Does learning ability differ with personality in dogs
lauren.branfield@hartpury.ac.uk Introduction Advances in understanding dog personality and learning ability can help match dogs to an owner or handler, providing a suitable and perfectly matched owner and dog (Coppinger et al, 2004) First, animal cognition is a developing area to measure an individual's welfare. Second, further research into dog personality and learning ability can improve our understanding of factors that affect cognitive performance which is much more complicated than simply intelligence. Third, new found knowledge on personality and learning ability can be used to assess dogs, especially puppies, for suitability for certain tasks. Overall, improved knowledge about a dog's individual personality can help promote better training and welfare (Svartberg, 2002)