PADA Dog Island May 7th 2024

THE PADA TEST
The PADA test is conducted by an expert specializing in dogs and provides you with an objective and professional assessment of your dog's innate personality.
 
The test consists of several elements that depending on how the dog reacts or not react to certain environments, triggers, or situations will tell us about the dog's personality traits: (lack of) fearfulness, sociability, responsiveness to training, (lack of) aggression, boldness, activity and more.
 
The test is taking place at Háaleitisbraut 13, 108 Reykjavík, Iceland.
 
 
WHY USE PADA?
Many behavioral traits can be subtle and difficult to detect. For all dog owners, even the more experienced, it is not easy to fully and objectively understand the dog's behavior, and this can affect the relationship, communication, well-being of the dog, problem behavior, and the dogs' and people's safety.
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When you know the dog's personality traits you can better understand the dog's motivations, the underlying cause of certain behaviors, what environments and situations might be challenging, where the dog excels, and how you can better adapt things in the dog's everyday life.
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The many applications of PADA:
Screening dogs for breeding
More targeted training for competitive sports
To improve general training and obedience
A tool to better understand and manage problem behaviors
To improve the quality of life by adapting the dog's everyday life to suit its needs and wants.
To improve communication and strengthen the relationship by better understanding the dog
Assessing the dog's suitability as a therapy, search and rescue, or police dog.
An important tool for behaviorists and veterinarians.
As documentation of the dog's personality traits and temperament.