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Dog breeds ranked by temperament (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've noticed this with purebred enthusiasts. They can get borderline yikes with how they see things.

I have two shiba inu who I love dearly, but I've had so many people make comments that are so hung up on the breed that they fail to see the dog. Both of them have completely unique personalities and temperaments.

I've even had people comment that it's "too bad" the one is cream colored, which is not an "accepted" coat color by whatever society blah blah blah. Like either pet my dogs or get the fuck out my face.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's not like every "purebred purist" is also racist towards humans...

But both groups use the same outdated reasoning with no basis on reality.

And the human racists 100% try to use dogs as a gateway. Convince people breed determines behavior and then later it's not a huge leap to extrapolate it to other animals like humans.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly the way some people treat dogs like collectible trading cards is disturbing

Also - I just looked up a cream colored Shiba (never seen one before, as they're a rare breed where I live) and holy smokes that's a pretty dog, the fact that anyone would look at it as a bad thing is mind boggling