ the dog’s temperament, solves ____________________ problems, and becomes the basis for the ___________-for-examination.

·         To train the dog the dog to start the correction is a jab that starts with the left hand moving in the direction the trainer is walking and accompanies the command ___________________ and the movement of the trainer’s left ____________________.

·         The start correction is immediately followed by ____________________.

·         Any pulling on the leash will cause the dog to pull in the _____________________ direction.

If I actually figure out how to work this blog stuff I will post the answers, but right now this thing is driving me "right 'round the flippin' pipe" C U LATER