Library Articles K9 Temperment Testing

Behavioural testing in dogs: A review of methodology in search for Standardisation
Claire Diederich, Jean-Marie Giffroy, January 2006 (PDF 212K)

Validation of a method for assessing the ability of trainee specialist search dogs Nicola Jane Rooney, Samantha Anne Gaines, John William Stephen Bradshawa, Stephen Penman, May 2006. (PDF 169K)

Shyness–boldness predicts performance in working dogs
Kenth Svartberg, December 2001 (PDF 191K)

Early prediction of adult police dog efficiency—a longitudinal study
J.M. Slabbert, J.S.J. Odendaal, April 1999 (PDF 470K)

Testing German shepherd puppies to assess their chances of certification
Ivona Svobodova´, Pavel Va´penı´k, Ludvı´k Pinc, Ludeˇk Bartosˇ, September 2007. (PDF 536K)

The use of a behaviour test for the selection of dogs for service and breeding, I: Method of testing and evaluating test results in the adult dog, demands on
different kinds of service dogs, sex and breed differences
Erik Wilsson, Per-Erik Sundgren, October 1996. (PDF 1.16M)

The use of a behaviour test for selection of dogs for service and breeding. II. Heritability for tested parameters and effect of selection based on service
dog characteristics
Erik Wilsson, Per-Erik Sundgren, October 1996. (PDF 499K)