What Your Favorite Dog Breed Reveals About Your Personality
Learn what your favorite dog breed reveals about your personality traits in this summary of breeds and traits! Your favorite dog breed reveals your personality traits, according to Dogology: What Your Relationship With Your Dog Reveals About You.
Before the dog tips, a quip:
“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face,” said Ben Williams.
Unless, of course, you think dog spit is gross. This book reveals how our behavior with our dogs reveals our personality traits…and how our favorite dog breeds reveal our personality strengths and weaknesses. Read Dogology: What Your Relationship with Your Dog Reveals about You for more info.
And, check out this summary of what your favorite dog breed reveals about your personality!
What Your Favorite Dog Breed Reveals About Your Personality
“Our relationships with our dogs tend to be so unconscious, so bare, and so basic,” write Vicki Croke and Sarah Wilson in Dogology. “Our relationships with our dogs are so much simpler than with fellow humans and less muddied by commentary and feedback about our own behavior and choices…[thus], we’re much less self-conscious when we interact with our dogs.”
If your favorite dog breed is a Retriever or Spaniel (Labradors, Goldens, Labradoodles, American Cocker Spaniels, English Springer Spaniels, etc) then your personality traits are:
- Family-focused
- Fun-loving and social
- Easygoing
- Active lifestyle
- Positive perspective, with an “open door” policy at home
If your favorite dog breed is a Pointer or Setter (English Pointers, Weimaraners, Wirehaired Pointing Griffons, Irish Setters, English Setters, etc), then your personality traits are:
- Passionate and determined
- Energetic and motivated
- Lover of luxuries
- Rugged (you’ll hike all day!)
If your favorite dog breed is a Scent Hound (Beagle, Basset, Bloodhound, Foxhound, etc), then your personality traits are:
- Determined and focused
- Intense, even relentless
- Funny
- Lover of food
If your favorite dog breed is a Sight Hound (Greyhound, Whippet, Borzoi, Irish Wolfhound, etc), then your personality traits are:
- Relaxed and introverted
- Quiet
- Lover of small groups and close friends
- Organized
If your favorite dog breed is a Terrier, then your personality traits are:
- Fun-loving and funny
- Determined and focused
- Energetic
- Talkative and versatile
- Rough- and-tumble
What do you think — does your favorite dog breed reveal anything about your personality traits? Or, are the authors of Dogology in the doghouse? 
If you’re a new dog owner, read How to Bond With Your Dog – Tips for New Dog Owners.
And, here’s some pet advice for people who’ve lost their dogs and wonder if it’s time to adopt a new one…Should I Get Another Dog After My Dog Died?
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Thanks for your comments — Crystal’s makes me want to see what it’s like to have a Great Dane! What that says about my personality, I don’t know.
We have a terrier mix who is the cutest dog ever. The problem is that she’s a mix of so many breeds, it’s impossible to know what her breed reveals about our personality. She’s a Heinz 57, I guess…and those breeds don’t have dominate traits, do they?
All true about the Danes amazing loving loyal I have never heard of anyone who has owned one who dose not think they are the best I have one and will never go without one again but I still have my other dogs which are all hearding breeds.
I have the personality traits of a sight hound, but my dog is a terrier mix. Maybe some of us love dogs that have personality traits that are the opposite of our own?
actually my favourites are sight hounds and i’m exactly the opposite of the things that are written here
What about Shepherd lovers? My husband is a German Shepherd nut!
This is very interesting, you should write all the dog breeds.
By the way, I have 1 golden retriever. She’s such a big girl and I have 1 poodle toy. He’s such a lovely boy.
I found this description of a Great Dane’s personality on JustDogBreeds.com — and it makes me want to make this dog a part of my family!
“Known as the “gentle giant” and the “king of dogs,” the Great Dane was originally bred as a hunting dog but is now bred as an exceptionally large companion dog. And he makes a good one. He is a gentle, friendly, docile, peaceful, and a really, really big dog. He is exceptionally devoted to his owners, especially children.
The Great Dane is people-oriented and committed to pleasing them. They are playful, and will need to be walked daily, but their exercise needs are only moderate. They also love to nap with you, and will take over your couch. They might also go steal some food off the countertop before you wake up. They make good watchdogs, and are often reserved towards strangers, but in general, they don’t bark much. They get along well with other animals. They are trainable and do well in the competition ring. They are also quick to housetrain. So, if you are looking for a dog that honestly believes he is a part of the family … if you are looking for a gentle giant to have in your home … who will be able to sit and look you in the eye at the dinner table … if you are looking for a peaceful, devoted companion who loves his family and home, then the Great Dane might be for you.”
It seems to me that the personality traits of this dog breed are similar to a retriever or spaniel, which means you may be family-focused, social, easygoing, even-keeled, positive perspective, and an “open door” policy at home.
I didn’t realize how wonderful Great Danes are! Wow.
Hello,
I’ve enjoyed reading the comments on here, well I read most of them any way. I have 2 Great Danes, Bristol River and Z (xena) I got River from a breeder, a very good friend of mine and I rescued Z out of a bad situation in Virgina. I couldn’t imagine life without a Dane in it. The Danes and my 2 kids ages 4 and 8 and 2 cats all get along very well…. so what does loving Danes say about me?