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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
Yes - and if you know anything about dogs you'd know those behavioral traits can be turned on or off depending on their upbringing and treatment.
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No, you can't switch a gene off or cause a gene not to express itself by petting the animal and calling it a part of the family.
A blue heeler will still try to herd you, your kids, your friends, cars, sticks, trees, other dogs etc etc etc without ever being trained to do it or having been around other blue heelers... and no amount of being nice will make it not want to herd things as it is in their genes and they were bred for that exact trait. It is in their DNA and what they are.