The Personality of Dogs

Miklósi, Ádám; Turcsán, Borbála; Kubinyi, Enikő

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-407818-5.00007-3

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“…The questionnaire was filled in by the owner who was defined as “the person who has the closest relationship with the dog”. In order to investigate the dependency of the HSD-s on external factors, general questions that have been discussed in the literature to influence behavior [12,91] were included, such as owner sex, age, and profession, dog breed, age, and sex, questions regarding the dog’s history and current living situation, the dog’s health, the presence of behavior problems, types of training methods (positive and negative punishment and positive reinforcement) used by the owner, time spent with the dog, as well as the (subjective) stimulation levels of the first and current living surroundings (see Table 2 for the complete list). Based on the assumption that certain types of “milder” positive punishment are more likely to be used than stronger ones, positive punishment was separated into mild (e.g.…”

Section: Main Study: International Online Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is no unanimous definition of the term “personality” in humans or animals, nevertheless, it can be broadly described as a set of behavioral and physiological characteristics that are consistent across time and different contexts [2,5,7–12]. It has been proposed that personality may contribute to the maintenance of behavioral variation and thus allow for adaptive responses to changes in the environment [13–15].…”

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Development of the “Highly Sensitive Dog” questionnaire to evaluate the personality dimension “Sensory Processing Sensitivity” in dogs

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In humans, the personality dimension ‘sensory processing sensitivity (SPS)’, also referred to as “high sensitivity”, involves deeper processing of sensory information, which can be associated with physiological and behavioral overarousal. However, it has not been studied up to now whether this dimension also exists in other species. SPS can influence how people perceive the environment and how this affects them, thus a similar dimension in animals would be highly relevant with respect to animal welfare. We therefore explored whether SPS translates to dogs, one of the primary model species in personality research. A 32-item questionnaire to assess the “highly sensitive dog score” (HSD-s) was developed based on the “highly sensitive person” (HSP) questionnaire. A large-scale, international online survey was conducted, including the HSD questionnaire, as well as questions on fearfulness, neuroticism, “demographic” (e.g. dog sex, age, weight; age at adoption, etc.) and “human” factors (e.g. owner age, sex, profession, communication style, etc.), and the HSP questionnaire. Data were analyzed using linear mixed effect models with forward stepwise selection to test prediction of HSD-s by the above-mentioned factors, with country of residence and dog breed treated as random effects. A total of 3647 questionnaires were fully completed. HSD-, fearfulness, neuroticism and HSP-scores showed good internal consistencies, and HSD-s only moderately correlated with fearfulness and neuroticism scores, paralleling previous findings in humans. Intra- (N = 447) and inter-rater (N = 120) reliabilities were good. Demographic and human factors, including HSP score, explained only a small amount of the variance of HSD-s. A PCA analysis identified three subtraits of SPS, comparable to human findings. Overall, the measured personality dimension in dogs showed good internal consistency, partial independence from fearfulness and neuroticism, and good intra- and inter-rater reliability, indicating good construct validity of the HSD questionnaire. Human and demographic factors only marginally affected the HSD-s suggesting that, as hypothesized for human SPS, a genetic basis may underlie this dimension within the dog species.

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Development of the “Highly Sensitive Dog” questionnaire to evaluate the personality dimension “Sensory Processing Sensitivity” in dogs

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“…There are probably also individual differences in dogs' ability to perceive human emotion (Arden & Adams 2016;Miklósi et al 2014). We believe that dogs are also a good candidate species to test whether the perceptions and the expression of emotions are closely interlinked via common internal representations in the embodiment of emotion (Niedenthal 2007).…”

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“…In the last 20 years, there has been growing scientific interest in the domestic dog and its role in its special niche: the human environment (Kaminski & Marshall-Pescini 2014, Miklosi 2007. Most studies have focused on the cognitive skills dogs evolved in the context of that environment.…”

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Communicating canine and human emotions

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Silva²,

Schweinberger³

2017

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“…Zo verschillen rassen onder andere in de manier waarop ze met de mens communiceren (Jakovcevic et al, 2010). Tussen rassen bestaan volgens sommige onderzoekers ook verschillen in persoonlijkheidskenmerken (Miklósi et al, 2014), terwijl andere onderzoekers dit juist niet konden aantonen (Svartberg et al, 2005). Kovács et al (2016) toonden tussen (twee) rassen een verschil aan in reactie op het toedienen van oxytocine.…”

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Minder hondenbeten : Puzzelen naar veiligheid voor mens en dier

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2017

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Samenvatting NL Dit rapport bevat adviezen aan de gemeente Amsterdam hoe te komen tot een reductie van het aantal bijtincidenten met honden en voor haar burgers tot een verhoging van de reële en ervaren veiligheid. Oorzaken van bijtincidenten zijn op basis van de literatuur in kaart gebracht en cijfers over de aard en omvang van bijtincidenten zijn geactualiseerd voor zowel Nederland als voor de gemeente Amsterdam. De geadviseerde maatregelen zijn opgedeeld in twee onderdelen: repressieve maatregelen (advies bijtprotocol), volgend op een bijtincident dat al is opgetreden en bedoeld om herhaling te voorkomen, en preventieve maatregelen, bedoeld om nieuwe bijtincidenten te voorkomen. Tenslotte zijn er adviezen opgenomen aangaande een betere registratie van honden, van bijtincidenten met honden en betreffende de ontwikkeling en het gebruik van een lijst met hoog-risico honden. Summary UK This report contains advice to the municipality of Amsterdam on how to reduce the number of dog bites thus increasing real and perceived safety for its citizens. Causes of dog bites have been identified on the basis of the literature and figures on the nature and extent of biting incidents have been updated for both the Netherlands and the municipality of Amsterdam. The recommended measures are divided into two parts: repressive measures (biting protocol advice), following a bite incident that has already occurred thus preventing recurrence, and preventive measures intended to prevent new bite incidents. Finally, advice has been included regarding better registration of dogs, of bite incidents with dogs and the development and use of a list of high-risk dogs. Dit rapport is gratis te downloaden op https://doi.org/10.18174/428257 of op www.wur.nl/livestock-research (onder Wageningen Livestock Research publicaties).

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The Personality of Dogs

Cited by 13 publications

References 123 publications

Development of the “Highly Sensitive Dog” questionnaire to evaluate the personality dimension “Sensory Processing Sensitivity” in dogs

Development of the “Highly Sensitive Dog” questionnaire to evaluate the personality dimension “Sensory Processing Sensitivity” in dogs

Communicating canine and human emotions

Minder hondenbeten : Puzzelen naar veiligheid voor mens en dier

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