Scent training quiz for clients

How many gallons of water can a dog detect a spoon full of sugar in?

10,000

100

1,000,000

What percentage of the dogs brain is dedicated to anaylising odour?

30%

45%

60%

Describe how you collect samples in order for us to train a dog.

How many samples, in total do we need you to collect?

Once you have collected a sample, where should you store it?

In a cupboard, out of direct sunlight

In the fridge

In the freezer, in a serpate sealed bag

Once you have all your samples, how can you get them to the centre?

What would you do if you felt a dog we introduced, wasnt quite right?

Say nothing, I really need an assistance dog

Ask the member of staff for more information

Discuss with the instructor, for what ever reason, this is not the dog for you

What do you feel are the most important factors in matching you with the right dog?

What would you do if you had an episode during a handilng day/match or duing the dog stay?

Tell the dog to sit and wait patiently

Ask the dog to go to its bed

Reward the dog

Tell the dog its ok

Where should the dog sleep at night?

Why is it important to keep continous records of your episdoes and how the dog reacts to this?

When keeping these records, how often should you send them to your instructor

When possible

Every week

Monthly

What is a spontaneous alert?

When the dog barks at you

When you are already experiencing an episode

When the dog does soemthing which leads you to take action e.g. Test your blood sugars or sit down

When the dog doesnt come back to you

What is a repsonse alert?

When you are already experiencing an episode and the dog then alerts you

When the dog does soemthing which leads you to take action e.g. Test your blood sugars or sit down

When the dog responds to what you are saying

If the dog correctly alerts, or need to be rewarded for an episode, who should reward it?

Only ever me

Me or somone who is with me

Only females

Any one

When should you not reward the dog, in regards to an episode?

If the dog alerts me during an episode

If the dog has alerted me incorrectly

If the dog hasnt done a desired behaviour e.g. Nudge or jump up

Once placed, how long do you think it will take for the dog to consistently alert you to your episodes?

What would you do if the dog wasnt alerting as you expected?

Just wait and see what happens

Contact your instructor after a couple of weeks

Induce an episode

Contact your instructor ASAP

Stop rewarding the dog

Change what you have been advised to do, it might make things better

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