New research suggests dogs have a much more individualized personality that goes beyond their breed. dogs dogbreeds
When we adopted a tiny black-and-white puppy in February, we couldn’t even try guessing her breed. She was one of more than 100 dogs rescued from a hoarding situation, and she arrived in foster care without siblings or a mother. We immediately ordered aand learned our little Gabriela was 81 percent terrier — a mix of chihuahua, toy fox terrier and dachshund. She also had smidges of beagle and Boston terrier.
“We were studying compulsive disorders, which dogs get,” says Elinor Karlsson, the director of vertebrate genomics at the Broad Institute. “We were trying to understand the genetics of compulsive behaviors in dogs, and it might tell us something about OCD in humans.”, a community science project in which people could enroll their dogs and share genetic data. The project was able to collect data from a diverse population including purebreds with papers and shelter dogs with no known pedigree.
For the trait of biddability, the team found that breeds like the Belgian Malinois, vizsla and border collie were the most likely to respond to human direction in training scenarios. In contrast, the basset hound, Alaskan malamute and Shiba Inu were most likely deemed “independent.” The team concluded breed type was only a moderate predictor a dog might have a certain behavior. A border collie puppy, for example, might indeed be smart and easy to train. But it also might not be eager to please, which can make it harder to teach it commands.
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