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Walks and Trips Quiz: Advanced Level

For people who are used to going out and travelling with their dog. From how to hold the leash, guarding against theft, leaving your dog in a lodging room and handling retractable leashes to liability for incidents at dog runs, five sourced questions check what you know.

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.

  1. At dog-friendly lodging, dogs cannot go to the dining area, so you have to leave your dog waiting in the room. Which is said to cause it less anxiety?

    • Let it walk around the room freely while it waits
    • Put it in a crate and let it rest inside while it waits
    • Either way, the level of anxiety is the same

  2. To prevent your dog from being stolen, which of these is recommended?

    • Vary your walking route or time now and then
    • While you shop, tie your dog up right next to the shop entrance
    • Share your usual walking routes publicly on social media with other local owners

  3. When you walk your dog holding the leash with both hands, where is one of the two hands listed as being placed?

    • Around the knee and thigh
    • At your side, around your hip pocket
    • Between the navel and the pit of the stomach

  4. If you drop the handle of a retractable leash during a walk, what is said to be able to happen?

    • The leash rewinds so hard that the handle flies back to your feet
    • The handle bounces along after it, and the frightened dog runs off
    • The dog notices the sound of the handle and comes back to you

  5. Your dog bit another dog at a dog run, and the other owner asks you to pay compensation. Under the principle in the Civil Code, who has to show what about fault?

    • The owner of the dog that bit shows they were not at fault
    • The owner of the bitten dog shows the biting side was at fault
    • The dog run's operator shows which side was at fault

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