But because it’s a dog, he is supposed to completely disregard generations of breeding? Cani Corso came from rural Italy and have been bred for a range of things from driving cattle and hunting boar to guarding property. As an intact male Cane Corso, he was just doing what he thought was his job. That behavior wasn’t learned, it was instinctual. And it’s the owner’s responsibility to acknowledge that and use training and environment to ensure the dog is never in a situation they can’t handle. I think people in many western countries and Americans in particular, have this idea that any dog who doesn’t have a happy go lucky, submissive, eager to please attitude is a “bad dog” and it’s the owner’s fault – unless he’s a rescue who’s been abused. Then everything is forgiven and the dog can do not wrong. What’s missing from that point of view is genetic predisposition and owner responsibility.
“Is It All In How You Raise Them?”. Let’s Talk Dogs….Logically! (13 June 2018).
