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Behaviour Scoring
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- 1. Anxious in unfamiliar situations
- 2. Fear Of Noises
- 3. Fear of Novel Objects
- 4. Fear of Underfootings
- 5. Fear of Dogs
- 6. Fear of Stairs
- 7. Fear of Traffic
- 8. Separation Anxiety
- 9. Hyper-Attachment
- 10. Fear Of Strangers
- 11. Body Handling Concern
- 12. Retreats When Reached For
- 13. Harness Handle On Back Sensitivity
- 14. Avoidance Of Blowing Fan
- 15. Body Sensitivity To Object Contact
- 16. Anxious About Riding In Vehicles
- 17. Inhibited or passively avoidant when exposed to potentially stressful situations
- 18. Activated when exposed to potentially stressful situations
- 19. Excitable
- 20. Slow To Return To Productive Emotional State
- 21. Fidgety When Handler Is Idle
- 22. Fear On Elevated Areas, Drop-Offs Etc.
- 23. Barks Persistently
- 24. High Energy Level
- 25. Lacks Focus
- 26. Movement Excites
- 27. Chasing Animals
- 28. Dog Distraction
- 29. Sniffing
- 30. Scavenges
- 31. Inappropriate Behavior Around The Home
- 32. Lacks Initiative
- 33. Not Willing
- 34. Resource Guarding Toward People
- 35. Aggression Toward Strangers
- 36. Aggression Toward Dogs
- 37. Resource Guarding Toward Dogs Or Other Pets
- 38. Inappropriate Elimination While Working En Route
- 39. Socially Inappropriate Behavior With People
- 40. Inconsistent
- 41. Handler/Dog Team
- 42. Relationship Skills
- 43. Comparison 9 To 1 Score
- 44. Socially Inappropriate Behavior With Dogs
- 45. Thunder Reaction Prior To, During Or Immediately After A Thunderstorm
- 46. Kennels Poorly
- 47. Working Speed
- 48. Gait When Moving Out
- 49. Housebreaking Problems
- 50. Innate Desire To Work
- 51. Avoidance Of Exhaust From Vehicles
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Practice Videos
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Behavior Testing
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Database User Manual
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- Adding a New Dog (using Manage Your Dog’s Data, MyDogs)
- Alerts
- BCL, Behavior Checklist
- Elbow Quick, Add new
- Estrus & Whelps
- Eye Quick
- Genetic Test Panel
- Genetic Test Quick
- Health Diagnoses Add/Edit
- Health History Report
- Health Normals, Add new
- Heart Quick
- Hip BVA, Add new
- Hip FCI, Add new
- Hip OFA, Add new
- Hip Penn Hip, Add new
- Photos PDFs etc.
- Private Notes
- Procedures, Add new
- Reminders
- Share my dog data to another organization
- Skin Quick
- Status History
- Weight - Entering a dog's weight
- ADI Public Access Test
- Hip Vezzoni, Add new
- Status Detail
- Edit or Change Call Name / Pedigree Name / Owner ID
- Add New Microchip / Delete Incorrect Microchip
- End Reasons
- Juvenile Estrus
- Communications Activities
- Incidents
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- Alternate Therapy/Rehab
- Diagnostic Imaging, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Diet
- Elbow Quick, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Estrus & Whelps, Add new
- Eye Quick, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Genetic Test Quick, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Health Diagnoses, Add new / Edit (Update) or Delete
- Health History Report, Generate a PDF
- Health Normals
- Health Screening List
- Hip OFA Add new / Edit or Delete
- Hip Penn Hip Add new / Edit or Delete
- Hospitalization, Add new
- Kennel Tasks, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Lab, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Photos, PDFs, etc., Add new
- Reminders Add new / Edit or Delete
- Rx, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Semen Cryo, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Skin Quick Add new / Edit or Delete
- SOAP, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Status History
- Supplies Used, Add new / Edit or Delete
- Surgery, Add new
- Treatments Add new / Edit or Delete
- Vaccines Add new / Edit or Delete
- Weight and BCS Body Condition Score - Add new / Edit or Delete
- Hip Vezzoni, Add new
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Early Socialization
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- Video - Coat Desensitization
- Video - Novel Objects
- Video - Trolley Ride with Mom
- Early Puppy Socialization - Novel Objects video
- Early Puppy Socialization – Novel Sounds video
- Early Puppy Socialization – Introducing New Environments video
- Early Puppy Socialization – Motor Development, Balance, Coordination, Proprioception video
- Early Puppy Socialization – Passive Environmental Enrichment in the Den video
- Early Puppy Socialization – Stairs
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Genetic Selection & Inbreeding
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- What are EBVs and how do they help?
- How EBVs are calculated
- What is needed to calculate EBVs and EBV accuracy?
- Using EBVs effectively
- Selection index
- Why are EBVs different for littermates?
- Presentation Recording: Improving behavior using EBVs
- Presentation Recording: Using EBVs successfully
- Presentation Recording - Improving health using EBVs
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Webinars
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Reproduction
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Organization Management
What is genetic selection?
The role of breeding programs is to provide the quantity, quality and number of dogs on schedule and within budget. Success in meeting these needs is best accomplished by utilizing best practices to systematically improve the genetic quality of dogs in each generation for the traits of importance while considering the overall dog and overall longevity of the breeding colony.
Genetic selection is the process that determines which individuals will become parents, how many offspring they produce, and how long they remain in the breeding population.
Why is genetic selection so important?
“The ancient partnership between people and dogs is struggling to meet modern day needs, with demand exceeding our capacity to safely breed high-performing and healthy dogs. New statistical genetic approaches and genomic technology have the potential to revolutionize dog breeding, by transitioning from problematic phenotypic selection to methods that can preserve genetic diversity while increasing the proportion of successful dogs.”
This excerpt is taken from an article in Frontiers of Veterinary Science, 06 September 2021. The article explains the need for improved genetic selection in working dog lines and discusses some of the ways this improvement can be (and for some, has been) achieved. The article is freely available for download at the below link.