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Isn't this study flawed because they asked people to report on their dog's behavior? When I talk to other dog owners, they discuss the dog with respect to thei
by jimhefferon 4y ago
Isn't this study flawed because they asked people to report on their dog's behavior? When I talk to other dog owners, they discuss the dog with respect to their perceived breed standard, "Oh, Kelly is much more calm than I expected from a Rotty" or "Joy is pretty dumb for a Collie." If they somehow got neutral observers that would be much more persuasive, in my mind.
- rcpt 4y agoExactly right.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI can only assume some pitbull/Rottweiler owner group paid for this publication.
- tkahnoski 4y agoI came across this from one of the authors cited on the studies. https://twitter.com/eenork/status/1520450288095797251?s=20&t=v-SJ7JYYyTpfsQiat9oehg https://twitter.com/eenork/status/1520450288095797251?s=20&t... My understanding is they use genomic traits across mutts to try and validate if its inheritable.
- antisthenes 4y agoIt isn't flawed, it's straight up garbage. The fact that the authors are preferring twitter to have a conversation about the study is pretty telling as well. No idea how they got into Nature, I thought it was supposed to be a respectable journal?
- robonerd 4y ago> No idea how they got into Nature, I thought it was supposed to be a respectable journal? Prominent journal is a better way to describe it. They have a well known sensationalism bias (as does Science. This is the reason both journals are so widely recognized.)