There is a temperament test for pups... I raised Great Danes for 15 years. You hold the pup, after its eyes are opened, in your hand on its back and watch what happens. If the pup recoils, jerks or tries to flip over... the "standard" is that the pup has a bad temperament. Not good by show standards.
If the pup lays still with all legs flopped out... kind of a "no worries" limp status... then GREAT by AKC standards. Ok, so get on a unknown support like a giant hand or railing, with absolutely no sense of trust or security (pretend you were not just born and have no idea WTF is going on) and relax. When you feel like you are about to drop to your death, don't jerk, or utilize the natural "fight or flight" instinct and don't you dare react to the sense of falling.
These are the same folks that say that dogs have a 7 second memory. Everyone that believes that... stand on your head and stack beebees. The rest of us will decline to terrorize a new born pup to the "temperament test". Rather, we must hug dogs, regardless the age or "standard".
Slobbers,
Martha
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