Link to the paper in Science: Ancestry-inclusive dog genomics challenges popular breed stereotypes.
Environment and socialization remain the largest determining factor.
Unsurprisingly, most stereotypes about dog breeds are pseudoscience that come from the eugenics movement. In particular, “popular knowledge” around pitbulls and bulldogs is just thinly veiled racism.
interview on the study from the verge: https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/28/23043508/dog-breed-behavior-genetics-study-stereotypes
The research did find some genes associated with traits like human sociability and howling frequency. But overall, only around 9 percent of dog behavior was explained by breed.
“Dogs are individuals,” said Marjie Alonso, a study author and executive director of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. “What a dog looks like is not really going to tell you what the dog acts like.”
Edit: modern “purebred” breeding literally came from eugenicists, that’s why this old political cartoon even exists. Documentary on pedigree dogs and their many issues: https://vimeo.com/166015460
I'm at the point of begging. This whole thing depresses the fuck out of me. This is what - the second time we've had this same struggle session? Third? There's no traction to be found here, its just grinding metal long after the gear has been sheared off the drive shaft.
Like in different cultures people won't be taken kindly to being compared to a dog. I had a friend that nicknamed all the local dogs, both street dogs and those owned by someone, after dictators lol. He'd be like "oh there's Idi Amin" or "there's Hendrik Verwoerd". It was pretty funny, but it clearly showed that he didn't view dogs as pets.
Though I also have many friends that love dogs as well so...
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