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Winter Prep Quiz: Beginner

For people about to welcome a dog or who have just brought one home. From year-end feasts and a warm bed to early sunsets, walks on cold days and indoor temperature, five sourced questions check what to know as winter begins.

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 New Year, when relatives and friends gather at your home for a feast, what is recommended for your dog?

    • Give guests a written list of the dishes they may share
    • Ask guests not to give your dog any people food
    • Ask guests to check with you before they give anything

  2. With an electrically heated dog bed, what is recommended for sleeping through the night?

    • At night, let your dog sleep on the heated bed at its lowest setting
    • At night, let your dog sleep in its regular bed, with nothing plugged in
    • At night, let your dog sleep on the heated bed with a timer set to switch off in the morning

  3. Sunset times matter when you plan evening walks. In Japan, roughly when does the sun set earliest in the year?

    • About half a month before the winter solstice
    • On the day of the winter solstice itself
    • About half a month after the winter solstice

  4. On a very cold day, how long is it recommended to make your dog's walk?

    • Walk longer than usual, resting often before heading home
    • Walk the usual length, heading home at a slow, easy pace
    • Walk shorter than usual, wrapping up early and heading home

  5. In winter, what is given as the lower limit of the guide for the temperature to keep inside the home?

    • 10°C
    • 15°C
    • 20°C

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