Study of Jindo Dog Personality Traits: Questionnaire of The 16th Korean Jindo Dog Show

摘要

There have been studies about dog's personality and behavior, which is helpful to breed dogs as guide or companion. In this study, a questionnaire was developed using 54 Jindo dogs, which considered ten items about aggressiveness and sociability. Thescores were analyzed by principle component analysis (PCA), after accounting for four variables: age, gender, growing place, and coat-colors. Our results from the PCA indicated three principle components, which classified 'aggressiveness', 'sociability'and unknown factor. The four variables did not significantly affect aggressiveness (P>0.05). However, there was a relationship between coat-color and sociability, i.e., the Jindo dogs with fawn color were more sociable than the white ones(P<0.1).