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Monday, February 8, 2010

C-BARQ

C-BARQ, (which stands for Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire) is an online dog behavior test that assesses your dog and lets you know where any behavioral problems may lie. Now, most people should already know if their dog has behavior problems, but I thought this test would be interesting to do as it is developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Center For the Interaction of Animals and Society Department.
The test compares your dog to other dogs of the same breed as well as all other breeds. The test questions are based largely on fear, aggression, energy, attachment and trainability.

Maggie's Results:
Maggie got 1 red flag in the main test (a red flag is a less favorable score than at least 75% of the dogs in the comparison sample). She got a red flag for Chasing (89th percentile) compared to other Bernese. Compared to all the dogs her chasing was in the 64th percentile - so not that bad.
Maggie also got 3 red flags in the miscellaneous categories (less reliable scores and subjective categories). She had a red flag for Coprophagia - bad Maggie likes horse and deer poop. She also had a red flag for Food Stealing (counter surfing when no one watches). A final red flag for Barking - she likes to hear herself bark.

Bosley's Results:
Bosley had 3 red flags in the main test area! He was in the 79th percentile for Familiar Dog Aggression in the Bernese comparison. I am not too sure about this one - it was because he growls at Maggie when she approaches him when he is eating his meal or a yummy treat. In the all breed comparison there was no red flag as he was in the 55th percentile - so an average dog.
His second red flag is for Attachment/Attention Seeking. He was in the 89th Bernese percentile and 84th all breed percentile because he is very attached to me and follows me from room to room.
His 3rd red flag was for Energy. He scored in the 12th percentile for both same breed and all breed comparisons. OK, Bosley is a fairly calm dog, but is not really that low energy. He is good at conserving energy but I don't think that he should have scored that low.
Bosley also had 2 red flags in the Miscellaneous items. One was for Coprophagia (stupid horse poo) and one was for Begging (yup). We are working on the begging - really we are.

Are you up for the test? It is quick to do - just sign up and answer 101 questions and you get your results immediately.


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5 comments:

  1. manymuddypawsFebruary 8, 2010 at 8:40 PM

    cool! i am totally going to do that....wicca is going to fail I am sure!

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  2. UnknownFebruary 8, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    Ooo, that sounds interesting. I think Rugby is going to take the test too and see where he stands against all those other maltese. :p

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2010 at 11:46 PM

    What an interesting exercise! Sascha had enough red flags that we could have had a parade. Mischa was better though, but got flags because she is such a nervous little girl. Thanks for the link, Kim! This was fun!
    Rick

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  4. MichelleFebruary 12, 2010 at 5:40 AM

    I can't wait to go try this! Thanks for posting it!

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  5. AnonymousMarch 7, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    This sounds like it could be interesting - depressing, but interesting.

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