Illustrated SAR Test 5: Hunt for Toy

Search & Rescue Test, page 5

Hunt for Toy While playing with ball or soft toy, hide it and encourage pup to use nose to find. Interest? How long will pup search? Uses nose or eyes? When thrown through tunnel, will it go after it? This test is not done with all pups. Bonnie was the only one who scored on this.

Pup Rating                                             Additional Observations

Blue Male: 9                                          didn’t go into tunnel – worried

Brown Male: 8                                       more easily distracted

Gray Male: 9

Green Male: 7

Pink Female: 10

Purple Female: 9

Red Male: none

White Male: 9                                        originally marked at an 8 but moved to 9

Yellow Female:  none

Miss Pink

Mr. Red from MM litter, tested at 51 days

to SAR Test, page 6 (Pain Sensitivity, Unstable Footing)
to SAR Test, page 7 (Submission, Cadaver)
to SAR Test, page 8 (Runaway)
to SAR Test, page 9 (Runaway cont’d, Reaction to Strange Object)
to SAR Test, page 10 (Wagon, Wheelbarrow)
to SAR Test, page 11 (Fear [Can], Surprise [Umbrella])
to SAR Test, page 12 (Independence, Aggression/Courage)
to SAR Test, page 13 (Hunt for Food I)
to SAR Test, page 14 (Hunt for Food II)
to SAR Test, page 15 (Puppy Drag & Summaries)
back to SAR Test, page 1 (Attachment, Eye Contact, Confidence, Retrieve)
back to SAR Test, page 2 (Retrieve cont’d, Perseverance, Tug)
back to SAR Test, page 3 (Tug, cont’d)
back to SAR Test, page 4 (Metal Object, Prey Drive)