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Originally Posted by YorkieMother  You start messing with the way a dog looks your going to pull a behaviour trait.
You correct a floppy ear and what behavior gene goes with that.
You make a dog more resiliant to pain ... what gene goes with it.
You breed down in size what behaiour gene goes with it.
You want a smushed in nose on a dog .. what gene of behaviour goes with it.
You lenghten the nose what gene of behaviour goes with that.
Genes that change a shape of a dog are matched with a behaviour gene. Change one thing over time you change the behaviour of the dog as well.
Any dog showing fear or aggression of any type needs never to have a litter or alowwed to stud a litter as aggression and fear are passed down genration to generation.
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I would have to see some research on this. If this held true you would be able to simply look at physical traits of a given animal and determine his temperament. I don't think that's possible. Genetic transfer is not that cut and dried.
Granted fear and aggression are to be eliminated from a program but it can be done without sacrificing type or structure. If a program is so focused on certain physical traits that temperament issues are ignored, then the program is doomed.