So many positive things that we could do if we know what will happen in the next day. So do with our puppies.

We can do some tests to recognize our puppies' talents.

A. Rank Test

- Explore Behaviour:

• Take the puppy to a new environment. Do this test one by one.

• Look at the puppy's willingness to explore.

• Mark A for puppy who explore the new environtment.

• Mark B for puppy barking and try to explore the new environtment.

• Mark C for puppy who feel lost, turns around and crying when looking the environment.

• Mark D for puppy do nothing.

- Confident to Stranger:

• After 30 seconds, approach 1 stranger and look if the puppy comes with confident or shyness or even just stay still.

• Mark A for puppy who comes confident and bites.

• Then try to run, see if the puppy has a willingness to follow.

• Mark A for puppy follow with confident.

- Response to Visual Stimulus:

• Throw an object, such like a plastic bottle without touching the puppy.

• Mark A for puppy who jump or catch the object and bites.

• Mark B for puppy who just watching carefully the object and then play with the object and learn it.

• Mark C for puppy who scares and keep a position with the object, or walk away or even crying.

• Mark D for puppy who really scares and run away even stay far from the object

- Response to Auditory Stimulus:

• We can make a strange sounds to make a mark.

• Mark A for puppy who show it head and ears up to the source of the sounds and stay.

• Mark B for puppy who run because of scare but then it come back to the source of the sounds and wait what the next reaction.

• Mark C for puppy who run because of scare but then it come back because the owner call.

• Mark D for puppy who run because of scare and not come back.

- Rank Dominance:

• Sleep over the puppy with 4 legs up and hold lightly on his chest within 30 seconds, and see what is it reaction.

• Mark A for puppy who bites and try to fight and mark E for puppy do nothing.

- Social Dominance:

• Hug the puppy up and touch his head to the back.

• Mark A for puppy who avoid and try to fight back and mark E for puppy do nothing.

- Social Hardness:

• Now lift up the puppy, hold his chest with two hands. This is done like Rank dominace.
  see how the puppy react.

• Mark A for puppy who bites and try to fight and mark E for puppy do nothing.

- Alpha Test (Do together):

• Give food to puppies where they have an access to the food bowl.

• Mark A for puppy who not fight, eat calmly until it sits and no other puppies who disturb.

• Mark B for puppy who always changin position when eat, but eat calmly.

• Mark C for puppy who barking.

• Mark D for puppy who just wait until the other finished.

- When suckling:

• Mark A for puppy who got the nipple the first time.

• Mark B for puppy who got the nipple the second time.

• Mark C for puppy who got the nipple but keep choosing which one to suck.

• Mark D for puppy who keeps fighting to got the nipple.

B. Environment Test

For those puppies who passed the Rank Test, bring the puppies to a park with medium to high distraction and see how the puppy behaves.

C. Biting Test

Bring to no distraction place and give towel or tug for the puppy to bite. Look at the behaves when biting.

• Bite and calm = good

• Bite and noisy = not bad, still trainable in training

• Bita and chewing = takes time in the training

• Throw the metal pipe, if it is retrieved, means good

Bite and calm with bite and noisy are in the same prey drive, only the emotion is different.

From the test, in generally we can recognize the puppy who got more mark A will be the Alpha.

But sometimes, there is a "miss" when test is doing by the owner.

From the test, we will recognize also, which puppy is Alpha, Beta, Omega, Mid Rank and Low Rank with their role and character below.

- Alpha (Male/Female)

• Genetic/True Alpha: Alpha him/her self.

• Pack Alpha: Alpha in litter.

Role: Leader, protect the pack, decision maker, control breeding.

Character: Confidence, dominant, intelligent, self assurance, aloof.

- Beta

Role : Execute, enforce, discipline.

Character: Aggressive, dominant, show off, provoke, intelligent.

- Omega

Role: Maintain harmony in a pack,dilute aggresion.

Character: Excellent communication skill, high tolerance, cooperative, intelligent.

- Mid Rank

Role: Hunting, as a Nanny, teacher for young hunters, biggest population.

Character: Follow order, high trainibility, cooperative, medium to high hardness

- Low Rank

Role: Alert danger for others.

Character: Soft and very sensitive.