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


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Dec 10 2024 26 mins   6

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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