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Dublin recently had his nine month puppy evaluation report. This is his second evaluation, he had his first when he was six months old. In case you don’t remember we posted his six month puppy evaluation report a while back and Dublin got stellar marks on his report card. We even suspected that someone might have swapped dogs during the evaluation.
However, this time around was a different story. I wouldn’t consider his evaluation bad (take a look at Stetson’s eval), I’d say it was mostly average. Although I would have liked to have seen “excellents” all over his report again the good part is we now have many areas to focus on in his puppy training.
Puppy evaluation Report
Dublin holding the shelves down in my bookcase
Dog’s Name: Dublin Breed: lab Sex: male Intact: No proper tags (3): n/a Dog’s current age: 8 months / 2 weeks
Kennel Behavior:
In Run: Good
Overall behavior: Good
Community Run: n/a
Basic handling / Grooming: (ears, eyes, teeth, paws, tail): Good
Overall Appearance: Good
Relieving on leash: Good
Evaluation walk in Unfamiliar Area:
Location: Valencia
Response to people: overly Friendly
Other dogs: Avg =
Animals (birds, squirrels, etc.): Avg
Loud sounds: sensitive = but recovered
Traffic: Worried, concerned with traffic from behind
New Handler: Avg
Other (stairs, kids, sniffing, etc.): Can be a garbage mouth
OB response:
Name: Good
Sit: Good
Stay: Good
Down: Good
Come: Fair
General Handling:
Energy Level: Avg
Response to correction: Avg
Behavior in establishments: Good
Overall stress: Avg-plus
Comments / Recommendations:
Dublin is a nice dog. He needs more exposure around traffic. He tends to get very excited around people. (very friendly). work with him on self control; he does not need to greet everyone. “Come exercise” weak; overall the obedience was good.
You are doing a good job with him. He needs to take it up to the next level.
Recommend Re-evaluation: 3 months
My thoughts On Dublin’s Evaluation
As I mentioned earlier a less than perfect report gives us things to focus on in Dublin’s puppy training. I can agree with pretty much everything on this report. overall Dublin’s obedience is very good. He is overly friendly with people and can be very mouthy (this usually occurs with overly friendly people and he leaves regular pedestrians alone). He has regressed with his “Come” command. I have seen him sensitive to traffic from behind, but that was when he was younger and I hadn’t seen any issues recently.
Shortly after Dublin returned from his evaluation we had the opportunity to meet with one of the trainers from guide Dogs of America. After reading through our puppy report she gave us three things to work on in Dublin’s puppy training. Over the past few weeks we’ve worked on Dublin’s self control, mouthy behavior, and sensitivity to street traffic.
Stay tuned for our next post as we will go over exactly what we are working on in Dublin’s puppy training.
Are you a puppy raiser? how did your puppy do on his/her puppy evaluation report? let us know in the comment section below.
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