I want to talk a minute or two, about the, “The well breed dog”.
This is yet, another example of inaccurate information. That has been taught to us for such a long period of time, that it’s now, firmly ingrained in or social conscience.
For lack of a more reader friendly term, I’m going to call it, Propaganda ! ” If your going to buy a puppy, make sure you purchase him, from a reputable breeder”. This sounds pretty logical, doesn’t it ? The only problem is regardless of whether or not the puppy is ‘well breed’, ‘medium breed’ or ‘otherwise breed’, it is impossible to control genetics.
Science has been cloning animals, for a while now. What they have found out is, although they may succeed at making a identical carbon copy of an animal, appearance wise. The personalities are different.
Here are two more examples, that should convince a significant number of you reading this, that if you want an expensive puppy, fine, but don’t think there not going to have behavior issues or health problems. Regardless of who the parents are, the offspring can and most likely will be, vastly different. In personality, not necessarily looks.
( 1 ) ; For all you parents out there, with two or more children. Are their personalities identical ? They should be, if we believe the common breeding logic of good stock. Or how about your siblings? They should have the same exact personality as you. Do they ?
( 2 ) Yearling sales, for thoroughbred horses. I remember watching a T.V. program, eight or ten years ago. While watching the bidding price’s for some of these horses, reach some staggering amounts of money. They interviewed one of the all time great thoroughbred horse trainers, who was there evaluating yearling’s for his clients. They asked him, ” By spending enormous sums of money, does that guarantee you a winning horse”. His response was both, honest and refreshing, he said, ” I tell all my clients, the same thing. It’s really a crap shoot, on whether or not you will get a good horse”.
The point of this is.
If you want to buy a puppy from a breeder, that’s fine. But do not think, for one minute. That because you purchased your puppy, from a “reputable” breeder. You are going to have the perfect animal, or a dog that never gives you any problems, behaviorally or health wise.
It’s our job, to teach right from wrong. Whats acceptable behavior or not. Regardless if it’s our children or our dog. Knowing acceptable behaviors, is a learned behavior, not an inherited behavior. Of either species.
The Spirit Dog
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