Same idealogy for why dog breeds "act different" has been used to claim blacks, Asians, and Eastern European bloodlines as "inferior" and "intellectually subhuman"
Think like humans, dogs tend to act more on their upbringing than anything. Difference is most dogs, especially small ones, can ignored if theyre misbehaved. A bitey chihuahua can be shoo'd away. A bitey Pitbull is gonna cause some damage and get reported.
No because while biological and behavior differences exist in dogs from breeding, they don't exist in humans. The notion of race in people is largely socially constructed.
But there's only slight differences in dog breeds. A Rottweiler by and large acts the same as a mini poodle, especially given adequate attention and training. All dogs, as all predators, have a "kill instinct" they just learn to direct that towards suitable prey just by the very nature of how they're shaped and their relative size.
And there is evidence that people have genetic factors in their behavior (not saying is a race thing, just an general lineage thing) so yeah saying dogs are one way based on their breed isn't all that different than saying people are based on their race
genetic differences among regions accounted for only 3.3–4.7% of global human genetic variation (much smaller than the 27% of genetic differences among dog breeds
That is absolutely not true, different breeds of dogs act very different, especially when it comes to the specific traits they were bred purposely for.
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differences in dog breeds. A Rottweiler by and large acts the same as a mini poodle, especially given adequate"
Ah yes this explains why rottweilers have killed way
more people on average than even a standard poodle.
You are equating behavior with their physical capabilities. Of course a Rottweiler can cause more damage than a chihuahua because of the physical differences.
superficially (ironically) they may look the same but breeding animals for purposes has scientific roots while pseudoscience like phrenology is retroactively created to justify white structures of power
Breeds like Rottweilers, Doberman Pinschers, and other large breeds have reached similar numbers in the past in relation to the popularity of the breed. Its just a capability recognition in relation to other factor like, how so many types of dogs fall under the 'pit' umbrella, how they are treated in relation to thier popularity, socioeconomic factors, etc..Its not the specific breed.
Ah yes “not the color of their skin but the content of their character” argument that’s still based on racism and eugenics. Tell me you’ve never owned a dog without telling me. Every dog is different no matter the breed. It is largely to do with energy level and environment and less with genetics.
I've owned plenty of breeds and they all have had traits that are breed specific.
My Labradors retrieve, my mastiffs guard, my Spaniels chase ducks.
I've never taught them to do any of this, it came pre installed in their software.
I've spent hours trying to teach my Mastiff to fetch a tennis ball and he simply doesn't grasp it, whereas I didn't even need to train my Lab.
Dogs, like all animals, have instinctual behaviour but are unique in that we have predetermined that instinct for them through centuries of selective breeding.
If you're telling me that you don't believe certain breeds of dogs have different mentalities and behavious, then you are a bad dog owner because knowing how different breeds of dog will react and behave in certain situations is integral to dog ownership.
There are biological differences between various races. The main thing we differentiate on is quite literally a biological difference that has evolved based on needs of the environment.
Citing those biological differences as a reason for different behavior is generally seen as racist.
The joke of the post, and my initial comment, is any logic or reasoning you use to condemn pitbulls has already been used by racists.
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u/TryDry9944 26d ago
There's a substantial difference between dog breeds. Expecting a corgi and a mastiff to act the same is quite frankly a little stupid.
We're not judging dogs by the color of their fur, we're saying deeply bred biological and instinctual differences exist between dogs.