Temperament and personality in working dogs

Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 63-82

  Graham, Lindsay T ^a   Gosling, Samuel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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