Online Dog Personality Questionnaire

[acj243]

The Animal Personality Institute (API) at the University of Texas is currently conducting a new study to develop the Dog Personality Questionnaire (DPQ), a questionnaire-based tool for assessing personality in dogs. http://survey.psy.utexas.edu/API/dpq.php

We need at least 1,800 dog owners to complete the DPQ so that we can improve and further develop it. We appreciate each and every dog owner who takes the time to complete the questionnaire. It is currently available online and takes about 20 minutes to complete. When dog owners fill out the online DPQ, they will immediately receive information about how their dog has scored on each of the personality traits assessed in the DPQ, and they will be entered into a drawing for a free gift certificate as a token of our appreciation. 

One particular goal is to recruite a wide variety of dogs -- all breeds, all ages, and all sizes! 

If you would like rate your dog on the DPQ or to learn more about this new questionnaire, please visit the DPQ homepage (http://survey.psy.utexas.edu/API/dpq.php) where you can find links to the DPQ Information page and the DPQ Updates page. To learn more about the Animal Personality Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, go to www.animalpers onality.org.

If you know any other dog owners who might be interested in filling out the DPQ, please forward this message on to them. 

Thank you!

[schelmischekitty]

here's diesel's.  it didn't teach me anything, i already knew he has issues ha ha, on another note though it did make me realize how different my dogs are from one another


Fearfulness: 47%

    * Fear of people: 50%
    * Non-social fear: 69%
    * Fear/submission towards other dogs: 13%
    * Fear during handling: 56%


Aggression towards people: 13%

    * General aggression towards people: 25%
    * Situational aggression towards people: 0%


Activity/Excitability: 68%

    * Excitability: 28%
    * Playfulness: 76%
    * Active engagement: 86%
    * Companionabili ty: 80%


Resonsiveness to Training: 76%

    * Trainability: 64%
    * Controllabilit y: 88%


Aggression towards animals: 5%

    * Aggression towards dogs: 3%
    * Prey drive: 0%
    * Dominance over dogs: 11%

[Nicole]

Oooh, cool! I like it!

Fearfulness: 32%
Fear of people: 7%
Non-social fear: 40%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 50%
Fear during handling: 31%

Aggression towards people: 2%
General aggression towards people: 0%
Situational aggression towards people: 5%

Activity/Excitability: 56%
Excitability: 30%
Playfulness: 50%
Active engagement: 61%
Companionabili ty: 83%

Resonsiveness to Training: 75%
Trainability: 76%
Controllabilit y: 74%

Aggression towards animals: 17%
Aggression towards dogs: 20%
Prey drive: 0%
Dominance over dogs: 31%

[Nina]

Here is Harley's

Fearfulness: 10%
Fear of people: 13%
Non-social fear: 10%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 13%
Fear during handling: 3%

Aggression towards people: 5%
General aggression towards people: 2%
Situational aggression towards people: 7%

Activity/Excitability: 75%
Excitability: 50%
Playfulness: 79%
Active engagement: 92%
Companionabili ty: 80%

Resonsiveness to Training: 81%
Trainability: 86%
Controllabilit y: 76%

Aggression towards animals: 15%
Aggression towards dogs: 3%
Prey drive: 8%
Dominance over dogs: 33%

[morph's mom]

HAHAHAHAHA just looking at everybodys scores is kinda entertaining.  They may have thier own little quirks and idiosyncracies BUT... They are all very well Trained.  lol.  So we must be doing something right    What good puppers we have.  

[Icerotti]

Farley

Fearfulness: 20%
Fear of people: 18%
Non-social fear: 31%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 10%
Fear during handling: 22%

Aggression towards people: 2%
General aggression towards people: 0%
Situational aggression towards people: 5%

Activity/Excitability: 82%
Excitability: 59%
Playfulness: 86%
Active engagement: 100%
Companionabili ty: 83%

Resonsiveness to Training: 83%
Trainability: 95%
Controllabilit y: 71%

Aggression towards animals: 23%
Aggression towards dogs: 0%
Prey drive: 33%
Dominance over dogs: 36%

[2Criminals]

Fearfulness: 3%
Fear of people: 2%
Non-social fear: 0%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 7%
Fear during handling: 6%

Aggression towards people: 0%
General aggression towards people: 0%
Situational aggression towards people: 0%

Activity/Excitability: 78%
Excitability: 44%
Playfulness: 95%
Active engagement: 81%
Companionabili ty: 93%

Resonsiveness to Training: 80%
Trainability: 86%
Controllabilit y: 74%

Aggression towards animals: 16%
Aggression towards dogs: 0%
Prey drive: 36%
Dominance over dogs: 11%

I think i would agree with most of this, except maybe the prey drive, he only chases one of the cats because she torments him

[2Criminals]

I like that Farley is 95% trainable but only 71% controllable!! LMAO

[People Whisperer]

Here is Lily...Looks pretty real to me

Fearfulness: 13%
Fear of people: 12%
Non-social fear: 4%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 37%
Fear during handling: 0%

Aggression towards people: 0%
General aggression towards people: 0%
Situational aggression towards people: 0%

Activity/Excitability: 70%
Excitability: 57%
Playfulness: 79%
Active engagement: 86%
Companionabili ty: 57%

Responsiveness to Training: 69%
Trainability: 69%
Controllabilit y: 69%

Aggression towards animals: 15%
Aggression towards dogs: 0%
Prey drive: 39%
Dominance over dogs: 6%

[PennyK]

Here's what I got for Teddy:

Fearfulness: 16%
Fear of people: 15%
Non-social fear: 13%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 27%
Fear during handling: 8%

Aggression towards people: 6%
General aggression towards people: 13%
Situational aggression towards people: 0%

Activity/Excitability: 77%
Excitability: 59%
Playfulness: 79%
Active engagement: 72%
Companionabili ty: 97%

Resonsiveness to Training: 75%
Trainability: 71%
Controllabilit y: 79%

Aggression towards animals: 15%
Aggression towards dogs: 10%
Prey drive: 25%
Dominance over dogs: 11%



Check out his Companionabili ty - 97% - I KNEW he's my best buddy!

[Fumble]

Fearfulness: 25%
Fear of people: 18%
Non-social fear: 19%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 40%
Fear during handling: 22%

Aggression towards people: 1%
General aggression towards people: 2%
Situational aggression towards people: 0%

Activity/Excitability: 69%
Excitability: 57%
Playfulness: 74%
Active engagement: 69%
Companionabili ty: 77%

Resonsiveness to Training: 73%
Trainability: 62%
Controllabilit y: 83%

Aggression towards animals: 6%
Aggression towards dogs: 0%
Prey drive: 3%
Dominance over dogs: 14%


here's fumbleS!! ooh my hand fell asleep during that!!

[morph's mom]

OK here is Morphs in the same format you all did it.  hehehehe

Fearfulness: 21%
Fear of people: 27%
Non-social fear: 25%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 7%
Fear during handling: 25%

Aggression towards people: 36%
General aggression towards people: 50%
Situational aggression towards people: 21%

Activity/Excitability: 92%
Excitability: 81%
Playfulness: 98%
Active engagement: 92%
Companionabili ty: 97%

Resonsiveness to Training: 85%
Trainability: 95%
Controllabilit y: 74%

Aggression towards animals: 22%
Aggression towards dogs: 13%
Prey drive: 31%
Dominance over dogs: 22%

[Anakalia]

I don't know if this is very accurate, Koby's not fearful of people at all just not very trusting sometimes.

Fearfulness: 19%
Fear of people: 20%
Non-social fear: 2%
Fear/submission towards other dogs: 23%
Fear during handling: 31%

Aggression towards people: 2%
General aggression towards people: 4%
Situational aggression towards people: 0%

Activity/Excitability: 75%
Excitability: 48%
Playfulness: 83%
Active engagement: 83%
Companionabili ty: 87%

Resonsiveness to Training: 96%
Trainability: 98%
Controllabilit y: 95%

Aggression towards animals: 6%
Aggression towards dogs: 0%
Prey drive: 8%
Dominance over dogs: 11%

[acj243]

Thanks to all of you who've filled out the questionnaire! 
It's also nice to see that it's started a bit of discussion.  (And, of course, I like to see pictures of the dogs who have been rated.) 

-Amanda

[schelmischekitty]

Sheeba our akita chow mix (we have 5 dogs, i already posted diesel our dane's  )
Fearfulness: 31%
* Fear of people: 37%
* Non-social fear: 40%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 23%
* Fear during handling: 25%
Aggression towards people: 3%
* General aggression towards people: 6
* Situational aggression towards people: 0%
Activity/Excitability: 74%
* Excitability: 80%
* Playfulness: 57%
* Active engagement: 78%
* Companionabili ty: 80%
Responsiveness to Training: 82%
* Trainability: 81%
* Controllabilit y: 83%
Aggression towards animals: 23%
* Aggression towards dogs: 20%
* Prey drive: 53%
* Dominance over dogs: -3%

caine our pit bull, this one was totally off.  he's got no fear of people or handling.
Fearfulness: 28%
* Fear of people: 30%
* Non-social fear: 21%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 50%
* Fear during handling: 11%
Aggression towards people: 17%
* General aggression towards people: 33%
* Situational aggression towards people: 0%
Activity/Excitability: 93%
* Excitability: 93%
* Playfulness: 86%
* Active engagement: 97%
* Companionabili ty: 97%
Resonsiveness to Training: 58%
* Trainability: 52%
* Controllabilit y: 64%
Aggression towards animals: 29%
* Aggression towards dogs: 3%
* Prey drive: 69%
* Dominance over dogs: 14%

peanut chihuahua
Fearfulness: 27%
* Fear of people: 27%
* Non-social fear: 21%
* Fear/submission towards other dogs: 37%
* Fear during handling: 22%
Aggression towards people: 2%
* General aggression towards people: 2%
* Situational aggression towards people: 2%
Activity/Excitability: 73%
* Excitability: 44%
* Playfulness: 83%
* Active engagement: 72%
* Companionabili ty: 90%
Resonsiveness to Training: 76%
* Trainability: 71%
* Controllabilit y: 81%
Aggression towards animals: 28%
* Aggression towards dogs: 20%
* Prey drive: 28%
* Dominance over dogs: 36%