Your Dog’s Personality Isn’t Dictated by Breed, Study Says

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Your Dog’s Personality Isn’t Dictated by Breed, Study Says
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Labrador retrievers aren’t guaranteed to be friendly, and a French bulldog’s lifespan is more likely related to body type than breed, according to geneticists who analyzed variations in the canine genome

A Ph.D. candidate at UMass Chan Medical School administered a swab test to her dog at a park in Medford, Mass., Wednesday as part of a study..

Breed was responsible for less than one-tenth of differences in behavior among thousands of dogs, the researchers said in a study published Thursday in the journal Science. Based on a survey of more than 18,000 owners and genetic sequencing from more than 2,000 of their dogs, breed ancestry wasn’t a very accurate indicator of traits such as how easily dogs are provoked by uncomfortable situations.

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