—Meanest dog breed I’ve every come across are poodles. Snap happy, bi polar breed in my honest opinion.—
Lousy breeding (by “mills” for example) can do that. An uncle of mine had a poodle that was fiercely possessive of objects. If any of my dogs snapped at me when I took something from them, they’d get a one way trip to the vet (if they were lucky). Cocker spaniels and chows were notorious bad tempers; again, due to indiscriminate breeding.
‘Lousy breeding (by “mills” for example) can do that. An uncle of mine had a poodle that was fiercely possessive of objects. If any of my dogs snapped at me when I took something from them, they’d get a one way trip to the vet (if they were lucky). Cocker spaniels and chows were notorious bad tempers; again, due to indiscriminate breeding.’
Yep. too many breeders out there, thats all I’ll say to that aspect of your post.
My neighbor last month had to shoot a dumped Chow that attacked his harmless Lab mix breed. I wouldn’t own one, and I have decades of experience with dogs, large, medium and small.