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		D13Fd 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The child-like role of dogs in Western societies > There are over 200 breeds of dog, it doesn't really track that only 2-3 breeds would be significantly more violent than the others. Why not? There are breeds that are taller or shorter, high-energy or low-energy, great hunters or awful hunters, and so on. And it’s not a mystery why some breeds got this way: they were specifically bred for it.

micromacrofoot 8 months ago [–]

> There are breeds that are taller or shorter, high-energy or low-energy, great hunters or awful hunters, and so on

there are dozens of breeds in each of these categories — we don't have a single breed of dog that's 5x faster than all the others

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