Posted on 07/14/2018 5:39:07 PM PDT by Norski
View Academic Paper DogsBite.org was recently introduced to a variety of works by internationally acclaimed animal behaviorist Alexandra Semyonova -- born in the U.S. and educated at John Hopkins University and University College London. Semyonova writes with breathtaking honesty about issues that matter the most: the reality of selecting for aggression and the repeated denial by humane organizations and dog breeders that such selection bears no hereditary significance.
Semyonova's 8-page academic paper explains, in easily understandable terms, the roots and results of selective breeding. Semyonova states in the opening sentence, "Probably everyone understands that all dog breeds we have created are a result of our own manipulation of inherited physical traits." Semyonova continues, "Once the discussion started about perhaps banning breeds that, as a breed, have a high tendency to attack and kill, everything got confused."
Semyonova's paper clears up this confusion by discussing how it is possible for behavior to be inherited in domestic dogs.
The paper begins by delving into the "physical conformation" of the dog, the shape that best suits the task the dog has been bred to perform, as well as the "behavioral conformation" of the dog. Both aspects are the result of generations of selective breeding, which is why a poodle can be taught to herd sheep but will never out-perform a border collie in the task. "We have bred certain things into various breeds genetically and thus irrevocably," Semyonova candidly states. "Physical and behavioral conformation mean that you cannot breed out behavior and keep the dog the same shape," Semyonova states. "Form follows function – you can’t have a dog whose entire body and brain are adapted to executing the killing bite without having, in fact, a dog who will execute the killing bite." - Semyonova
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Some people have rattlesnakes as pets. They do not sleep with them. When my wife is gone I let my dog sleep on my bed. He IS NOT a pit bull.
I would like to know what % of actually trained pit-bulls attack people when they shouldn’t as opposed to other trained breeds. Supposedly only 5% of dog owners bother to train their animals. By observation I think that is probably true. I wouldn’t have a problem with the breed going away.
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Oh please. The site is filled with news, and other stories of general interest. Skip to the next one if you don’t like it. Some people post about guns, some post about airplanes, some post about physics or astronomy.
I do read the news articles about pitbull attacks.
But this one is an academic paper which Norski already posted a link to in the latest pitbull attack thread (see link below).
So, we were already given the link to this paper at Dogsbite.org here...
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3670949/posts?page=21#21
It’s my view that there is the distinct possibility of overdoing it... by repeating it in a new thread of its own.
You are correct; I made a mistake here. I aplogize.
I had meant to post the article “Heritability of Behavior in the Abnormally Aggressive Dog” as its own post, and instead gave a link to it in the other replies. Twice.
An enormous part of the pit bull problem is actually political corruption. You will find dog fighters, drug dealers, head dog catchers, and elected officials either in love with a deadly dog breed type, in addition to “animal foundations” operating as PACs.
The result of all of this is the deadly and unnecessary toll, that one breed type, bred for over one hundred years to perform in an act that is illegal in all 50 states, - dogfighting to the death - being pushed upon the public, who, when they then object to the results, are regularly victimized, insulted, and silenced in social media. This is the behavior of sociopaths.
“The Constitution was created for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”
I can supply links to you on pit bull statistics:
https://www.animals24-7.org/2015/12/23/pit-bull-statistics/
https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-bibliographies-behavior-studies.php
I am sorry that I do not have the number at hand, but have not been asked this before. If you are undecided about these dogs, perhaps the information provided at these links will assist you in any decision.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply.
When I was young, the first dog our family had was a Golden Retriever, the runt of a litter of twelve, who was afraid of everything. Our mother would not let the dogs on the bed, so we sneaked her up and stuffed her under the covers, laughing all the way. That dog had a perpetually guilty look on her face from all the things that we kids made her do.
> Abnormally Aggressive Dog
I didn’t read the article. Can anyone tell me if it applies to Maxine Waters?
We do not know the genetic history of this person, and so find it unlikely at this time.
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