I finally had a chance to administer the two remaining exercises from the Pooch IQ test kit I got. Which means I was finally able to tally Murph’s scores!
Scoring
All the tests ended with a letter answer to pick from. Kind of a multiple choice thing, but the answer we picked depended on how Murph performed during that exercise.
After we took each test we went to the score sheet at the back of the book. All of the exercises attributed different point values to each letter answer. We had to find the exercise number and the letter answer, then mark the corresponding number on a score sheet.
Pretty easy and straightforward.
The Raw Score
Once we had all the tests complete we could finally tabulate what the Pooch IQ test creators termed a “raw score.” Murph’s was 75.
His Pooch IQ Score
Once we had his raw score we had to look at a different sheet to get his Pooch IQ score. That turned out to be 100.
Where Does Murph Fall on the Scale?
There are eight categories to choose from, staring with Not So Bright and going all the way up to Absolute Genius. Murph fell right in the middle at About Average.
Exercises Murph Scored Highest On
The most points you could get for a question was 10. The lowest was one.
Murph scored a nine on Exercise 10 (the bouncy ball exercise), and a 10 on Exercise 13 (finding me when I hid).
Exercises Murph Scored the Lowest On
Those would be Exercises 5, 7, and 9. He only got a one on Exercise 5, and threes for the other two exercises.
Overall Thoughts on the Test
It was a lot of fun to administer, and Murph had a lot of fun taking the tests (because treats were always involved), but the answers I had to pick from weren’t always reflective of how Murph actually performed. I was instructed to pick the closest answer when this occurred. That kind of sucked because they weren’t truly representative of what he did during those tests.
However, mostly his performance mirrored the answers I had to choose from. Also, like I said we both had fun. It was a good way to spend time together, a different way to play together and communicate. I had fun seeing him trying to figure things out, and he’s psyched he scored a bunch of new toys!
Courtney Mroch writes about animals great and small in Pets and the harmony and strife that encompasses married life in Marriage. For a full listing of her articles click here.
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