Dog myth blown wide open as owners told your pet’s behaviour NOT linked to breed

Instead, the study found that a dog’s age or sex were in fact better predictors of behaviour.

The study authors wrote: “Despite these widely held assumptions, there is a stark lack of genetic research illustrating a link between breed and behaviour.”

Elinor Karlsson, study co-author said in a news release: “The majority of behaviours that we think of as characteristics of specific modern dog breeds have most likely come about from thousands of years of evolution from wolf to wild canine to domesticated dog, and finally to modern breeds.

“These heritable traits predate our concept of modern dog breeds by thousands of years.”

The study was carried out by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and is due to be published in the journal Science.

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1601924/dog-news-myth-debunked-pet-behaviour-good-bad-linked-breed