A consent test involving initiating and withdrawing physical contact can determine if an animal tolerates or enjoys the interaction.

“And one way of doing that is to offer a consent test. So you might you might off your hand and scratch a little bit, ideally in a place that the animal really enjoys. So most dogs don't enjoy having a hand on top of their head, but rather perhaps here on their neck or or the upper chest sort of. Yeah. So you might do that for a few seconds and then you remove your hand to see does the animal enjoy this and will they then reinitiate that contact or not or will they move away?”