If you’re looking for a dog with a specific personality, its breed will tell you less than the environment in which it is raised, a new study suggests.
When we think about dog breeds, our minds may bounce to stereotypes: Golden retrievers are friendly, pit bulls are aggressive and border collies are hyperactive.
But it turns out that most of these assumptions are probably false.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Universities and the Darwin’s Ark Foundation have found that dog breed isn’t a general indication of a dog’s personality.
Most of what we…
