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My personal opinion is that it’s a lot breeding, some conditioning and some just individual dog personalities.Ding ding ding ding. There you go.

When I got my most recent dog, I told the breeder what personality traits I was looking for.

There are breed characteristics, but deeper still are individual personality (or dogality) traits.

It’s hard not to notice that pit owners often fit a certain demographic.

Very true. I have a friend who questioned/ recommended that I get a dog like a Doberman or Pitbull.

I'm about 6', at the time I was about 200#, built like a football player. He figured a guy my size should have a "mans" dog. My response was that I don't need a dog to "protect" me. Don't beware of dog. Beware of owner.

I had an Irish Setter then and I have an Irish Setter now. (Had the gentlest Golden between the 2).
Irish Setters are characteristically very happy, gregarious dogs with a strong stubborn streak. PERFECT for me.