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15.7
percent scored 'high' fear
preliminary
Rottweiler: share of surveyed dogs scored high on the Fear trait (Salonen 2020, Finnish pet dogs)
as of 2026-09-07 · license: CC-BY-4.0
- Self-selected online convenience sample of Finnish pet owners, not a random sample of the breed or of all dogs.
- Restricted to breeds with at least 50 surveyed dogs to avoid small-sample noise.
Source
Springer Nature (Scientific Reports) — Salonen M, Sulkama S, Mikkola S, Puurunen J, Hakanen E, Tiira K, Aramaa S, Lohi H (2020). Prevalence, comorbidity, and breed differences in canine anxiety in 13,700 Finnish pet dogs. Scientific Reports 10:2962.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59837-z
retrieved 2026-09-07
Method
Computed from the study's open individual-dog dataset (MOESM2), share scored 'high' among non-uncertain scores
n = 102
from: data/behavior-salonen2020.json