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What each behavior trait actually measures
Pawsanality scores seven continuous traits per species. These guides explain what each dimension describes, where it comes from in the published research, and how to read a high or low score without over-reading it.
Cats & dogs · 7 min read
Fear and novelty sensitivity, explained
What fear and novelty sensitivity measures in cats and dogs, where the trait comes from in the research, and how to tell ordinary caution apart from fear.
Read the guideCats & dogs · 7 min read
Activity, exploration and excitability
What the activity dimension measures in cats and dogs, why it splits into exploration and excitability, and how to read a high or low score.
Read the guideCats & dogs · 7 min read
Human affiliation, explained
What human affiliation measures in cats and dogs, why a low score is not a weak bond, and how to tell sociability apart from separation distress.
Read the guideCats & dogs · 7 min read
Same-species sociability and tolerance
What cat-to-cat and dog-to-dog sociability measures, why it is scored separately from friendliness to people, and what a low score means at home.
Read the guideCats & dogs · 7 min read
Behavioral regulation, explained
What behavioral regulation measures in cats and dogs, why it changes how every other score reads, and how to tell settling problems from energy.
Read the guideCats & dogs · 7 min read
Chase and play motivation
What chase and play motivation measures in cats and dogs, why predatory sequence is not aggression, and how to give it an outlet that resolves.
Read the guideCats · 7 min read
Handling and sensory sensitivity in cats
What handling sensitivity measures in cats, why it is scored separately from affection, and when a change in it needs a veterinary opinion.
Read the guideDogs · 7 min read
Trainability and cooperative responsiveness in dogs
What trainability measures in dogs, why it is not intelligence and not obedience, and what the evidence says about the training methods that actually move it.
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Every guide describes one dimension. The quiz measures all seven at once, from behavior you have observed over the past four weeks.
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