A comparison of behaviour in test and in everyday life: evidence of three consistent boldness-related personality traits in dogs
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| Category | Journal Articles |
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| Abstract |
Six specific personality traits - playfulness, chase-proneness, curiosity/fearlessness, sociability, aggressiveness, and distance-playfulness - and a broad boldness dimension have been suggested for dogs in previous studies based on data collected in a standardized behavioural test ("dog mentality assessment", DMA). In the present study I investigated the validity of the specific traits for predicting typical behaviour in everyday life. A questionnaire with items describing the dog's typical behaviour in a range of situations was sent to owners of dogs that had carried out the DMA behavioural test 1-2 years earlier. Of the questionnaires that were sent out 697 were returned, corresponding to a response rate of 73.3 |
| Date | 2005 |
| Publication Title | Applied Animal Behaviour Science |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 1/2 |
| Pages | 103-128 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 0168-1591 |
| Language | English |
| Author Address | Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. kenth.svartberg@afys.slu.se |
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