Selecting Dog names
The following personality form is a generic test generally offered to
puppies between the ages of 7 weeks and 6 months of age. You can
also apply the test to older dogs, with appropriate modifications,
to take into account the dog's size or potential for being snappish
or fidgety.
Each part of the test focuses on specific issues that, when exam-
ined as a whole, outline personality characteristics that make a
certain breed or individual puppy ideal for a particular person's
interest. For example, the traits that make a good guard or protec-
tion dog aren't those that would make for a good pet in a house full
of young children.
Puppy personality tests were developed to predetermine appropri-
ate candidates for service work — for example, Guide Dogs for the
blind — as an economic necessity because no one wanted to
spend time and money training dogs that wouldn't successfully
finish the course and fulfill the work requirements. Over time,
behaviorists modified these tests for the general public; William
Campbell and Joachim and Wendy Volhard are names to be recog-
nized in this effort.
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