Dr. Lucinda Woodward, a
professor of psychological sciences and personality researcher at Ball State Uni is dedicated to completing a personality application for your dog, eHarmony style.
So far she's determined that people who deem themselves at "cat people" often consider themselves to have the same personality traits as cats and ditto for "dog people". In a release from the university, Dr Woodward says
"Many people perceive themselves as being either 'cat people' or 'dog people.' These people often think they relate to their pets because they share similar personalities,yet, not all dogs and cats have traditionally perceived personalities. There are friendly cats that want to be around their guardians all the time and dogs that don't crave constant attention."
FU-NNY! I didn't know much about my two dogs before I owned them, except for the generalities of the breed: high energy, high energy, Velcro dog, high energy. I don't know if I'm a velcro dog but I sure wish I had their energy! However, even though Ruben and Calvin are from the same breed, heck, the same parents, they have very different personalities. I am interested to see where this research goes considering it's based on the breed.
The purpose of the research is to eventually provide shelters with ability to match dogs + dog owners using a scientific approach to matching highly compatible singles AKA eHarmony for people + people.
If you've got 30 minutes, get yourself a coffee/tea/coffee and bailey's/gin tonic, whatever floats your boat and fill our a personality survey for your dog. Get in there, be a part of match making history. Okay, it's really not that dramatic but maybe lots of surveys will translate to accurate results and maybe accurate results will translate to solid future dog + dog owner match making and just maybe that will result in less abandoned dogs.
Check it out at www.rate-your-dogs-personality.com
Photo: Dyno from St. John's Ambulance Therapy Dog program. Read Dyno's story here
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