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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: Cagey
Remember that night we ... um ...never mind ....
Bartender ... Just add a little water…........
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:09:01 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Daffynition
Probably the best thing that could happen to pet oweners, dog owners, especially. :)
To: Daffynition
Is that the famous Fluffy, Destroyer of Planets on the right?
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posted on
10/27/2007 4:04:25 PM PDT
by
alarm rider
(Why should I not vote my conscience?)
To: Slings and Arrows
This happens to cat people too. My cats are starting to look like me, I looking like them. =^..^=
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posted on
10/27/2007 4:41:46 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
(A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
To: Slings and Arrows
See if you can ping Hair of the Dog to see this thread. =^..^^=
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posted on
10/27/2007 4:43:44 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
(A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Or I looking like them. =^..^=
46
posted on
10/27/2007 4:45:24 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
(A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
To: Daffynition
To: Biggirl; HairOfTheDog
See if you can ping Hair of the Dog to see this thread. =^..^^= Nothing easier.
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posted on
10/27/2007 5:22:37 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/27/2007 5:50:32 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
(A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
To: Daffynition; AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; apackof2; Joe 6-pack; sinkspur; Shannon; ...
To: backhoe
LOL!
I don't see ANY resemblance at all to either of my two girls - either the Good Girl or the Wild Weasel . . .
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posted on
10/27/2007 6:14:27 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: Lady Jag
I still say that looks like Courtney Love.
To: Continental Soldier
53
posted on
10/28/2007 6:29:10 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: alarm rider
Could be ...LOL
54
posted on
10/28/2007 6:30:45 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: HairOfTheDog
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posted on
10/28/2007 6:32:43 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Biggirl
This happens to cat people too. My cats are starting to look like me, I looking like them. =^..^= That can never happen to me. I have long haired all-black cats. I have blond hair and am Caucasian.. :)
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posted on
10/29/2007 5:53:52 AM PDT
by
Fawn
(http://www.brightlion.com/InHope/InHope_en.aspx)
To: HairOfTheDog
My eldest dog right now is the most like me (personality-wise) I’ve ever had.
Poor thing.
57
posted on
10/29/2007 6:27:32 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: Lady Jag
Hey Science Diet . . . Happy Halloween!
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posted on
10/29/2007 4:11:55 PM PDT
by
w_over_w
(Give not from the top of your purse but from the bottom of your heart.)
To: w_over_w
Poor dog
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posted on
10/29/2007 4:54:23 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Election '08...It's going to be a bumpy ride,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
To: Daffynition; All
Here's Oscar and Mrs. Moleman!
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posted on
10/30/2007 6:38:54 AM PDT
by
Moleman
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