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minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·20 hours 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-squareWoht24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 hours agoWork in the animal industry for several years and then tell me that.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·20 hours 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-up3arrow-down1·19 hours 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.
Work in the animal industry for several years and then tell me that.
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.