We received a total of 129
Dog Personality questionnaires (BT standard and miniature 60, SBT 44, GS 25).
Four factors were derived from
the Dog Personality questionnaire using factor analysis.
Not exact matches
In the new study, 235 adults, ages 15 to 64, indicated their preference for different
dog breeds and also filled out
personality tests, among other
questionnaires.
After the
questionnaire, we presented them with information about their
dog's
personality across our four quadrants: energy, focus, confidence and independence, and we showed them how compatible they were with their
dog.
Questionnaires have earlier been found to correspond well with actual behaviours of
dogs and to provide valid methods for acquiring information on canine behaviour and
personality [32]--[36].
The second
questionnaire,
Dog's
Personality Q (Attachment S2) was sent to those SBT, BT and GS owners that had returned Stereotypic Behaviour
Questionnaires and whose
dogs had either TCindex ≥ 2 or TCindex = 0.
The
personality of the
dogs was evaluated using a separate owner - filled
questionnaire (Attachment S2) of
dogs with a TCindex = 0 or TCindex ≥ 2.
Shyness / Boldness, Sociability and Aggressiveness
personality factors have been also found earlier in
dogs using both behavioural testing and
questionnaires [34], [59], [60], and thus our findings provide further support for the existence of these
personality traits in
dogs.
We found four major
personality factors to exist based on the
personality questionnaires; Shyness / Boldness, Sociability /
Dogs (sociability towards dogs), Amicability / Humans (friendliness towards humans), and Aggressiveness / Humans (aggressiveness towards huma
Dogs (sociability towards
dogs), Amicability / Humans (friendliness towards humans), and Aggressiveness / Humans (aggressiveness towards huma
dogs), Amicability / Humans (friendliness towards humans), and Aggressiveness / Humans (aggressiveness towards humans).
This
questionnaire aimed to provide a
personality profile of the
dogs, especially their potential fearful or aggressive reactions to everyday situations (strange humans, novel situations, loud noises and separation from the owner), interest in play, and activity.
We performed a
questionnaire survey to investigate the characteristics of compulsive (TC) and its possible associations with environmental correlates and
personality in a pet population of 368
dogs from four
dog breeds.