We did the C-BARQ test too!
Here’s what I think about the results.
Stranger-directed aggression: About right, always happy to see new people. Very rarely hesitant. In completely new places or sometimes in the dark, she’ll guard bark, but as soon as she sees it’s a person, she wants to say hi. But there were no questions to convey that so the score is abt right.
Owner directed aggression: Idk where the 0.13 comes from even, probably because I answered she growls when she has a toy but it’s always a play growl, but who knows.
Dog-directed aggression: She likes dogs more than people so even 0.25 seems excessive. She will show calming signals when the other dog is snapping at her, and I checked that she’ll bare her teeth in that kinda situation, I guess that’s considered aggression too technically? Still p accurate I guess.
Dog-directed fear: Does get a little spooked when approached by larger dogs, especially if she’s not expecting them. Or two larger dogs at once. Recovers very quickly tho. This one is p accurate.
Familiar dog aggression: I know you = I love you. Once she meets a dog, she’s 100% in love w it, even if the other dog isn’t into it. Accurate.
Trainability: I mean she’s very trainable with her never ending will to eat.
Chasing: Gurl loves to play a hunter. It’s not nearly as alarming as this chart reports, in my opinion. She’s completely fine leaving birds alone, but will show interest in chasing squirrels, cats, and wildlife most of the time. But we’re working on that and I don’t see it as a problem at core since she’s a hunting breed so she’s supposed to have a prey drive. I just gotta manage it well.
Nonsocial fear: She can get overwhelmed in heavy traffic and large crowds. bounces back really quickly, once she has a litte reassurance and/or space to move away.
Separation-related problems: Completely fine being home alone or left anywhere alone, unless she can see/hear me. Then there are complaints. But honestly, my fault, bc I responded to her whining a few times and she remembered that VERY well. It’s more “how dare you leave me here when you are having fun >:( ” than “ so scary to be alone :( “. So it’s almost accurate.
Touch sensitivity: Accurate. Fine with touching, does dislike having her back paws and tail touched. Nothing too dramatic tho.
Excitability: Pretty accurate, I’d say she’s more excitable tho. She can get fired up very easily, esp with other people and dogs around. If anything I’d say this area was a little problematic, but maybe there weren’t questions that would reflect her reactions that well.
Attachment/attention-seeking: Kinda extreme here. She’ll try to get attention on herself if you show affection to another person or dog, but not always. We’ve been working on this and she’s a lot better than some time ago. It doesn’t concern me that much, bc she doesn’t seem very stressed, but it is a bit annoying, so we’ll keep working on it. Also she steals stuff when she wants attention but I think it’s funny, bc she doesn’t destroy stuff and will easily trade it for treats.
Energy: Pretty accurate. She has a wide range tho, which is really convenient. Deals very well with inactive days, but could also be out and about the whole day.
Escaping/roaming: Not really a problem since we live in an apartment and she doesn’t really get the chance to go anywhere, but she’s very curious and independent thinking. she never tried escaping the yard when we lived at my parents tho. But you can’t trust to just leave her without supervision in a non-fenced area, she gets too curious to just stay in one place when left alone.
Rolling: Not a real concern, it only happens every now and then and I see it as just her being a dog? It’s just annoying to bathe a poopy dog but that’s all
Food stealing: Ok yeah this one is true. Working on it. Always. As soon as we get somewhere with self control around food, some friend/family member forgets about it and leaves something in her reach and we’re back to step 1:))))))))
Begging: Don’t mind it really. She’ll just sit/lay by your feet and look at you. But that’s completely fine with me.
All in all this is pretty accurate, except I think the “concerning” behaviors are a subjective thing. I mean I don’t see chasing and attention seeking as incredibly concerning, just something that we can make a few adjustments to.
