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> The dog is no longer in a setting where this is crucial to their survival It is crucial to their survival. That's how they made it to this day in these numbe
by csomar 1y ago
> The dog is no longer in a setting where this is crucial to their survival
It is crucial to their survival. That's how they made it to this day in these numbers.
- golergka 1y agoReproduction and evolutionary success in breeding conditions are not the same thing as survival. No breeder kills off dogs with unwanted characteristics, they just don’t breed them.
- jcynix 1y ago> No breeder kills dogs […] I sadly have to disagree as history tells us a different story, e.g. "Back in the day, puppies without a ridge were either euthanized or culled at birth." https://healthyhomemadedogtreats.com/ridgeless-rhodesian-ridgebacks-facts-traits/ https://healthyhomemadedogtreats.com/ridgeless-rhodesian-rid... I learned that when I met such a dog the first time some years ago and the owner told me about this. And I would not bet that it actually is "history" nowadays.
- eadmund 1y agoEvolutionary success is survival for genes.
- abrookewood 1y agoYes they do. Farmers will kill dogs who attack/bite sheep & cattle without much hesitation.
- SethMurphy 1y agoDogs, in the US, are no longer an asset to use as a tool, such as herding, but merely a companion in the vast majority of cases. Agreed they became what they were in order to be useful enough to feed and care for, but different traits may be desired as a pure companion.