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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
I used to have an Old English Sheepdog. She came from a champion bloodline, so there should not have been anything genetically anomalous about her. And she never tried to herd anything that I can recall.
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Looking at only one dog and saying that because he did, or did not do something behaviorally, is proof that inborn temperament does not exist is just ... wrong.
Nobody adopts or buys pit bulls to herd sheep.
Nobody adopts or buys Newfoundlanders to kill rats
Nobody adopts or buys Shih Tzu's to lead the blind.
Amelia in that statement above you are implying that everyone who works with dogs has got it wrong, and that dogs can
all do whatever we want them to with the same level of effectiveness, if we just train them the right way.
I don't think so.
People use specific breeds for a reason.