[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Let's review........
- From: EKOLAN1@xxxxxxx
- To: inflight2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jkerner@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:43:38 EDT
In a message dated 7/15/2006 11:02:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
inflight2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
People keep saying "the Temperament Certification tests all this" - I don't
trust the TC anymore -- I've seen too much of the following that I won't
even participate in it anymore:
1) 2 dogs, same breeder - ZERO reaction passed this portion of the
test. Every other portion of the test, including the weird stranger, these
two dogs had very little if any reaction to any of the stimuli. They
passed. These were not house dogs, they were owned by a breeder and housed
in a kennel.
2) 1 dog - flipped out at the umbrella - I watched carefully - several
minutes (not 20 seconds) later the dog had still not touched the umbrella or
got close to it even with a lot of coaxing. The dog passed.
3) Same dog - Weird stranger came out - dog hung his head, looked
nervous. Weird stranger escalated - dog ran behind the handler (was visibly
scared). Dog passed.
4) This same evaluator had a "trainee" evaluate their own dog as they
ran through the same test where they were the "official" evaluator, it
passed.
5) Another dog, when the umbrella was popped in front of them, it
stood there and then went after the umbrella. Failed.
6) Another dog, when the weird stranger came out, they looked at the
weird stranger, stood out alert, but not overly worried. Low score.
7) Same dog as 6, when the weird stranger escalated, the dog went out
to the end of the lead and barked in warning. Low score.
8) Another dog, marked low on the "friendly stranger" because the dog
wasn't "friendly back".
Perhaps this is bad evaluating - but there are dogs out there with TC's that
shouldn't have passed - and have gone on to gain the highest awards possible
in the PC.
It seems to me that we should be repairing the existing test not making a new
test that people can find there way around. Kathleen I wish you had video
taped the Temp. test you describe above and sent it to the board. I am sure
they on seeing this would take steps to correct this. With a PROPER test
administered a lot of the questions you and several others have brought up
could
be addressed. They are valid questions and with a proper test [maybe a little
tougher] many not all but many could be addressed. The key is to have proof
of these transgressions hearsay won't do it. In fact a good rule and an easy
one to administer would be to make it mandatory that all Temp. Test be video
taped with the score sheet shown in the video.
Fred
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