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How Dogs Learn Quiz: Advanced

For people who already know the basics of training. From getting used to sounds, treat lures and attention-seeking barking to training terms and the area around the food bowl, five sourced questions check how dogs learn.

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. You are using a recording of the doorbell to help a puppy that gets overexcited by it get used to the sound. If it starts to get excited partway through, what should you do with the volume?

    • Turn it up so the puppy gets used to it sooner
    • Keep it as it is and play it until the puppy settles
    • Turn it down and wait until the puppy settles

  2. Teaching sit by luring your dog's nose with a treat in your hand. At which stage is it best to start taking the treat out of your hand?

    • When it sits every time it is lured
    • When it sometimes sits when lured
    • When it sometimes sits on the spoken cue alone

  3. A dog barks at you while you are on the phone to get your attention. If you stop responding as you used to and ignore it, what tends to happen at first?

    • The barking gets weaker than before
    • The barking stays the same as before
    • The barking gets stronger than before

  4. To teach a squirming puppy to settle, you put it down only once it calms down while being held. In training terms, which of these is it?

    • Positive reinforcement
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Positive punishment

  5. A dog that guards its bowl when someone approaches while it eats. In the first stage of practice with special treats, which way of giving them is recommended?

    • From a little way off, toss it towards the bowl
    • Go right up to the bowl and hand it over directly
    • Call the dog from a little way off and hand it over

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