[Britster]

Great responses.... definitely an interesting topic. I really don't mean that every dog is going to love being active, or whatever, etc... obviously each breed is going to have unique individuals, etc. I've met some lazy Border Collies for example.

I mainly mean, I think we should look at -- Animal first, then Dog, then Breed, then Individual.

Yes, certain breeds are different than others, but dogs are dogs. Some may require slightly different approaches to socialization, training and exercise, but they're all dogs and behave as dogs do. They are all fundamentally the same creatures.

I just think sometimes certain people put their breed on a pedastool, and almost have a "mightier than thou" attitude about their breed, as if they are sooo different than ALL other dogs. I think is what I'm getting at.