Dog Behavior: Nature Vs. Nurture
I interviewed dr. Karen overall who was
head of behavior at UPenn for many years
and she said that 90% of dogs that are
bred for a purpose failed to do that job
whether it’s detect bombs at the airport
or guide the blind or whatever it is and
the reason why they fail is because
partly of genetics genetics are not a
you know they’re a crapshoot okay and
it’s partly because humans are the
variable and environmental has
conditions have a lot of variability so
a lot of people get hung up on you know
my breeder says or I read this and
really what they need to know about is
how the environment affects their dog
and how their behavior affects their dog
mainly those are the two things and
that’s where we’re messing up we’re not
paying attention to what humans are
doing we just expect the dog to know it
all and that’s that’s that’s never a
good idea
