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Dog study let pit bull owners lie & still found behavior is breed-specific

March 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Finn study is third in six months to refute the saw that “It’s all in how you raise them.” HELSINKI, Finland––For the third time in six months a major new study of the heritability of dog behavior,  published by a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal,  has refuted the shibboleth of pit bull advocacy that “It’s all […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bridgett M. von Holdt, César Araujo, Emma Hakanen, Erin Hecht, Evan L. MacLean, Hannes Lohi, James A. Serpell, Jenni Puurunen, Katriina Tiira, Merritt Clifton, Milla Salonen, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Salla Mikkola, Sini Sulkama

Pit bulls: new gene study shows it is NOT “all in how you raise them”

October 14, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Aggression starts from inherited traits             SEATTLE, Washington––The dogma that dog aggression,  especially pit bull aggression,  is “all in how you raise them” is again refuted by science,  but the average reader will have a hard time deciphering the message from the highly technical report “Highly heritable and functionally relevant breed differences in dog behavior,”  […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Uncategorized, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bob Yirka, Elizabeth Pennisi, Evan L. MacLean, James A. Serpell, Merritt Clifton, Noah Snyder-Mackler Bridgett M. vonHoldt

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