Drives, instincts and character traits

Question 0

Pointing

Answer 0

Drive to passively indicate prey.

Question 1

Drafting

Answer 1

Drive to pull when restricted.

Question 2

Herding

Answer 2

Drive to circle and direct prey.

Question 3

Homing

Answer 3

Drive to return to pack or territory.

Question 4

Trainability

Answer 4

Drive to follow the desires of the pack leader.

Question 5

Fight

Answer 5

Drive to measure physical prowess with rivals.

Question 6

Guard

Answer 6

Drive to defend territorial space from intruders.

Question 7

Protection

Answer 7

Drive to defend pack members.

Question 8

Rank

Answer 8

Drive to achieve higher rank in the pack.

Question 9

Survival

Answer 9

Flight is the drive to flee from real or imagined danger. self defense is the drive to attack real or imagined danger.

Question 10

Pack

Answer 10

Drive for emotional contact with pack members.

Question 11

Play

Answer 11

Drive for physical contact with pack members.

Question 12

Activity

Answer 12

Drive to move and act.

Question 13

Retrieve

Answer 13

Drive to bring pray back to the pack.

Question 14

Prey

Answer 14

Drive to pursue, bite, and kill visual prey.

Question 15

Tracking

Answer 15

Drive to follow ground disturbance odors.

Question 16

Air scent

Answer 16

Drive to follow Wind born orders.

Question 17

Hunt

Answer 17

Drive to pursue out of sight stimuli.

Question 18

Drives

Answer 18

Sub conscious impulses to react to stimuli. Genetic. Can be in Hanst or diminished through training, but never created or eliminated. A dog will revert to his drives, not training, when placed under stress.

Question 19

Genetic behavior

Answer 19

Determined by the dog’s genes, born into the dog. A dog’s potential is limited by his genetic makeup.

Question 20

Environmental Behavior

Answer 20

Behavior that is learned through environmental conditioning.

Question 21

Genetic Behavior can be divided into:

Answer 21

Species preservation and self-preservation

Question 22

Species preservation

Answer 22

Behavior associated with the survival and reproduction of the species.

• seeking out a mate and mating
• nurturing and protecting the young

Question 23

Self-preservation

Answer 23

Behavior associated with the survival of the individual dog.

• seeking food
• defending one’s self

Question 24

Courage

Answer 24

Absence of fear toward objects or in situations.

Question 25

Confidence

Answer 25

Environmentally conditioned acceptance of safety.

Question 26

Hardness

Answer 26

Resiliency toward unpleasant experiences.

Question 27

Softness

Answer 27

Remembering unpleasant experiences.

Question 28

Sensory threshold

Answer 28

Amount of stimuli required to engage a drive.

Question 29

Sharpness

Answer 29

Tendency to react aggressively to stimuli.

Question 30

Frustration

Answer 30

Tendency to react aggressively when restrained from stimuli.

Question 31

Temperament

Answer 31

Attitude toward life.