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minus-square@Woht24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoYou’re going to disagree with the guy who created the dog? People are so brainwashed. I’m sure your dog is lovely, overall they are a neurotic breed. You’re singular experience does not make fact irrelevant.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoIt’s not a fact. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0639 Dog breeds are an incredibly poor predictor of behaviour. Behaviour is heritable to some degree, but the breed itself doesn’t really determine it.
minus-square@faythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoI think the primary problem comes down to there being enough demand for a breed that unscrupulous breeders will stop taking temperament into account in order to produce more puppies.
minus-square@Mortoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoBreed matters so much less than how you treat them. That’s all I was trying to say.
minus-square@Woht24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoWork in the animal industry for several years and then tell me that.
You’re going to disagree with the guy who created the dog?
People are so brainwashed. I’m sure your dog is lovely, overall they are a neurotic breed. You’re singular experience does not make fact irrelevant.
It’s not a fact.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0639
Dog breeds are an incredibly poor predictor of behaviour. Behaviour is heritable to some degree, but the breed itself doesn’t really determine it.
I think the primary problem comes down to there being enough demand for a breed that unscrupulous breeders will stop taking temperament into account in order to produce more puppies.
Breed matters so much less than how you treat them. That’s all I was trying to say.
Work in the animal industry for several years and then tell me that.