Dogs DO mimic their owners’ traits: Study proves pets’ personalities alter over time

The researchers examined 50 different breeds of dog, with both sexes, with ages ranging from mere months to 15 years-old.

And the pets’ owners filled out questionnaires about their own personalities as well as their dogs’.

And, this revealed some similarities, Professor Chopik believes: “We found correlations in three main areas: age and personality, in human-to-dog personality similarities and in the influence a dog’s personality has on the quality of its relationship with its owner.

“Older dogs are much harder to train; we found that the ‘sweet spot’ for teaching a dog obedience is around the age of six, when it outgrows its excitable puppy stage but before it’s too set in its ways.”

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