Debunking the Myth That Dog Behavior Follows Breed

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Just because you have a certain breed of dog doesn't mean its personality will align with all the stereotypes, new research finds

Specific behavior belongs, to a greater or lesser degree to all dogs, short of a physical or mental defect that impairs them.Let’s assume that the original dog was an animal of many purposes. In time, humans began to demand that their dogs perform specific tasks and select for certain capabilities. Thus arose the “purpose-bred” dog. The Romans, for example, had companion dogs, hauling dogs, sight dogs, and so forth.

, published in 1576 by Johannes Caius in London, identified multiple types of dogs, including “tinkers’ dogs” who traveled with itinerant salespeople and “lurchers” who worked with poachers.Source: Illustration from The Sportsman's Cabinet by William Taplin, 1803

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