- Topic: Behavior Evaluations, Behavior Surveys, Breeds and Behavior, Visual Breed Identification
- Type: Summary and Analysis
- Authors: Alexa Hammond, Daniel Mills, Malgorzata Pilot, Thomas Rowland
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This study is included because it investigates presumed selection for a complex personality trait (impulsivity) among working lines of 2 breeds (those lines presumed to be selected for the ability to perform the breed traditional tasks), but also because it provides an example of the difficulties in defining a phenotype for large personality traits.
This study is included because it attempts to identify relationships between canine morphology and behavior.
The paper is included in the discussion because differences between breeds were found, and the methodology with regard to breed differences demonstrates how potentially confounding variables make these conclusions suspect.
This study measured dogs of three different breeds on an odor-discrimination task, and in doing so exposed some assumptions and biases made about breeds and their abilities.
This dog-owner survey is included because it is widely cited in discussions of canine aggression.
This article is included because it evaluates the ability of the C-BARQ to quantify the incidence of warning and possibly biting behaviors toward strangers among pet dogs labeled by their owners as either Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, or German Shepherds.
This 2011 exploratory study used a large owner survey in an attempt to quantify behavioral commonalities among breeds and breed groups.