Keep the levels separate
| Level | Useful question | Common mistake |
|---|---|---|
| Breed population | What patterns appear more often across many dogs? | Assuming every dog from the breed must show the pattern |
| Individual personality | What does this dog repeatedly do across familiar situations? | Treating a short quiz as a complete explanation |
| Current state | What changed today or recently? | Calling pain, fear, fatigue, or stress a personality trait |
| Learning history | What behavior has been practiced and reinforced? | Assuming repeated behavior is innate |
A better way to use breed context
- Use breed history to generate observation questions, not conclusions.
- Compare predictions with the individual dog's actual behavior.
- Adjust for age, physical ability, health, and previous experience.
- Avoid using breed or type labels to excuse distress or unsafe behavior.
- Choose training and enrichment based on response, not stereotype.
What Rocha Tech reports
The quiz does not use breed to calculate the four-letter or six-axis result. Owners may record breed context for display and future analysis, but the scoring is based on submitted behavior answers.