Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Does your personality influence the relationship you have with your dog?



If you’ve ever wondered how your personality influences the relationship you have with your dog, or how your dog’s appearance and personality influences the relationship you have with your dog, you’re not alone.
The Australian Anthrozoology Research Foundation is supporting La Trobe University researcher Cynthia Brown in a project looking at the role of human and dog characteristics in quality of the the human-dog relationship.
Why does it matter? Well, mismatches in these kinds of relationships can have really serious implications for dogs – eg, being deemed incompatible and surrendered to a shelter, where it becomes a life or death issue.
On the flip side, the better we can match dogs with owners, the fewer surrenders occur.
If you are:
a)   A dog owner
b)   Over 18
c)   Have a spare fifteen to twenty minutes
d)   Have or can take a photo of your dog
You can do the survey online and contribute to important anthrozoology research.