Screening test for SAR prospects

[jocoyn]

So what do folks use when evaluating team dogs.

We have been putting all new young adult prospects through the test at http://www.disasterdog.org/pdf/train.../Screening.pdf


and puppies through a preliminary PAWS type evaluation and just general observation with the understanding a more formal evaluation when it is fully grown...

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We also do some more nerve tests...slick floors, different surfaces, loud noises,

We do not require x-rays of team dogs though I encourage it - explaining how I spent good time on training Cyra only to discover she had HD and wash her and now I have had a high drive crazy pet on my hand for 9 years.