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Pets and owners 'become more alike over time'
The Telegraph ^
| 27/10/2007
| Nic Fleming
Posted on 10/27/2007 2:30:12 AM PDT by Daffynition
Pets and their owners are just like married couples and they get more alike over time, a psychologist has claimed.
Prof Richard Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire, asked almost 2,500 people to complete online questionnaires about their characters and those of their pets.
He found that many dog lovers, cat owners and even reptile keepers said they shared many of the same traits — such as happiness, intelligence, independence and sense of humour — as their pets.
But he also discovered that the longer an animal had been with their owner, the more likely they were to have picked up their characteristics.
Prof Wiseman said: "For years owners have insisted their pets have a unique personality.
"Not only does this work suggest they might be right, it also reveals people's pets are a reflection of themselves."
Almost half of the respondents to his survey were cat owners, while 31 per cent had dogs, seven per cent fish, six per cent birds and six per cent reptiles.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: doggieping; kittyping
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To: Daffynition
Amazing! Wait'll I tell my dog!
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:35:29 AM PDT
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Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
To: Ditter
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:42:50 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Lady Jag
HAHAHA! I LOVE IT! ;-D
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:43:55 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition; PetroniDE; 4catsinmaryland; 4mycountry; 7.62 x 51mm; abner; Aeronaut; Allegra; ...
Barbra Streisand refused to pose with her Afghan hound...
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:10:17 AM PDT
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Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
To: Lady Jag
Yet her chauffeur did ...
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:12:48 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Lady Jag; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
Yes, people often mistake me for a medium-haired tabby cat.
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:21:52 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
To: Slings and Arrows
Cluck. Cluck. ;-D
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:31:04 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
Yet her chauffeur did ...So did the maid's kid
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:36:54 AM PDT
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Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
To: Lady Jag
LOL ... and her chef ...
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:39:32 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
"Are you my mommy?"
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:48:11 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
To: Slings and Arrows
Do you mind if I post the picture you emailed me of you and your dog? No? Oh, good...
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:53:53 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
Lies!
I *never* sleep wearing a shower cap!
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posted on
10/27/2007 11:57:10 AM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
To: Slings and Arrows; Cagey
Geez, I’m really sorry. Some FReeper sent me that ... OH! I know ... it must have been Cagey.
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:02:23 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
Meanwhile, Streisand's dog continues to pose without her mistress...
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:03:52 PM PDT
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Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
To: Slings and Arrows; Daffynition
Yeah, that’s cause you sleep with a hair net.
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:05:04 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
To: Daffynition
"Excuse me, do you happen to know where I left my sunglasses?"
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:11:13 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: Daffynition
By the way, I can hear everything you're saying about me.
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:18:52 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: Cagey
Looks like one of my gals...
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:48:21 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
10/27/2007 1:03:33 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Cagey
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:01:28 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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