Rate your dog's personality -- new online questionnaire
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Here's Ilsa's, my comments in bold.
Fearfulness: 12%
* Fear of people: 8%
* Non-social fear: 23%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 7% she's not submissive to other dogs, it's just she'll let other dogs have toys on HER terms - she is the undisputed queen of the house, and the other dogs know it.
* Fear during handling: 8%
Aggression towards people: 6%
* General aggression towards people: 13%
* Situational aggression towards people: 0%
Activity/Excitability: 68%
* Excitability: 39%
* Playfulness: 83% hahaha... Ilsa isn't a playful dog - she's a toy driven dog, but not playful as a general rule.
* Active engagement: 86%
* Companionability: 63% maybe for some people... but she's the perfect companion for ME.
Resonsiveness to Training: 82%
* Trainability: 88%
* Controllability: 76% some days it's higher, some days it's MUCH lower
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Aggression towards animals: 44%
* Aggression towards dogs: 23%
* Prey drive: 64%
* Dominance over dogs: 44%
Fearfulness: 12%
* Fear of people: 8%
* Non-social fear: 23%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 7% she's not submissive to other dogs, it's just she'll let other dogs have toys on HER terms - she is the undisputed queen of the house, and the other dogs know it.
* Fear during handling: 8%
Aggression towards people: 6%
* General aggression towards people: 13%
* Situational aggression towards people: 0%
Activity/Excitability: 68%
* Excitability: 39%
* Playfulness: 83% hahaha... Ilsa isn't a playful dog - she's a toy driven dog, but not playful as a general rule.
* Active engagement: 86%
* Companionability: 63% maybe for some people... but she's the perfect companion for ME.
Resonsiveness to Training: 82%
* Trainability: 88%
* Controllability: 76% some days it's higher, some days it's MUCH lower
)Aggression towards animals: 44%
* Aggression towards dogs: 23%
* Prey drive: 64%
* Dominance over dogs: 44%
Here's Ronin's results... my comments in bold.
Fearfulness: 13%
* Fear of people: 12%
* Non-social fear: 19%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 3% I don't think I've ever seen him be afraid of another dog, EVER.
* Fear during handling: 19% by who, me? He's not afraid of being handled by me, he trusts me completel. Now, when he's handed off to a stranger for the first time he's a bit unsure, but I wouldn't attribute 19% to that.
Aggression towards people: 5%
* General aggression towards people: 8%
* Situational aggression towards people: 2% I'd have to say more - he's one scary SOB when your intentions are not good towards me, the SO, and the other dogs.
Activity/Excitability: 73%
* Excitability: 81%
* Playfulness: 48% Just because he doesn't like toys, it doesn't mean he's not playful. He's extremely playful, just not with toys.
* Active engagement: 78%
* Companionability: 83%
Resonsiveness to Training: 83%
* Trainability: 86%
* Controllability: 81%
Aggression towards animals: 65%
* Aggression towards dogs: 67% Ha... the only reason why this ende dup being less than 80% is because he's under MY control. Let him go willy nilly in a dog park, and he'd start a fight in three seconds flat. He's male, intact, a Doberman, and is aggressive towards other males.
* Prey drive: 92% The nailed this one good!
* Dominance over dogs: 36%
Fearfulness: 13%
* Fear of people: 12%
* Non-social fear: 19%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 3% I don't think I've ever seen him be afraid of another dog, EVER.
* Fear during handling: 19% by who, me? He's not afraid of being handled by me, he trusts me completel. Now, when he's handed off to a stranger for the first time he's a bit unsure, but I wouldn't attribute 19% to that.
Aggression towards people: 5%
* General aggression towards people: 8%
* Situational aggression towards people: 2% I'd have to say more - he's one scary SOB when your intentions are not good towards me, the SO, and the other dogs.
Activity/Excitability: 73%
* Excitability: 81%
* Playfulness: 48% Just because he doesn't like toys, it doesn't mean he's not playful. He's extremely playful, just not with toys.
* Active engagement: 78%
* Companionability: 83%
Resonsiveness to Training: 83%
* Trainability: 86%
* Controllability: 81%
Aggression towards animals: 65%
* Aggression towards dogs: 67% Ha... the only reason why this ende dup being less than 80% is because he's under MY control. Let him go willy nilly in a dog park, and he'd start a fight in three seconds flat. He's male, intact, a Doberman, and is aggressive towards other males.
* Prey drive: 92% The nailed this one good!
* Dominance over dogs: 36%
Here's Gunnar's score
Fearfulness: 9%
* Fear of people: 10%
* Non-social fear: 15%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 7%
* Fear during handling: 3%
Aggression towards people: 8%
* General aggression towards people: 6%
* Situational aggression towards people: 10%
Activity/Excitability: 82%
* Excitability: 61%
* Playfulness: 90%
* Active engagement: 97%
* Companionability: 80%
Resonsiveness to Training: 94%
* Trainability: 100%
* Controllability: 88%
Aggression towards animals: 37%
* Aggression towards dogs: 27%
* Prey drive: 33%
* Dominance over dogs: 50%
I also think what defines aggression is subjective. I mean, is a dog barking at a stranger approaching the yard aggressive? I would think that would be aggressive to some degree. Is aggressive towards a dog barking at one from across the street, or is it escalating to a higher level if the strange dog invades the dog's personal space? I tried to use the definition as more than just barking- barking would be slightly aggressive to me, anything else would be higher levels.
I also find the prey drive thing to be strange. Gunnar has a pretty high prey drive. He chases anything you throw relentlessly. He will chase strange cats and squirrels in the yard but he won't chase our own cat. He doesn't kill anything though but he's also never caught anything.
A lot of the categories are pretty accurate for Gunnar.
He's not really fearful of people but the test could interpret barking or other "aggressive" reactions as partially fear based. He's not scared of other dogs but again, acting aggressively towards dogs that are in his face could be interpreted as fear. I'm not sure I'd agree with the results here but we don't know how they came up with them.
The playfulness/excitability part is right on. 61% excitabilty is fair. He's not jumping all over the place when you come home, he's calm. but get him playing, he's very excitable. Same goes for the training part, 100% is Gunnar, he's very intelligent and learns things very quickly, is eager to learn, and will work for little reward aside from praise.
Gunnar IS dominant or wants to be dominant over other dogs. He's always in charge. He's moderately aggressive towards other dogs especially if they get with a certain distance to him. He'll bark and lunge at a dog that gets within 2 feet of him or so without him allowing the dog in the space. This is strange dogs, not his household companions. He will share his toys, but on his terms- Daisy can't go take a toy he has, but he will take a toy over to her and drop it in front of her to get her to play. If he's got a bone, meal, or other high value item, the other dogs know not to approach, as he'll give them signs that leave no doubt that they should keep their distance. I have no problem with this. Just because Daisy eats her meal in a minute doesn't mean Gunnar should allow her to approach him while he savors his for 20 minutes.
Fearfulness: 9%
* Fear of people: 10%
* Non-social fear: 15%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 7%
* Fear during handling: 3%
Aggression towards people: 8%
* General aggression towards people: 6%
* Situational aggression towards people: 10%
Activity/Excitability: 82%
* Excitability: 61%
* Playfulness: 90%
* Active engagement: 97%
* Companionability: 80%
Resonsiveness to Training: 94%
* Trainability: 100%
* Controllability: 88%
Aggression towards animals: 37%
* Aggression towards dogs: 27%
* Prey drive: 33%
* Dominance over dogs: 50%
I also think what defines aggression is subjective. I mean, is a dog barking at a stranger approaching the yard aggressive? I would think that would be aggressive to some degree. Is aggressive towards a dog barking at one from across the street, or is it escalating to a higher level if the strange dog invades the dog's personal space? I tried to use the definition as more than just barking- barking would be slightly aggressive to me, anything else would be higher levels.
I also find the prey drive thing to be strange. Gunnar has a pretty high prey drive. He chases anything you throw relentlessly. He will chase strange cats and squirrels in the yard but he won't chase our own cat. He doesn't kill anything though but he's also never caught anything.
A lot of the categories are pretty accurate for Gunnar.
He's not really fearful of people but the test could interpret barking or other "aggressive" reactions as partially fear based. He's not scared of other dogs but again, acting aggressively towards dogs that are in his face could be interpreted as fear. I'm not sure I'd agree with the results here but we don't know how they came up with them.
The playfulness/excitability part is right on. 61% excitabilty is fair. He's not jumping all over the place when you come home, he's calm. but get him playing, he's very excitable. Same goes for the training part, 100% is Gunnar, he's very intelligent and learns things very quickly, is eager to learn, and will work for little reward aside from praise.
Gunnar IS dominant or wants to be dominant over other dogs. He's always in charge. He's moderately aggressive towards other dogs especially if they get with a certain distance to him. He'll bark and lunge at a dog that gets within 2 feet of him or so without him allowing the dog in the space. This is strange dogs, not his household companions. He will share his toys, but on his terms- Daisy can't go take a toy he has, but he will take a toy over to her and drop it in front of her to get her to play. If he's got a bone, meal, or other high value item, the other dogs know not to approach, as he'll give them signs that leave no doubt that they should keep their distance. I have no problem with this. Just because Daisy eats her meal in a minute doesn't mean Gunnar should allow her to approach him while he savors his for 20 minutes.
12 and 20% aggressive actually indicates that your dog scored really low on aggression. We don't yet have enough dogs rated to be able to compare your dog to other dogs statistically, but I can say that "average" would be around 50%, and so your dogs scores are well below an average level of aggression.
Thanks for filling out the questionnaire.
Thanks for filling out the questionnaire.
Overall, I really want to thank you all for the comments that you've provided above. They'll be useful in further revising the questionnaire and the description of the results.
I agree with all of you that what we think is "aggressive" or "fearful" (etc.) differs from person to person. That is why it will be very important to validate the questionnaire, once it is further developed. In validating the questionnaire, what we will do is have dog owners fill out the questionnaire, then use a behavioral assessment that puts the dog in various situations (e.g., greeting an unfamiliar person, meeting a new dog, going to a novel area) and scores the dog's behavior.
If dog owners' ratings of their dogs on the questionnaire are able to predict the dogs' actual behavior during the assessment, then the questionnaire may be of great use for people who don't have time or resources to do a behavioral test.
Thanks again for the time you put in and for all your feedback!
Amanda
I agree with all of you that what we think is "aggressive" or "fearful" (etc.) differs from person to person. That is why it will be very important to validate the questionnaire, once it is further developed. In validating the questionnaire, what we will do is have dog owners fill out the questionnaire, then use a behavioral assessment that puts the dog in various situations (e.g., greeting an unfamiliar person, meeting a new dog, going to a novel area) and scores the dog's behavior.
If dog owners' ratings of their dogs on the questionnaire are able to predict the dogs' actual behavior during the assessment, then the questionnaire may be of great use for people who don't have time or resources to do a behavioral test.
Thanks again for the time you put in and for all your feedback!
Amanda
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However, if you are still encountering this probably, you can get around it. You don't actually have to enter your e-mail address in order to proceed. You can type any character in the e-mail field (for example, you can just type "prefer not to share").
Sorry for the inconvenience.
This problem isn't recurring for me, and so I'm not sure how to fix it.
However, if you are still encountering this probably, you can get around it. You don't actually have to enter your e-mail address in order to proceed. You can type any character in the e-mail field (for example, you can just type "prefer not to share").
Sorry for the inconvenience.
