The Chinese pastoral dog has a docile personality, is not easy to actively attack humans, can live in groups, has strong regionality, is easy to raise, has high loyalty, and is not prone to skin diseases. It was widely used in rural care homes and early hunting.

Chinese pastoral dogs have territorial habits, occupy a certain range by themselves, and protect them from letting other animals invade. The Chinese pastoral dog uses the secretions of the anal glands to make the feces have a special smell, the sweat secreted by the sweat glands between the toes and the scratches on the ground with the hind limbs as territory marks.