'Designer' dog owners report more problem behaviours, vets warn

They compared popular designer doodle breeds - cockapoos, labradoodles and cavapoos - to their purebred parent breeds across ...
Forbes

Breed Has Little Effect On Dog Behavior, Study Says

Breed is a weak predictor of dog behavior, according to a study published Thursday in Science. Researchers sequenced the DNA of 2,155 dogs to identify their ancestry and surveyed owners on the dogs’ ...

Crossbreed dogs more badly-behaved than their purebred parents

Popular 'designer' dogs linked to excessive barking, separation-related distress, and growling over food or toys ...

'Designer' dogs more likely to have behaviour problems, study finds

Crossbreeds such as cockapoos, cavapoos and labradoodles linked to excessive barking, separation-related distress, and ...
Ars Technica

Genetics goes to the dogs, finds there’s not much to breed behavior

Many dog breeds are purely about appearance—think poodles and the Pekingese. But plenty of other breeds, like racing greyhounds, are devoted to specific tasks. For many of these tasks, physical ...
Newsweek

Dogs Are Finding It Harder To Express Their Emotions, Study Finds

Domestication and breeding by humans has affected dogs' abilities to use facial expressions to convey their emotions, a study has found. Researchers at Durham University discovered that modern dogs ...
UPI

Study: Dog's breed has little influence on behavior

For the past couple of centuries, humans have been breeding dogs to meet specific physical characteristics -- to make Golden Retrievers fluffy, to make Rottweilers muscular, or to make Chihuahuas tiny ...
Live Science

Your dog's genes, but not necessarily its breed, play a big role in its behavior

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