Does My Dog Have ADHD Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. When your dog's sleep, exercise, enrichment, toileting, and social needs have been reasonably met, how does the pattern change?
It usually improves substantially.
It remains strong and frequent despite those needs being met consistently.
It is not generally present once normal needs are met.
It improves somewhat but continues to affect the day.
2. After your dog has had an age-appropriate walk, play session, or other normal outlet, what usually happens at home?
My dog remains intensely active for a long time and seems unable to shift into rest.
My dog stays lively briefly, then settles with little help.
My dog usually relaxes or sleeps when the activity ends.
My dog often needs repeated prompts or a calming routine before settling.
3. When the household is quiet and nothing particular is happening, how does your dog spend that time?
Mostly resting, watching calmly, or choosing a quiet activity.
Frequently pacing, roaming, vocalizing, or seeking stimulation instead of resting.
Alternating between rest and short periods of checking what is happening.
Often moving from place to place and taking noticeably longer than expected to relax.
4. During times when your dog would normally sleep or rest, what level of movement do you observe?
Frequent repositioning, getting up, pacing, or seeking activity that substantially interrupts rest.
A few brief movements before comfortable rest.
Repeated movement that delays or shortens rest on several days.
Generally restful sleep with ordinary position changes.
5. How much do these behaviors interfere with ordinary routines such as meals, walks, rest, training, or calm time together?
They create occasional inconvenience but routines remain easy to complete.
They regularly disrupt several routines or make them very difficult to complete.
They do not meaningfully interfere with ordinary routines.
They complicate at least one routine several times a week.
6. After a brief distraction interrupts an activity, how easily can your dog return to what they were doing?
Usually after a second prompt or a short pause.
Only after substantial support, and sometimes not before the activity ends.
Readily, without help or after one familiar prompt.
With repeated prompting, increased distance, or a more valuable reward.
7. In a familiar, low-distraction room, how does your dog respond to a well-practiced cue?
My dog usually responds, with occasional delay or repetition.
My dog often shifts away before completing the response and needs several resets.
My dog responds consistently or needs only a normal brief prompt.
My dog is rarely able to stay with the cue long enough to respond, even with familiar rewards.
8. Thinking beyond isolated exciting days, how long has this overall pattern been evident?
It has been consistent for many months and across routine changes.
It appears occasionally without a sustained pattern.
It has been noticeable for several weeks or returns regularly.
It has appeared during a short, identifiable change in routine or environment.
9. During a short training or enrichment task suited to your dog's experience, how steadily do they participate?
My dog repeatedly abandons the task within moments and struggles to re-engage.
My dog participates steadily, allowing for ordinary pauses.
My dog needs frequent changes or resets to remain involved.
My dog drifts away once or twice but returns readily.
10. At a doorway, food bowl, or another familiar waiting point, what is your dog's typical pattern?
My dog can usually pause with the familiar cue and setup.
My dog repeatedly rushes forward and has great difficulty pausing despite consistent practice.
My dog pauses after one extra reminder or adjustment.
My dog often breaks the pause and needs the situation reset more than once.
11. How often does your dog repeatedly restart energetic activity moments after appearing ready to rest?
Sometimes, particularly on unusually stimulating days.
Rarely or not at all.
On most days, often through several attempts to settle.
Several times a week, even when the routine is fairly normal.
12. On a walk, your dog notices an interesting but ordinary sight or smell. What happens next?
My dog notices it and can usually reconnect with me promptly.
My dog becomes absorbed but can reorient with extra distance, time, or a strong reward.
My dog briefly loses focus, then reconnects after a familiar prompt.
My dog reacts immediately and remains very difficult to reorient after the stimulus has passed.
13. Across different familiar settings, where do the high activity or attention difficulties appear?
In one specific type of situation, such as exciting outdoor settings.
Across nearly all settings, including calm and familiar ones.
In several settings, though there are also clear situations where my dog regulates well.
Rarely, or only during unusual events.
14. What effect do these behaviors have on your dog's ability to take part in suitable daily activities?
My dog participates comfortably, with ordinary adjustments.
My dog sometimes needs extra structure but can still participate well.
Several activities require significant modification or are sometimes cut short.
Rest, learning, walks, or social activities are frequently prevented or severely disrupted.
15. A visitor arrives and the initial greeting is over. How readily does your dog calm down?
My dog stays highly activated through most or all of the visit despite familiar calming support.
My dog remains excited for a while but eventually settles with repeated guidance.
My dog settles soon after a brief period of excitement.
My dog returns to a calm state quickly or was calm throughout.