The most fascinating part of this to me is that roughly 88% of mixed breed dogs passed the test. So if you're just looking for a great dog, a mixed breed might actually have a better chance than a purebred!
Unless you're getting a lab. I've never met a lab that wasn't the bestest doggo ever lol
Without knowing what types of mixes were in the sample I wouldn't draw too many conclusions. Poodle and lab mixes are some of the most popular mixed-breed dogs.
Should have taken these dogs to the vet, I feel like this chart would look a lot different temperament wise. Working in the field, I'm very confused how some of these breeds scored so well and others so poorly.
Yeah, as someone who's been around dogs for decades, this chart doesn't make sense. I'd like to know the methodology used, and with how many dogs of each breed.
Seriously. Is it just me, or is it a little racist (breedist?) to lump dogs into individual categories based solely on breed? They're all unique individuals with their own personalities. Any dog can be a good boy if raised properly.
They are specifically breeded for certain traits, it's fair to lump them into breeds when looking at behaviour and temperament since those are traits that can obviously be bred.
Yeah, I almost wonder for a lot of these if they were getting dogs from the same genetic line. I've seen some breeders make dogs with poor temperaments just becuase of the breeding stock they've been using.
Like, I do agree bearded collies can have poor temperaments, but so bad that they're that far removed from all other dogs? Strong disagree.
It doesn't help that the "No. Breed" legend at the bottom is just about useless because it is not in order of percentage nor in alphabetical order. It seems to be... Random?
The Malinois at the very front surprises me the most. In our shelter in Germany these dogs unfortunately quite often end up in hardly placeable, unpredictable condition. But there my impression is probably also distorted, because I otherwise see them very rarely.
This just proves my feeling that chihuahuas are plain bad at being a dog. Every Chihuahua I've ever seen was aggressive at anything that moves. Just because they're small, people find that cute or something.
I had a sheltie named Sivonne that passed away a few years ago of old age. She was the sweetest, most docile girl, let toddlers pet her and didn't mind when cats came over. She was, however, deathly afraid of going outside, and we rescued her from a breeder who de-barked her after she refused to be either a show dog or a breeding dog. I'm not sure how much of her calmness was her personality or just resignation to life, but I hope she felt safe and comfortable for the time she was with us.
Imagine what needs to be done to surgically make a dog unable to bark. Somehow, it's still legal in some places. There wasn't anything we could do to reverse it either, unfortunately.
No I think it's saying 96% of french bulldogs tested have "passed" the temperament test. So 96% are not aggressive, I think that's what it's saying, anyways
It's Russian roulette no matter what, whether the revolver has 6 shots or 1000. A golden doodle decides to attack it'll do a lot of damage, but a pit decides to attack and you're talking about devastation.
They're responsible for the lion's share of debilitating injuries caused by dogs. That's a hard fact. Some 'temperament test' doesn't change anything. It's not scientific. I've rescued 4 pitbulls in my life. I loved them dearly, but I accept the fact that they are all potential killers.
I don't know.... Pitbulls are usually owned by trashy people so the dog ends up being trashy.
A properly raised pitbull would likely behave better than a poorly raised Golden Retriever.
Still if a pitbull decides to fight its much more dangerous.
The American Pit bull terrier, Stafordshire Terrier, and American Staffordshire Terrier are all “pit bulls”. They are all near over 85% to 90% on the chart. Me and my pitts have known that for years 😌
Yup. Us pittie owners know that no matter what, our dogs are getting blamed. Few months ago on a walk we had a collie escape from a yard and started jumping all over my girl (thankfully not biting). My girl just sat there looking at me like "uhhh, dad? Make him stop?".
Of course their owner started screaming bloody murder when my girl hadn't even growled, let alone done anything else. It's almost as if dogs aggressiveness is largely based on the environment they were raised in, and pittie owners are extra careful because, again, no matter what its our dogs getting blamed. Of course the people who get a dog to be a toy tend to get breeds like Goldens and GSDs, and then never bother to train them.
Pitbulls are responsible for 60% of all injuries and 63% of ocular injuries. Pitbull attacks have higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than attacks by other breeds. During 2005-2017, pit bulls killed one citizen every 16.7 days, totaling up to 284 Americans
In the 10 years from 2009 to 2018, pit bulls killed or maimed 3,569 people in the USA and Canada. (Merritt Clifton, Dog Attack Deaths & Maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2018 Log.) They killed over 80% of all Americans who are killed by dogs. (Colleen Lynn, 2015 U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities, at http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-fatalities-2015.php.)
Published, peer-reviewed studies in authoritative journals of psychology and forensic science establish that pit bull owners as a whole -- statistically -- are more likely to be socially deviant, engage in crimes involving children, domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and violent crimes against other persons. (Jaclyn E. Barnes, Barbara W. Boat, Frank W. Putnam, Harold F. Dates, and Andrew R. Mahlman, Ownership of High-Risk ("Vicious") Dogs As a Marker for Deviant Behaviors, J. Interpersonal Violence, Volume 21 Number 12, December 2006 1616-1634, abstract at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17065657;
A certain aggressive portion of people DO think that pitbulls are violent dogs, so they take them on and train them to be aggressive dogs
Pitbulls are strong as hell, so when they do act aggressively they cause a lot of damage
The real answer is to do something about the bad owners, because they give the whole breed a bad reputation. Continually saying that pitbulls are not a problem ignores this point.
The real answer is to do something about the bad owners, because they give the whole breed a bad reputation. Continually saying that pitbulls are not a problem ignores this point.
Those two sentences seem to contradict each other. If the bad owners are giving the breed a bad reputation, then the problem isn't the breed. It's the owners. What point does that miss?
Pointer: bred to point, naturally will point birds with 0 training
Heeler: bred to corral, naturally tries to corral things with 0 training
Retriever: bred to retrieve, naturally compelled to retrieve with 0 training
Terriers: bred to kill small animals, will go sicko mode on rats with 0 training
Pitbulls: bred to fight dogs, oh it's just how they are raised little hippo would never ever oh no why is there blood everywhere who could have foreseen this
Pittbulls were bred to fight bulls and other large animals for sport or hunting. This required quite a lot of special training. The infamous locking jaw is an adaptation to allow them to hold onto a bucking bull. The dog fighting happened after baiting large animals was outlawed long after the breed was established.
I think the results are a bit skewered because based on what I could find out these tests are done voluntarily by the owner. And obviously, if you own a "dangerous" breed and they are misbehaving you aren't going to take the test.
I highly doubt 95% of randomly selected Belgian Malinois would pass the test. They require a ton of training and without that they wouldn't pass.
With Golden Retrievers you will have more people undertake the test without undergoing proper training of their dog. Because they seem fine in daily life.
Pitbulls are the most abandoned dog breed. Without proper training they are a danger to others. German shepherds are similar and many people underestimate them but Golden Retrievers are most often fine even with suboptimal training.
The reason many of us want to ban pitbulls is because there are too many bad owners. It's the same reason many of us want to ban guns. There are too many people who shouldn't own guns or dogs. And ofcourse compromises are welcome, such as requiring certificates to own certain dog breeds. I think it would even be ideal to require it for every breed.