Friendly and super friendly dogs have a low status in dog society
Dogs are thought to have adapted to being kept by humans and have a
Personalized dominance – a questionnaire-based analysis of the associations among personality traits and social rank of companion dogs --ScienceDirect
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105544
Being a Super-Friendly Dog Has One Potential Drawback, Study Finds
https://www.sciencealert.com/dogs-that-are-super-friendly-rank-low-in-the-dog-hierarchy-study-finds
This was found in a study by a team of biologists Kata Vékony and colleagues at the University of Etovesh Lorand in Hungary.
The team of Vékony and others asked 615 owners who have multiple dogs, 'What kind of relationship do the dogs have?' 'What is the personality trait ( Big Five ) of each dog?' We conducted a questionnaire on the contents. The Big Five classifies personality by combining the five elements of 'intelligence,' 'diligence,' 'extroversion,' 'cooperation,' and 'emotional stability.' Which dog barks first? '' Which dog starts eating first when eating in the same place? '' Which dog often licks the mouth of another dog? ' Etc.
In the questionnaire, 1062 dogs were answered, and 4 of the 5 factors except 'emotional stability' showed a significant relationship with the relationship between dogs, and dogs with higher intelligence, diligence, and extroversion are dogs. It was found that dogs that are ranked higher in society and that are more cooperative are ranked lower. 'Top position in dog society' means, for example, that when you take a walk off the lead, you walk in the forefront, or when you play with other dogs, you show more aggressive movements than the lower dogs. That thing.
We also found that older dogs tend to rank higher, as in previous studies. We also found a pair of dogs that were slightly unrelated to each other.
Roughly summarizing these results, 'older dogs are often higher, but the dogs are a bit farther from their owners.' 'Young dogs, often lower, are owners. I often miss it very much. '
Péter Pongrácz, the principal investigator of this study, said, 'Because the character of a dog has a complicated relationship with the hierarchy in the dog society and the rank where each dog is located, this study alone cannot be said in a nutshell. No. Further research is needed to find out what the causal relationship exists between personality and the position of dog society. '
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