| Fear and aggression are certainly not limited to poorly bred dogs, nor are all poorly bred dogs afflicted with poor character.
Whether well-bred or poorly-bred, character traits that are inherent cannot be replaced by environment. They can usually be managed by environment except in extreme cases, but what comes with that DNA does not simply go away and become replaced with nuturing no matter how clever. Dogs can and do learn to manage their fears and/or they can learn to have behaviors imposed upon them with training, but as WD indicated, under stress what is inside will come out. That is why controlling the environment of dogs with aggression problems is such a large responsibility. (and it's not much fun either) |