Wood type dog
Character type
The Five Elements correspond to five types of dogs, these are not breed specific, although some breeds fit more into a certain element.
While a dog’s character can fit into different elements, usually one element dominates.
Characteristics of the wood type dog
- Guard
- Develops easily food aggression
- Pack leader, natural leader, ’top-dog’
- Usually holds the tail high (also depending on the breed)
Physical and character traits
- Boundaries (indicate and challenging)
- Fast eaters
- Hard workers and athletes
- Want to be the best
- Want to be in the lead
- Courageous, brave
- Confident
- Pushy, keep pushing
- Hard on himself
- High pain threshold
- Curious, inquisitive, exploring
- Large animals, sturdy, muscular
Work and sports for Earth type dog
Sport
Work
- Bite work
- Combisport
- Agility
- Flyball
- Dog frisbee
- Waterworks
- Rally-O
- Canicross
- Dog racing
- Guard dog
- Police dog
- Search & rescue
Dog breeds
- Terriers
- Shepherds
- Dog-like, such as:
- Dogue de Bordeaux
- Cane Corso
- Mastino napoletano
- Chihuahua
