• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    2 months ago

    Having worked with lots of dogs (including obedience trials) - the #1 indicator of dog behaviour is the dog’s human.

  • porcoesphino@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago
    • Some crossbreed dogs

    The tag line for the article:

    Research finds cockapoo, cavapoo and labradoodle dogs display more undesirable behaviours than breeds they derive from

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    2 months ago

    This is the data (charted) that they’re using to make the claim:

    Some methodology:

    C-BARQ behaviour data for all 12 sub-scales were collected in March 2023 via an online questionnaire of owners of Cockapoo, Labradoodle, Cavapoo, Cocker Spaniel, Labrador Retriever, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Poodle dogs acquired aged ≤16 weeks from 1st January 2019. C-BARQ scores were analysed using multivariable linear modelling. Valid responses were received representing 9,402 dogs. From 72 behavioural comparisons overall

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0342847

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Thanks. These charts do a great job of showing how meaninglessly tiny samples and nonsense results are hyped by capitalist media.