Breeds vary behaviorally: in sociability, calmness, trainability, and boldness

This ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Tabasco is an example of how breeds vary behaviorally, in sociability, calmness, trainability, and boldness

A ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Tabasco [1]

BreedSociable
52%-126%
Calm
56%-156%
Trainable
67%-122%
Bold
63%-123%
Irish Setter126%109%111%89%
Gordon Setter123%104%108%96%
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel122%111%104%89%
Flat-Coated Retriever120%116%116%123%
Irish Wolfhound120%138%67%86%
Bearded Collie120%103%104%102%
Bernese Mountain Dog119%116%93%103%
Pointer117%96%109%110%
Spanish Greyhound117%74%84%63%
Labrador Retriever117%112%108%115%
Newfoundland115%138%93%113%
Pug115%118%99%116%
Beagle114%102%102%104%
Leonberger114%98%91%106%
Shetland Sheepdog114%99%110%91%
Landseer114%156%104%121%
Whippet114%114%101%94%
German Pinscher113%56%109%93%
Vizsla112%86%116%100%
Coton de Tulear112%105%89%90%
Golden Retriever112%106%102%106%
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier111%96%104%104%
German Shorthaired Pointer111%106%117%123%
Eurasier111%113%84%85%
Airedale Terrier110%120%102%107%
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog109%96%105%94%
Havanese108%114%102%95%
Small Munsterlander107%89%106%105%
Miniature Schnauzer107%113%105%90%
Saint Bernard107%110%78%110%
Chinese Shar-Pei107%101%79%76%
English Setter107%98%84%82%
Collie106%95%102%86%
French Bulldog106%117%91%112%
Bulldog106%115%93%108%
Shih Tzu105%116%90%109%
Dogue de Bordeaux105%118%80%96%
Old English Sheepdog105%101%101%114%
Beauceron105%84%113%78%
Brittany105%83%82%90%
Weimaraner105%91%114%84%
Rhodesian Ridgeback103%106%96%86%
Ibizan Hound103%75%97%81%
Australian Shepherd103%91%118%101%
Staffordshire Bull Terrier103%122%103%107%
Lhasa Apso102%114%73%91%
Dalmatian102%87%96%107%
Shiba Inu101%96%103%79%
Pyrenean Shepherd100%89%110%80%
West Highland White Terrier100%97%95%103%
Welsh Terrier100%86%122%116%
Miniature Dachshund100%99%101%83%
Siberian Husky100%123%84%109%
Tibetan Terrier100%108%93%107%
English Cocker Spaniel100%88%105%102%
Cairn Terrier99%105%91%100%
Great Dane98%102%93%99%
German Spitz96%75%83%106%
Appenzeller Sennenhund96%71%107%90%
White Swiss Shepherd96%89%109%84%
Boxer96%100%106%112%
Alaskan Malamute95%140%73%94%
Giant Schnauzer95%110%113%118%
Bavarian Mountain Hound95%99%103%103%
Yorkshire Terrier95%80%87%100%
Miniature Pinscher95%76%103%110%
Pekingese94%114%84%104%
Border Collie94%91%117%99%
Wolfspitz94%111%102%100%
Border Terrier94%106%106%114%
Dachshund93%96%100%101%
Doberman Pinscher93%78%105%101%
Rottweiler93%114%104%106%
Bull Terrier93%89%85%116%
Poodle93%101%105%99%
American Staffordshire Terrier92%116%104%108%
Hovawart92%105%110%111%
German Wirehaired Pointer89%116%115%113%
American Cocker Spaniel89%114%85%109%
Parson Russell Terrier88%88%115%113%
Entlebucher Mountain Dog88%90%117%112%
Miniature Poodle88%90%101%87%
Briard87%85%104%85%
Anatolian Shepherd Dog86%114%79%79%
Jack Russell Terrier85%84%107%112%
Polish Lowland Sheepdog84%79%119%96%
German Hunting Terrier84%69%100%120%
Wirehaired Dachshund84%103%104%108%
Standard Schnauzer84%83%112%105%
Irish Terrier83%111%102%115%
Belgian Malinois82%77%113%108%
German Shepherd Dog81%93%105%110%
Kromfohrlander79%84%115%83%
Maltese79%83%85%91%
Chihuahua76%76%97%91%
Perro de Presa Canario76%72%93%99%
German Bracke60%95%98%82%
Akita52%110%95%96%

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  1. Anthony, Michele. “Services.” micheleanthonytherapy.com/services/. Accessed 7 June 2017.
  2. Turcsán, Borbála, Enikő Kubinyi, and Ádám Miklósi. “Trainability and boldness traits differ between dog breed clusters based on conventional breed categories and genetic relatedness.” Applied Animal Behaviour Science 132.1 (2011): 61-70. Appendix A. Supplementary data.

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