Puppy Evaluations

Temperament Testing

In order to accomplish accurate Temperament Testing and properly evaluate the results,  The Empowered BAB Program provides a comprehensive curriculum and certification process. Once certified, I continue to remain committed to continual education and mentorship with peers who embrace the Badass Breeders philosophy. 

Puppies have both stable and adjustable traits.

Their traits are observed and tracked beginning at 4 weeks old, these traits are further solidified at 8 weeks old.  Below are traits that are evaluated:

Stable Traits:

Assertiveness (with humans and dogs)

Motivation

Energy Level

Prey Drive

Human Focus

Tenderhearted​

Adjustable Traits:

Confidence

Nerve Strength/ Resiliency 

Touch Tolerance (compliance only-not if they like it)

Sound Sensitivity

Sight Sensitivity

The Empowered BAB Curriculum we implement assists in influencing our puppies adjustable traits. It helps create confident puppies that are brave and bounce back quickly when startled, they are compliant with being touched, they adapt to new sounds and sights well because we work hard at a young age to desensitize them to stimulus that might frighten puppies at a later age. It's overwhelmingly rewarding and an honor to empower our puppies to gain confidence and also trust in humans. 

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The Puppy Evaluations allow us to see what things your puppy still needs help with or to be sensitive to.

It also allows us to see where your puppies talents are and the kind of home that would help them thrive.

Around 7-8 weeks of age, we are able get a pretty accurate picture of who our puppies are and what kind of home would be best for him/her. The Empowered BAB Curriculum we use helps shape the puppy's adjustable traits. It helps create compliant puppies who don't mind being handled as well as puppies that are brave and bounce back quickly when startled. They handle new sounds and sights well because we work hard at a young age to desensitize them to things that would often frighten puppies later on in life. Its so amazing and rewarding to watch our puppies gain confidence in themselves and also trust in humans. 

The Puppy Evaluation allows us to see what things your puppy still needs help with or what we should be sensitive to. It also allows us to see where your puppies talents are and the kind of home that would help them thrive. Keep an eye on our FB & Tik Tok pages to see how we prepare puppies with ENS/ESI, Handling exposure and stimuli activities so they are ready for the Puppy Evaluations/Temperament Tests. 

We do our best to know our puppies' personalities and the needs of their new families, but this is not to say that the puppies won't change over time. With the right family, patience and training, a more reserved pup may come out of his shell and show more confidence. However, the same could be true of a fun loving and confident pup that becomes more timid after a bad interaction with for example an aggressive dog.

Continued training at home is essential for successful transition and home life!

Please keep in mind that puppies are babies and don't come preprogramed to  speak English or intuitively know what their new owners want from them. Please plan ahead and be prepared for intensive and long term training. It takes time, but they are very intelligent and will learn quickly if you are consistent and patient!

Score Interpretation

Type Of Home Desired Trait

A home with young children: - Medium - High Human Focus

- Low Sight Sensitivity

-Low Sound Sensitivity

- Medium - High Confidence

- High Touch Tolerance

Please note the age of children need to be taken into consideration

Home with older children or no children: -Varies on needs and desires

Retired: - Varies on needs and desires

Emotional Support Animal -High Human Focus

- Low Sight Sensitivity

- Low Sound Sensitivity

- High Confidence

- Low- Medium Energy

- Medium - High Touch

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