The nature test for dogs was obligatorily introduced to Germany by the legislator, after there was a strengthened medium reporting and a large public interest in attacks of dogs on humans, who were frequently substantially hurt thereby and even killed in some cases in the year 2000. The medium reporting concentrated mostly on combat dogs so mentioned, so that the public opinion developed, deaths by dog bites by dogs of the so-called combat dog races was to a large extent caused. The medium reporting left on the other hand e.g. two deaths unconsidered by Rottweiler and a death by a Labrador in the same year, although here likewise humans died. In most Lands of the Federal Republic thereupon dog regulations and dog laws adopts, which impose upon a test of the behavior characteristics (the "nature" and the "character") of the dog to the owner of a dog from certain races. The Administrative Court pouring coined/shaped the terms in a judgement list dog and aggression dog. Both groups of dogs are obligated to the nature test, whereby at the first group a possibility of the danger of the dog is assumed (so-called Besorgnispotenzial), however is at the second group the dog actually by aggression been noticeable.

A goal of the test

The goal of these tests is to explore the characteristics in behavior of the individual animals in order to recognize up-to-date dangerous dogs. A long-term prognosis for the future behavior of an animal is afflicted with large uncertainties, since the behavior depends above all also on the attitude circumstances. Each dog can be educated to the aggressive dog, on the other hand also no existed nature test helps. With list dogs however the maintained genetic aggression increase can be examined, there these is in principle either present or not. In the Land of the Federal Republic Hessen these tests had to be repeated; this obligation for repetition is at present the subject of a legal argument in the Land of the Federal Republic Hessen, which means judgement Administrative Court pouring from 12 September 2005 that with list dogs in principle no repetition of the nature test is necessary.

Execution and consequences of the test

The term "nature test" is not protected or standardized. Particularly from the large variety of the nature tests and behavior tests in such a way specified the nature test stands out in accordance with the dog law of Lower Saxony (before times danger animal regulation of Lower Saxony, GefTVO). This test, which was developed by NET and PLANTA in the year 1997, thus for a long time before the so-called "combat dog discussion" 2000, developed further of specialized knowledge-shank-learn due to ethologischer and animal-medical realizations.

The nature test of Lower Saxony (nds. WT) has the following qualitative characteristics compared with simpler images: - Execution by a veterinary surgeon with prescribed minimum period of the advanced training in dog behavior teaching Vorabtest of the dog on tranquilizers and diseases, which affect the behavior ability complete documentation of the entire test run on video all tasks of test become at least twice going through the searching veterinary surgeon arrange at each time its undivided attention on one dog which can be examined - court-usable written documentation of each test station with detailed data for the expression behavior of the animal standardized test run without possibility of arbitrary adding or omitting test situation point system for the scientific evaluation of the results

For the execution of the nature test of Lower Saxony certain veterinary surgeons are authorized by the federal state government of Lower Saxony. The permission can be recalled, if control objections results in at the time of execution. To control purposes the video photographs and the associated behavior appraisals can be examined of a control instance.

Most nature tests in Lower Saxony were accomplished by the university Hanover. Execution takes one day and costs there 260 "€ including execution of the appraisal, which covers typically 7-8 sides.

In other Lands of the Federal Republic the test is made often than standardized short test and inspection of the dog by a behavior-biologically experienced assigned one of the local order office. Regulations, tests and the consequences for owners and animal, if the dog does not exist the test, vary thereby from Land of the Federal Republic to Land of the Federal Republic. The sanctions can lead in the long run up to the seizure of the dog.

In different dog breed federations for the federation attached breeders meetings are accomplished, on which breed dogs of assigned members are examined. This procedure is called also nature test. In contrast to nds. WT are missing here substantial elements, like the veterinary surgeon characteristic of the examiner, the threat situations and the Videoaufzeichnung. Instead of its partly race-specific or employment-typical assessments with are evaluated, as e.g. feel-rubbed or firing firmness. The appraisal enclosure often only one side and does not have a function outside of the association.

Contents nature test

Nds. WT consists of the main parts

1. Dog people contact
2. Dog environmental contact
3. Dog dog contact and
4. Obediently

Important individual tasks are among other things to the first section: - ranganmassende gestures (handpresent a covering of the catch on backs and head,) - Anstarren (threaten-fix) - confrontation with several persons, the blind stick and going stick use confrontation with Joggern and persons, like drunk ones behave themselves and after alcohol smelling some persons come on the dog too (not a goal arranged) and remain with body contact beside it standing (elevator situation) - a person is because of the soil (or squats) and rises abruptly, when owners and dog make the test course (distance 2m). - A person shouts at the dog furiously.

To the second section these tasks belong: - An umbrella before the dog stretching ringing bicycle and honking car must happened a buggy with baby noises past directly pushing a test person goes toward the dog, walk it on a person threatens the dog with a stick a person happens with a burning lighter on the dog

To the third section these tasks belong: - Two dogs pass the test specimen confrontation with a same sex dog behind a fence. - The dog which can be examined is tied up isolated from the owner (Sichtschutz) approx. 2 m before the fence and confronted with a same sex dog.

The fourth section of the test tasks contains different everyday tasks, like a calling of the dog from the free-wheel, as test situations implementing the commands "seat" and "place" and spending a toy (ball) on command.

This enumerating of tasks places only one cutout from the lasting several hours nds. WT.

Evaluation of the dog behavior with the nature test

It concerns in particular the examination of the reaction of the dog to such attractions, which well-known-proves aggression behavior with dogs release can. Aggression behavior is a normal component of the social behavior also with dogs. Dogs, which bark in adequately threatening or be frightened situations knurren or, are to be classified not overall as dangerous. Naturally dog owners must be able to affect the aggression behavior of their dogs regulating so that no annoyance or endangerments of humans and/or kind comrades arises. All dogs must be able to meet appropriate attractions, without a situation escalates. A goal nds. WT is it, dogs with disturbed social behavior to find out in particular a unakzeptablen aggression behavior (are missing the escalation stages) because they are for their environment due to the represented disturbance of its social behavior a increased hazard potential.

With the partly extreme provocations, like a shouting at of the dog or threat with a club, an adequate aggression behavior (like Knurren, threatening barking) is to be rated as normal. It is important that the behavior is gradated shown. Existed applies nds. WT for example still if a dog shows the following reactions: Bark with the task 'threatening fixing by strange Person'Drohfixieren, Knurrbellen with a submissiven display and pulling on the line with the task 'of threat with Stock'Das appraisal in this case read in the situation 5 (Anstarren) jump the dog toward the test person and bark once. It turns away in the connection immediately, shows and ditch at the soil (note: Appeasement signal) and takes up then contact with the test person. In the situation 29 (threat with stick) the dog reacts with optical and acoustic threatening signals (, Knurrbellen threaten-fix) with a submissiven display (back put ears) and pulling on the line toward the test person. During renewed testing to the situation with muzzle the dog of the test person evades and shows no aggressive Signale.Das threatening behavior of the dog is regarding the required attraction quite still as situation adequate to be arranged and thus in a range, which is to be arranged for a dog as normal. Into the remaining dog humans and dog environment contacts cannot be observed aggressive signals. In the test situation to 5. Knew or March 2002 with the dog no referring to disturbed aggressive behavior in the sense of the GefTVO from 5 July 2000 to be observed.

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