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Re:Study of pet dogs shows breed does not predict behaviour by ryandvm on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @03:58PM (#31252827)
Strange how over thousands of years we've been able to selectively breed incredibly specific variety in canine physical form but we've been completely unable to breed for specific behaviors... /s
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Re:Study of pet dogs shows breed does not predict behaviour by TameAntelope on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:22PM (#31253098)
Not thousands, more like 150.
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Re:Study of pet dogs shows breed does not predict behaviour by bpodgursky on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:35PM (#31253239)
This is very wrong, there have been clearly defined dog breeds for thousands of years: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/mi...
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Re:Study of pet dogs shows breed does not predict behaviour by TameAntelope on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @05:32PM (#31253873)
Defined dog breeds? Yes. Yorkshire Terriers (and dog breeds as we know them or as was studied in the submission)? No.
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