Impact of deep personality traits very apparent in my dogs. My chihuahua-mutt will find any opportunity to breach a fence, take herself for a walkabout around the neighborhood and return home in her own time; my poodle would not DREAM of being anywhere except pinned to my side
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Hard to say! Chihuahua is a rescue I adopted at ~3 years old, shuttled from local animal control to a no-kill shelter — no information on her background. Poodle was bred by a very dedicated small-scale breeder, hand-socialized from birth & raised by me from 12 weeks.
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It's a very reasonable interpretation! But: the former is definitely a mutt, probably the result of an accident or informal pairing, and the latter has a lengthy pedigree of dogs selected for scent work with a human handler and thoroughly genetically screened for disease
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So — I don't know! Pretty strong case for either/both!
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For additional context: I've had the chihuahua-mutt for about 10 years, and she still enjoys her little walkabouts whenever she can evade me, although every time she's pulled off an escape she's brought herself home
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Oh yeah. Both dogs are clearly obsessed with me, but honestly, if I had absolutely no choice but to rehome one of them... I think the poodle would survive it. The mutt would be absolutely traumatized.
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