While some dog breeds have unfortunate reputations for being more aggressive than others, veterinarians and other animal experts have long been skeptical about this.
What's more, as height and weight decreased, undesirable behaviors, including non-social fear, attention-seeking behaviors, and hyperactivity, also increased, asBut a combination of these different factors was the best predictor, rather than just a body characteristic or an environmental one alone.
"We found relationships, but it's impossible to say which comes first. In the case of the factor 'walking the dog', for example, it may be that people walked their dog less because the animal was aggressive, or the dog may have become aggressive because the owner didn't take it out enough,""Traits such as weight, height, cranial morphology, sex, and age influence the interaction between dogs and their environment.
While no one wants their companion animals to rely on aggression as a first response when feeling worried, stressed, or threatened, sometimes there is a valid reason for instances of aggression that can be resolved,"Rather than determining aggression to a single factor common to the species or specific breeds, our results reinforce how individual behavior, combined with dogs' unique genetics, physiology, life experiences, and environmental contexts, interact throughout development to...
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