 Nature vs. Nurture
I don't know if I can agree that aggression between females is 100% genetic. The two girls I have that fight are both females that I bought from others and not raised by me. They are perfectly sweet little girls and have never had a problem with humans or with any other dogs. They just hate each other. I have had no problems with aggression with any of their offspring (dogs that have been raised in my home). I mentioned in an earlier post that their daughters will back up the mom in a fight, they are not really getting into it, just sort of dance around looking like if they were going to get into the fight they would stick up for their own mother. My opinion is that although some personality problems are genetic, a lot of personality problems are based in poor socialization. Just my opinion as I have been pleased to have both of these girls in my breeding program, they were excellent mothers, they are excellent with pups including each others, and they have given me excellent babies. JMO
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