chuck u farley
Registered Senior Member
Hi Tenson Prime:
You're absolutely right in my opinion. There actually seems to be less genetic distance between breeds of dogs than there are between races of humans.
I've been raising and training dogs for thirty years, and I can tell you from experience that "Breed" is just a social construct.
Every year I enter a dog in the sheep dog contest. Those other guys think that there is some genetic basis for breed, and they always enter Border Collies and Australian Shepherds. What fools!
Last year I entered a Labrador Retriever. He showed no interest in the sheep at all, and came in last place. But I was real proud of him. While he was in the arena ignoring the sheep, somebody threw a beer can. He ran over and picked it up and brought it to me.
Gotta go. Right now I'm trying to train a dachsund to point at quail so I can use him when hunting season starts.
You're absolutely right in my opinion. There actually seems to be less genetic distance between breeds of dogs than there are between races of humans.
I've been raising and training dogs for thirty years, and I can tell you from experience that "Breed" is just a social construct.
Every year I enter a dog in the sheep dog contest. Those other guys think that there is some genetic basis for breed, and they always enter Border Collies and Australian Shepherds. What fools!
Last year I entered a Labrador Retriever. He showed no interest in the sheep at all, and came in last place. But I was real proud of him. While he was in the arena ignoring the sheep, somebody threw a beer can. He ran over and picked it up and brought it to me.
Gotta go. Right now I'm trying to train a dachsund to point at quail so I can use him when hunting season starts.