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Food and Care Myths Quiz: Advanced
Five questions to re-check the things you have been doing with the best of intentions: grapes, bones, shampoo and claws. About two minutes.
5 questionsabout 2 min
Answer all 5 questions correctly on your first try to count a clear toward your titles. If you miss some, practise until you get them all right, then pass the review check 3 days later to count it the same way.
Questions in this quiz (5)
Answers and explanations appear after you finish all the questions.
Human toothpaste sometimes contains a sweetener that is considered dangerous for dogs. Which sweetener is it?
- Aspartame
- Xylitol
- Sucralose
Owners are warned about giving dogs whole bones. Which concern is the one that is actually raised?
- A swallowed bone can obstruct the digestive tract and surgery may be needed
- It can strain the jaw joint so that the mouth becomes hard to open
- The force of crushing bone can shift how the teeth meet
For a dog that walks on paved roads every day, which view of its claws is the one that is actually given? Note: the dewclaw is the smaller claw on the inner side of a dog's front leg.
- Dewclaws are hidden by fur, so they can end up being cut too short
- Dewclaws are thinner than the others, so they can chip away as the dog walks
- Dewclaws do not meet the ground, so those alone can overgrow
Grapes and raisins can damage a dog's kidneys. Which substance has been put forward as the component responsible?
- Citric acid, found in the fruit
- Tartaric acid, found in the fruit
- Malic acid, found in the fruit
Guidance recommends washing a dog with a dog shampoo rather than a human one. Which reason is the one that is actually given?
- Human and dog skin differ in their underlying pH balance
- Human and dog skin differ in how fast pH returns after washing
- Human and dog skin differ in how much pH shifts with the seasons
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