Capturing canine personality

By James Ha and Carly Loyer
Backed by Bruce Macon & Diane De Ryss, Robin Foster, Kara Main, Mary Ann Coral, Marco Arguedas, Lauren Erso, Michael Beecher, Denny Luan, Joey Iversen, Robin My, and 33 other backers
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University of Washington
Lynnwood, Washington
BiologyPsychology
DOI: 10.18258/3470
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  • Ramón Servin-Rios
    Ramón Servin-Rios
    Congratulations for the idea of the project, i found it very exciting. So how it's going?
    Nov 25, 2016
  • James Ha
    James HaResearcher
    We have now received our funding, and we are VERY excited to get started with the nitty-gritty of collecting data! As Carly recently emailed me: "Time to start ordering cameras! Yay! :D It's like Christmas for SCIENCE!" We'll keep you posted!
    Jan 07, 2016
  • James Buckley
    James BuckleyBacker
    Considering how important dogs are to humans and how important humans are to dogs I applaud this study, this embodies the way science can be informative and fun.
    Dec 18, 2015
  • Kevin Kaukl
    Kevin KauklBacker
    congrats and good luck!
    Dec 13, 2015
  • Mary Ann Coral
    Mary Ann CoralBacker
    Good for you! Dogs are best friends, teachers of forgiveness and beloved companions.....but we understand so little of their varied personality traits; hopefully this will bring us a bit closer.
    Dec 13, 2015
  • Aaron P. Blaisdell
    Aaron P. BlaisdellBacker
    I just taught a freshman seminar on dog cognition at UCLA, and one of the topics that students were most curious about was whether different breeds of dog had different personalities or cognitive traits. We could not find much literature on the topic, so your campaign came at an opportune time to make some progress!
    Dec 11, 2015
  • Carly Loyer
    Carly LoyerResearcher
    I've found the same thing in my hunt for a personality test, and it's always nice to have congruent results from another source.
    Dec 12, 2015
  • James Buckley
    James BuckleyBacker
    Be interesting to see whether the inter breed variations are more or less than the intra breed variations.
    Dec 18, 2015
  • Anne Barrett Clark
    Anne Barrett ClarkBacker
    Might be important to test as many littermates as possible...and keep track of how long they were together? Think about defining the tests for transfer to other species. Sounds like fun!
    Dec 09, 2015
  • Carly Loyer
    Carly LoyerResearcher
    There are *so* many directions I hope to take this once the test is developed. A variety of the tasks have been chosen and modified based on how other species's personalities are measured, so I believe they should transfer fairly well.
    Dec 09, 2015
  • Judith Dollenmayer
    Judith DollenmayerBacker
    This should be a great addition to the breed-specific knowledge we have, by adding individual personality characteristics to make better matches with jobs (therapy dogs) and owners (old, small kids, etc).
    Dec 09, 2015
  • Carly Loyer
    Carly LoyerResearcher
    That is our hope! And matching training techniques to individual dogs as well.
    Dec 09, 2015
  • Bruce Macon & Diane de Ryss
    Bruce Macon & Diane de RyssBacker
    Would love to see you go forward with this! We have seen the invaluable results of good training in our own dog and can well imagine training geared toward specific dog personalities would be so helpful.
    Dec 08, 2015
  • Tamara A Howard
    Tamara A HowardBacker
    On pay day more $ will go toward your goal, I truly hope you reach the needed research funding.
    Nov 30, 2015
  • Carly Loyer
    Carly LoyerResearcher
    Thank you so much, Tamara! We're hoping so, as well, and so far we're making good progress. I have my fingers crossed, and really appreciate your donation.
    Nov 30, 2015
  • Judy Wu
    Judy WuBacker
    Looking forward to reading about the process of "capturing canine personality".
    Nov 30, 2015
  • James Ha
    James HaResearcher
    Thanks for everyone's support so far: we are 29% of the way! Please FORWARD information about the project to all of your contacts... the more that know, the better chance we have!
    Nov 20, 2015
  • Jill Elizabeth Seward
    Jill Elizabeth SewardBacker
    How can i not contribute with Ada's smiley face staring at me! every little bit counts I guess :)
    Nov 19, 2015
  • James Ha
    James HaResearcher
    Yes, it does!!! Thanks! Spread the word!
    Nov 20, 2015
  • Wendy Dahl
    Wendy DahlBacker
    Thrilled to be able to help support your Good Works! Woohoo!
    Nov 18, 2015
  • Oscar Jasklowski
    Oscar JasklowskiBacker
    This is awesome. Maybe you mentioned this already, but how are you going to make the fake dog?
    Nov 17, 2015
  • Carly Loyer
    Carly LoyerResearcher
    Fortunately we don't have to make them - we'll be using stuffed dogs by Melissa & Doug. Unless we somehow raise enough money to create a plush, life-like robot dog.
    Nov 17, 2015
  • James Ha
    James HaResearcher
    Thanks, Alex!!
    Nov 17, 2015
  • Alex Uhrich
    Alex UhrichBacker
    This is very exciting! I'd love to stay in the loop on how this experiment progresses!
    Nov 17, 2015