cally thats a pretty good post although your really down playing the prey drive herding /guarding /sport dogs all need this in huge amounts. and any well breed rott/gsd/pitt bull/dobe anmong others will have a ton of it, or should have.
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Just for an example a livestock guardian dog should have very little to no prey drive. If they did they would have been taken from the breeding program or culled
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this is not true if the dog had little or no prey rive not only would he not have what it takes to chase away the coyote or wolf the flock would be scattered far and wide because without prey drive they wouldnt be able to keep the flock together. while herding instinc comes naturally for many dogs that doesnt mean they can do it with out the help and traing and breaking of unwanted behavior by the human in charge of the flock. i truly dont think dogs in general even wolves have a total predator drive anytime they may get caught up in the moment and kill through over stimulation and they like wolves will kill to eat. only cats have that true predator drive they kill to eat and they kill just to kill.