Canine 4D Personality Code

What's your dog's true type?

20 everyday behaviour questions across social energy, exploration style, emotional processing, and life rhythm. Three minutes later, your dog's patterns make a little more sense.

20Questions

4Axes

16Types

Read about the 4 axes and what you get

No signup Starter report Research-based

E / ISocial energy

Whether your dog recharges through contact or quiet.

S / NExploration

Whether familiar cues or novelty pull hardest.

T / FEmotion mode

Whether change lands calmly or sensitively.

J / PLife rhythm

Whether routine or flexibility fits best.

This assessment is informed by published canine behaviour questionnaires, dog personality research, and human-pet attachment studies. It translates research ideas into everyday observations, but it is not a clinical diagnosis and is not the original C-BARQ.

Question designC-BARQ · C-BARQ-S

Hsu & Serpell 2003; Wilkins et al. 2024 · current 4-axis observable behaviour

Personality stabilityGosling et al. · Fratkin et al.

Gosling/Kwan/John 2003; Fratkin et al. 2013 · stability across time

Axis sourcesSvartberg · Sexton · MacLean

Svartberg/Forkman; Sexton/Lucca; MacLean et al. · interpretation boundaries

After-test reviews

Free reviews focus on recognition.

After seeing the starter result, users can leave an authorised one-sentence review. We prioritise feedback about whether the result sounds like their dog, feels shareable, and makes everyday behaviour easier to understand.

AccuracyDid it sound like your dog?

Collects the moments where everyday behaviour felt clearly recognised.

SharingWould you send it to someone?

Encourages short lines that work beside a screenshot or share card.

UnderstandingDid it make your dog easier to read?

Helps new users see the free quiz as an entry point, not just a label.

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Canine 4D Personality Code · Free

What's your dog's true type?

20 questions about how your dog actually behaves. A few minutes later, you'll know which of the 16 personality types fits the small chaos agent on your couch.

20Questions 4Axes 16Types

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The 4 axes

Four questions about daily behaviour.

Every dog sits somewhere on each spectrum. Together, the four axes describe your dog's core behavioural shape.

E / I01 / 04

Social Energy

Where does your dog get their fuel: from a crowd, or from quiet?

EExtravertedIIntroverted

S / N02 / 04

Perception Style

Does your dog respond to what's right here, or to what might be over there?

SDown-to-earthNHead in clouds

T / F03 / 04

Emotional Mode

Is your dog cool and analytical, or are they all heart and feeling?

TCool and analyticalFAll heart

J / P04 / 04

Lifestyle Rhythm

Does your dog need a strict daily routine, or roll with the chaos?

JStructuredPSpontaneous

What you'll get

One personality card worth keeping.

Every result includes the four-letter type, type name, core strengths, a guidance note, and a shareable certificate.

Type 01ESTJThe Loyal Guardian

Confident and principled. Likes a clear plan.

Type 02ISTPThe Quiet Craftsman

Independent, focused, and guided by its own logic.

Type 03ISFJThe Devoted Companion

Quietly attached. Watches your every mood.

Radar chart, practical note, and shareable card. All free.

Free vs Pro

Free shows 4 letters. Pro adds the full 6.

The free test is the classic four-axis type. Pro adds the two dimensions that explain the behaviours owners actually struggle with: separation and adaptability.

Starter

Free

3 minutes · starter report

20 behaviour questions
4 personality axes: E/I · S/N · T/F · J/P
4-axis radar chart
Shareable profile certificate

Deeper

Pro

8 minutes · deep report

60 validated behaviour questions
6-axis code: four axes + A/S + C/R
Attachment and cognitive style analysis
Training tips and behaviour solutions

Scientific foundation

Published references, without claiming the original scale.

The free assessment currently uses the 4 core axes. These references inform question design, personality stability, and axis interpretation; this is not a clinical diagnosis and is not the original C-BARQ.

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Question design

Informed by C-BARQ and C-BARQ-S owner-questionnaire logic, with questions limited to observable daily behaviour.

Hsu & Serpell · Wilkins et al.

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Personality stability

Informed by dog personality judgment and temporal-consistency research; results are framed as tendencies, not destiny.

Overall framework

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Axis sources

Informed by canine temperament, curiosity, social-cue sensitivity, breed behaviour differences, and human-pet attachment work.

S/N · T/F · interpretation limits

Question Design

Hsu, Y., & Serpell, J. A. (2003). Development and validation of a questionnaire for measuring behavior and temperament traits in pet dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 223(9), 1293-1300. doi:10.2460/javma.2003.223.1293Used here for: E/I, T/F, and J/P question-design reference

Wilkins, V., Evans, J., Park, C., et al. (2024). Validation of the shortened version of the C-BARQ using participants from the Dog Aging Project. PLOS ONE, 19(4), e0299973. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299973Used here for: shortened-questionnaire and observable-item reference

Personality Stability

Gosling, S. D., Kwan, V. S. Y., & John, O. P. (2003). A dog's got personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(6), 1161-1169. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.85.6.1161Used here for: E/I supplement and dog-personality judgment reference

Fratkin, J. L., Sinn, D. L., Patall, E. A., & Gosling, S. D. (2013). Personality consistency in dogs: A meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 8(1), e54907. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054907Used here for: overall personality-stability reference

Axis Sources and Supplements

Svartberg, K., & Forkman, B. (2002). Personality traits in the domestic dog. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 79(2), 133-155. doi:10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00121-1Used here for: S/N source and E/I supplement

Sexton, C. L., & Lucca, K. R. (2023). Canine curiosity. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 10(4), 355-365. doi:10.26451/abc.10.04.04.2023Used here for: S/N exploration and curiosity supplement

Buttner, A. P., & Strasser, R. (2014). Contagious yawning, social cognition, and arousal. Animal Cognition, 17(1), 95-104. doi:10.1007/s10071-013-0641-zUsed here for: T/F social-cue sensitivity and arousal-response supplement

Ståhl, A., Salonen, M., Hakanen, E., et al. (2023). Pet and owner personality and mental wellbeing associate with attachment to cats and dogs. iScience, 26(12), 108423. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108423Used here for: human-pet attachment and owner-pet relationship reference

MacLean, E. L., Snyder-Mackler, N., vonHoldt, B. M., & Serpell, J. A. (2019). Highly heritable and functionally relevant breed differences in dog behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1912), 20190716. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0716Used here for: overall heritability and breed behaviour differences

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Three minutes. One useful insight.

Twenty questions turn repeated behaviours into a type name you can remember.

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Your Dog's Personality Type

4-Dimension Analysis

Personality Overview

Practical Guidance

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Personality Certificate

Use the dog profile entered before the test to generate a shareable 4D profile card.

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