Disturbing new study regarding purebred dogs

[DeschutesRiver]

79. Not true with the ones I've had; perhaps not all are the same in this regard but

I know for a fact with respect to my german shorthair pointers that this isn't even remotely true for any of the many I've lived with over the decades, whether they were from a breeder directly or from a shelter or a private owner.

There are screwed up GSPs out there, which I would describe exactly as the study does. But it is the result of either breeders continuing to breed a dog when they shouldn't, or owners who screw up how they handle or train these gsps. I recognize the symptoms and won't even adopt a GSP who is acting like that, because you cannot change it usually.

But all the rest? Wonderful, amazing, funny creative dogs who learn how to read your mind. I've never seen a dog who liked to learn as much as any of my GSPs, and the only problem you could ever have is if you didn't continue to teach them new things. I believed and still do that mine taught me that dogs are capable of far far more than most humans expect of them. And I also believe that if an owner doesn't believe a dog is capable of understanding much, then the dog won't keep putting out the effort to learn much or communicate as much as it could if the owner expected more.

And I'm wagering that this is probably true for other breeds as well. I've been around/known so many dogs of many breeds in my decades that do not fit this mold that this has to be a joke/prank? Yes, there are moronic dull witted individual dogs, just like people that I meet. But all of a certain "type" that is called "purebred"? This makes no sense. I can't go read it because of my dialup, so perhaps there is something I've missed.

All I can conclude is that either the limbic system size isn't as directly related to the depth of emotional response/learning as they believe (which I doubt), or their sample size is too small to be meaningful. Or that the dogs whose limbic systems were measured were owned by owners whose expectations were low and thus the dogs never fully developed the capacity that they were born with. Or that there is a purebred breed bias, just as sometimes I see bias in the other direction. I've had mixed breeds which were also capable of much more depth and ability to learn than some people believe possible; well, that is true for any dog.

I dunno - this is just so different from my repeated experiences that I can't even take it seriously. Reminds me of the human cretins who wanted to exterminate people who are not "purebred" - this nonsense about the alleged capacity of most "purebred" beings vs. "mixed" beings is just creepy, whether one is pretending "facts" to apply it to humans they don't like or now apparently to dog breeds they don't like.