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Environmental Fear

Fearful or wary responses to sudden or loud noises, traffic, and unfamiliar objects and situations in environment.

Affected Genes: LRIG3, ANGPT1, RALY

Inheritance: Complex Inheritance

Variant(canFam6):
chr10:2497363,
chr13:8333381,
chr24:22841590

General Information: Non-social fear is a prevalent behavioral issue in dogs, often triggered by stimuli such as loud noises, new situations, or heights and surfaces. A study of Finnish pet dogs found that 32% were sensitive to noise, 11% were afraid of new situations, and 24% were afraid of surfaces and heights.

How to Read Your Dog's Results for this Trait:

Likely More Fearful: Likely fearful or wary responses to sudden or loud noises, traffic, and unfamiliar objects and situations in environment.

Possibly More Fearful: Possibly fearful or wary responses to sudden or loud noises, traffic, and unfamiliar objects and situations in environment.

Likely Less Fearful: Unlikely to exhibit fearful or wary responses to sudden or loud noises, traffic, and unfamiliar objects and situations in environment.

References:
Zapata I, Lilly ML, Herron ME, Serpell JA, Alvarez CE. Genetic testing of dogs predicts problem behaviors in clinical and nonclinical samples. BMC Genomics. 2022 23(1):102.