Wow this post got popular. I got called into work and didnt see the replies, sorry ladies and gentlemen! Trying to catch up tonight.

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    If you will not write off a whole breed of dogs, you have not spent enough time around dogs.

    Shepherds do not need to be taught to herd. Retrievers do not need to be taught to retrieve. Pointers do not need to be taught to point. Fighters do not need to be taught to fight.

    These are innate behaviors. You can’t stop them.

    There’s a reason pit bulls account for such a large fraction a dog related injuries.

    And don’t let the pitbull defenders get to you with their “but it’s a mutt” or “they’re such sweet dogs” BS.

    Of course they’re going to be nice to their owner. People who train and breed dogs to kill each other for entertainment are going to have no problem immediately bringing the dog that pisses them off out back and shooting them.

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      Shepherds do not need to be taught to herd. Retrievers do not need to be taught to retrieve.

      Shepherds have some herding instinct, but they don’t magically understand herding.

      You do, in fact, need to train a herding dog to herd if you want it to be any good at it.

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      Fighters do not need to be taught to fight.

      This is where I recognize that you are making stuff up. You lost me here…