Dog health & management

Question 1

List the different roles of the dog in UK society

Answer 1

Work
Research
Sport and hobbies
Companions 
Feral
Breeding

Question 2

What is a mongrel

Answer 2

one or more parents of mixed breeds

Question 3

What is a crossbreed

Answer 3

both bred from parents recognized breeds

Question 4

What is a purebred

Answer 4

both parents are the same breed

Question 5

What is a pedigree

Answer 5

purebred that is registered and known history of ancestors (closed gene pools/isolated populations)

Question 6

How many breeds does the kennel club recognise

Answer 6

215 breeds

Question 7

Canine distemper

Answer 7

Initial GI and respiratory disease with lasting neurological signs

Question 8

Infectious hepatitis

Answer 8

Liver disease

Question 9

Parvovirus

Answer 9

Gi disease, rarely cardiac disease in pups

Question 10

Leptospirosus

Answer 10

Bacterial liver and kidney disease

Question 11

Parainfluenza

Answer 11

Kennel cough

Respiratory disease

Question 12

Bordetella

Answer 12

Kennel cough

respiratory disease

Question 13

Roundworm

Answer 13

More prevelent in puppies

Long white and spaghetti like

Question 14

Tapeworm

Answer 14

Live in the small intestine and grab the wall with their teeth
Long and white and look like small grains of rice when secreted
Most common in adult dogs and fleas act as an intermediate host

Question 15

Ectoparasites

Answer 15

Fleas, ticks and mites
Feed on the outside of the host
Treatment should be given either every month or every other month

Question 16

What inherited disorders are directly linked with appearance

Answer 16

• Syringomyelia
• Cutaneous mucinosis
• Brachycephalic airway obstruction syndrome (BAOS)

Question 17

What schemes are there to prevent hereditary disease

Answer 17

• BVA/KC Elbow dysplasia scheme
• BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme
• BVA/KC Hip dysplasia scheme

Question 18

How can you prevent hereditary disease

Answer 18

Identify dogs that are clinically free of disease so the best choices for breeding programs can be made. Hip scoring and elbow grading is done once for each dog at a minimum age of one year. Annual eye exams. Results published in the Kennel Club Breed Records Supplement

Question 19

What are the 3 highest scoring welfare issues

Answer 19

• Inappropriate husbandry
• lack of owner knowledge
• undesirable behaviour

Question 20

What are the 3 highest scoring strategic priorities

Answer 20

• Conformation related disorders
• Inappropriate socialisation
• Inherited disease

Question 21

Gundog

Answer 21

Mark or flush out game and retrieve dead or wounded game

Question 22

Hound

Answer 22

Hunts game through sight or sound

Question 23

Working

Answer 23

Guard, search and rescue dogs

Question 24

Utility

Answer 24

Range of jobs not sporting or hunting

Question 25

Terrier

Answer 25

Go to ground to flush out game or kill vermin

Question 26

Pastoral

Answer 26

Herd livestock, includes heelers

Question 27

Toy

Answer 27

Companions, small and dainty enough to carry

Question 28

How is the development of behaviour influenced prenatally

Answer 28

Behaviour tendencies are influences in utero (e.g. stressed mother=more reactive offspring)

Question 29

How is development of behaviour influenced neonatally (0-2 weeks)

Answer 29

Can learn simple associations, simulation/handling leading to more confident dogs

Question 30

How is the development of behaviour influenced in the transition phase (2-3 weeks)

Answer 30

Open eyes, ear canals, startle response. Shows interest in solid food, social behaviours with other puppies

Question 31

How is the development of behaviour influenced in the sensitive period (3-12 weeks)

Answer 31

Particularly sensitive to learning about new objects. Many associations formed on positive and negative experiences. Learns how to recognise and interact with the species with which it cohabits

Question 32

How is the development of behaviour influenced in the juvenile period (12 weeks to sexual maturity)?

Answer 32

Exploration of the environment increases and behaviour responses are refined

Question 33

How is the development of behaviour influenced during social maturity (after sexual maturity)?

Answer 33

Learning continues, formation of stable relationships with various species

Question 34

Socialisation

Answer 34

The process whereby an animal learns how to recognise and interact with the species with which it cohabits

Question 35

Habituation

Answer 35

The process whereby an animal is exposed to environmental stimuli and learns to ignore them

Question 36

What are the 3 areas of responsibility reflected by english companion animal law

Answer 36

To owners to others to the animals

Question 37

What does the legislation in the UK do

Answer 37

General welfare and abandonment, identification collar, wearing a lead when on a highway, travelling in vehicles, strays, fouling, worrying of livestock, controlling dangerous dogs, noise control, breeding and sale and specific dangerous breeds

Question 38

What does the kennel club do

Answer 38

UKs largest organisation concerned with dog health and welfare, provide a voluntary register for pedigree and x-breeds, offer advice on health and management and manage petlog