Temperament Testing Dogs at the Entlefest
Greta Kaplan, CPDT, CDBC
Our afternoon at the Entlefest involved participating in an experiment: For the first time, a breed-specific European-style working temperament test was administered to Entlebuchers as part of a three-part breeding fitness exam. (The other two parts involve structure and movement.) Because so many owners wanted to participate, we divided the duties. My wonderful assistant Jett judged the second half of the test, while I judged the first half. The club committee had set up the test grounds very efficiently and practiced the choreography to move dogs through as quickly as possible. In the end, about thirty dogs participated (nearly twice the number originally signed up). We quit right after the sun had disappeared below the California horizon.









