Exercise A: Overall Exam

This exercise demonstrates that the animal will accept and is comfortable being examined by a stranger and the handler knows how to present the animal on a visit and how to help the animal accept and welcome being touched all over.

Exercise B: Exuberant and Clumsy Petting

This exercise demonstrates that the animal will maintain self-control and will tolerate clumsy petting by people who have differing physical abilities or who do not know proper etiquette around the animal and the handler can work with the animal to help it tolerate such attention.

Exercise C: Restraining Hug

This exercise demonstrates that the animal will accept or welcome restraint and that the handler can assist the animal to accept or welcome such a situation.

Exercise D: Staggering, Gesturing Individual

This exercise demonstrates that the animal will exhibit confidence when a person acting in an unusual manner approaches and then interacts with it and the handler has the social skills to interact with such a person while attending to the animal.

Exercise E: Angry Yelling

This exercise demonstrates that the animal will not be upset when someone exhibits angry emotions and that the handler can help the animal tolerate such a situation.

Exercise F: Bumped from Behind

This exercise demonstrates that the animal is able to recover when a person bumps into it and that the handler can not only tolerate the animal being bumped, but can also assist the animal to recover.

Exercise G: Crowded and Petted by Several People

This exercise demonstrates that the animal will tolerate crowding and petting by several people at once and the handler has the social skills to visit with a group of people while still attending to the animal and maintaining its well-being.

 

Exercise H: Leave It

This exercise demonstrates the animal will ignore a toy left on the floor.

Exercise I: Offered a Treat

This exercise demonstrates the animal will take a treat politely and gently.

Exercise J: Overall Assessment

This item determines that the handler is proactive, not reactive or inactive, in the handling and management of his/her animal.