wolfsoul
11-19-2003, 03:29 PM
My friend and I just got into a pretty heated debate.
I say you should always research the dog breed you're going to get, just so you know what you're getting into.
She says that you should never research the breed because that is prejiduce. A dog's individual personality is what counts and you should find out for yourself what your dog will be like.
I say researching the breed will give you an idea of the individual personality of your dog. It won't tell you "Your dog will be exactly this and this and this," but a hand-down of what the breed displays and what your dog will most likely turn out to be like.
She used this example "What if a person goes to a petshop and sees a doberman and a golden retriever, and they buy the golden retriever because they researched they don't bite but dobermans do, when REALLY this certain golden retriever pup WAS bred to bite and the doberman was nice."
I said "When I'm talking about the breed, I'm talking about the characteristics that are drilled into the breed by REPUTABLE breeders who make sure that the breed is bred for it's original purpose (depending on the breed; ie pitbulls aren't bred to fight by reputable breeders). And in this case, the buyers didn't research because if they did, they would have learned to go to a reputable breeder."
She says "Not everyone can afford to go to a reputable breeder; I for one am buying from a petshop."
And I said "if they can't afford to buy the breed they want, then they shouldn't own it."
What I'm saying is, I kept talking about the breed in GENERAL, and she kept saying that you shouldn't generalize a breed because it's prejiduce. She said "that's like saying all blondes are dumb.'' I said if blondes were bred to BE dumb, then maybe they all WOULD be dumb. But they aren't bred for a certain personality. Breeds are.
GRR what do you think?
I say you should always research the dog breed you're going to get, just so you know what you're getting into.
She says that you should never research the breed because that is prejiduce. A dog's individual personality is what counts and you should find out for yourself what your dog will be like.
I say researching the breed will give you an idea of the individual personality of your dog. It won't tell you "Your dog will be exactly this and this and this," but a hand-down of what the breed displays and what your dog will most likely turn out to be like.
She used this example "What if a person goes to a petshop and sees a doberman and a golden retriever, and they buy the golden retriever because they researched they don't bite but dobermans do, when REALLY this certain golden retriever pup WAS bred to bite and the doberman was nice."
I said "When I'm talking about the breed, I'm talking about the characteristics that are drilled into the breed by REPUTABLE breeders who make sure that the breed is bred for it's original purpose (depending on the breed; ie pitbulls aren't bred to fight by reputable breeders). And in this case, the buyers didn't research because if they did, they would have learned to go to a reputable breeder."
She says "Not everyone can afford to go to a reputable breeder; I for one am buying from a petshop."
And I said "if they can't afford to buy the breed they want, then they shouldn't own it."
What I'm saying is, I kept talking about the breed in GENERAL, and she kept saying that you shouldn't generalize a breed because it's prejiduce. She said "that's like saying all blondes are dumb.'' I said if blondes were bred to BE dumb, then maybe they all WOULD be dumb. But they aren't bred for a certain personality. Breeds are.
GRR what do you think?