Originally posted by Kfamr
My point is, I think it's wrong to completely disregard a breed as whole - Rather than just a certain dog of that breed.
I completely understand what you mean -- but I kinda look at this from a different perspective. While I would generalize, and say "This breed isn't for me because blah blah," and while it may be true that most of the breed really IS like that, if I did meet a dog of that breed that didn't exhibit the typical characteristics, but rather characteristics that I like, then I would maybe get that dog. So I kind of think like, It's okay to generalize and say that you really wouldn't enjoy having that breed, but I might enjoy having a dog that is that breed if he didn't exhibit the regular characteristics of that breed.