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Puppy Culture Potluck: Ep28 - Is It All In How We Raise Them? Re-thinking the Nature vs Nurture Debate.

Dec 10, 2024 · 26 min · Episode 36 · 37.6 MB
0:00-26:06

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This week’s question is about whether doing Puppy Culture or any other early socialization program can guarantee good outcomes for puppies.

“…I was talking to a breeder about Puppy Culture and I told her that if she would just adopt the program, she would eliminate any temperament issues with her puppies.  Am I right about this?  Isn’t Puppy Culture a guarantee that puppies will have good outcomes?”

In this episode I tackle:

  • Re-thinking the line between nature and nurture
  • The partnership between breeders and puppy owners for raising a good dog
  • The evolutionary reasons why breeding “good” dogs is so difficult

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