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Woman With A Dog Love Doberman Blonde Girl Dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>New research has come out that suggests that not only do dog’s have personalities that shift over time, but that their personalities can match that of their owners. <\/p>\n

Psychologists at Michigan State University published a paper this month in the Journal of Research in Personality that examined dog personalities. It\u2019s one of the first studies of its kind to look at these possible changes. Researchers surveyed owners of more than 1,600 dogs from a wide range of breeds, from a few weeks to 15 years old. They found that a \u201cdog personality may share similar characteristics to that of human personality.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe found correlations in three main areas: age and personality, in human-to-dog personality similarities and in the influence a dog\u2019s personality has on the quality of the relationship with its owner,\u201d William Chopik, a Michigan State professor of psychology and the study\u2019s lead author, said on ScienceDaily.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen humans go through big changes in life, their personality traits can change. We found that this also happens with dogs\u2014and to a surprisingly large degree,\u201d Chopik said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expected the dogs\u2019 personalities to be fairly stable because they don\u2019t have wild lifestyle changes humans do, but they actually change a lot. We uncovered similarities to their owners, the optimal time for training and even a time in their lives that they can get more aggressive toward other animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the study, owners evaluated their dogs\u2019 personalities in a comprehensive survey and answered questions about their pet\u2019s behavioral history. Owners also filled out a survey about their own personalities. The study found that owners and dogs had a lot in common, personality-wise. They found that extroverts were more likely to own \u201cexcitable and active\u201d dogs, whereas people who reported having higher negative emotions were more likely to have dogs described as \u201cmore fearful, active, and less responsive to training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moving forward, Chopik plans on investigating how a dog\u2019s home environment influences its personality.<\/p>\n

\u201cSay you adopt a dog from a shelter. Some traits are likely tied to biology and resistant to change, but you then put it in a new environment where it\u2019s loved, walked and entertained often. The dog then might become a little more relaxed and sociable,\u201d he says. \u201cNow that we know dogs\u2019 personalities can change, next we want to make strong connection to understand why dogs act \u2013 and change \u2013 the way they do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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