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minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days 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-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days 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-squareMortoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoBreed matters so much less than how you treat them. That’s all I was trying to say.
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.