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Originally Posted by psugorilladdr  Can the way they are raised have a HUGE effect on temperament? Seems like my female I got from the "hell hole" doesn't have the chill factor that my male has. It's taken almost a full year, but she's kinda getting it. She's so much more mellow than at first. I always tend to tell myself that it was the way she was raised. Never socialized, never touched grass until I bought her, never left the cage, etc. On the other hand my male was raised with kids around, played with daily, ran outside, etc. Can things like that effect temperament drastically? Or am I just coming to my own reasonings on the issue? (I know this is way off track to this post!) |
Yes it can! Temperament is inherited to some degree, but often times the way they are raised plays a big part. You can see the difference between dogs that come from a loving breeder and dogs that come from a puppy mill.