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isn’tstrictlypasseddownalongbreed

lines.

Forexample, theyencountered

goldenretrievers thatdon’t retrieve,

saidco-authorKathryn Lord, who

studiesanimalbehavior withKarls-

son.Thebreediseasytotrain,accord-

ing to the AmericanKennel Club.

Somebreeds,suchas huskiesand

beagles,mayshowagreatertendency

tohowl.Butmanyofthesedogsdon’t,

as the ownersurveyand genetic data

showed.

Theresearcherscouldfind no ge-

netic basisfor aggressivebehaviors

nor alink to specific breeds.

In general, the study’s resultswere

surprising,accordingto Jeff Kidd, a

geneticistatthe UniversityofMichi-

gan, who had no role in the research.

“The correlation between dog behav-

ior and dog breedis muchlowerthan

mostexpected.”

ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Researchconfirmswhatdoglovers

know—every pup is an individual.

Many of the popular stereotypes

aboutthe behavior of golden retriev-

ers, poodlesor schnauzers,for exam-

ple, aren’t supported by science,ac-

cordingto anew study.

“Thereis ahugeamountof behav-

ioral variation in everybreed,and at

the end of the day, everydog reallyis

an individual,”said study co-author

and UniversityofMassachusetts ge-

neticistElinorKarlsson.

She saidpetowners love to talk

abouttheirdog’s personality, as illus-

trated by someownersat aNew York

dog park.

Elizabeth Kelly saidher English

springer spanielis “friendly,but she’s

also kind of the queenbee.”Suly Ortiz

describedher yellowLabas“really

calm,lazy and shy.”And RachelKim’s

mixed-breeddog is “a lot of different

dogs,personality-wise —super-in-

dependent,reallyaffectionate with

me and my husband, but pretty, pret-

ty suspiciousof otherpeople,other

dogs.”

That kindof enthusiasmfrompet

ownersinspiredKarlsson’s latest sci-

entific inquiry. She wantedto know

to whatextentare behavioral pat-

ternsinherited,and howmuchare

dog breedsassociated withdistinc-

tive and predictablebehaviors?

Theanswer:Whilephysicaltraits

suchas agreyhound’s longlegs or a

Dalmatian’s spots are inherited,

breedis not astrongpredictor of an

individualdog’s personality.

Theresearchers’workwaspub-

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adog’s behavior, studysays

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Dog loversliketotalk about their pet’suniquepersonality. SulyOrtiz of

NewYork says herLabradorretriever is “really calm, lazy andshy.”

ever put together,said AdamBoyko.

He is ageneticistatCornellUniver-

sityandwasnotinvolvedinthestudy.

Dogsbecamehumans’ “best

friend”more than14,000yearsago,

as the onlyanimaldomesticated be-

fore the beginningof farming.

But the conceptof dog breedsis

muchmorerecent.About160 years

ago,peoplebegantoselectivelybreed

dogsto have certain physicaltraits,

suchascoattextureandcolor,andear

shape.

Theresearchers surveyed more

than18,000dogownersandanalyzed

the complete setofgenesof about

2,150 of theirdogsto lookfor pat-

terns.

They foundthatsome behaviors—

suchas howling,pointingand show-

ing friendlinessto humanstrangers

—haveatleastsomegenetic basis.

But theyalso foundthatinheritance

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Breedscandeterminephysical

traits, suchasthe color of the

browndachshunds, above. But

“thereis ahugeamount of

behavioral variation in every

breed,” says scientistElinor

Karlsson. Forexample, there

aregolden retrieversthatdon’t

retrieve. Elizabeth Kelly, left,

plays with her Englishspringer

spaniel, whom she describes as

friendly butalsoa“queenbee.”

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vacationsand so forth.

—Anonymous

Anonymous:Fair point,thanks.

There can be sub-possibilitieshere

thatare hardto predict, though.

Theonlychild can be introverted,

too, and/or contentnot to be very

social;the firstand second

childrencan have differentsocial

tolerancesor not getalong.

So maybe all parents,but

particularlyparentsof only

children,needto be mindfulof

theirobligation to supporttheir

children’s socialneeds,even if it

goes againsttheir own

tendencies.

Re: Kids:I’mone of those

familiesyou see withtwokids. I

wishIjusthad one. Iknewitin

my gut thatIonlywantedone,

but my husband wantedanother

and: “Hey,everyone else did it.

I’ll regretnot having asecond.”

Do what’sbestfor yourfamily,

not whatyou see othersdoing.

Youdon’t always knowwhat’s

going on insidethe heads/hearts

of theseotherfamilies.

—Knew It in My Gut

Write to CarolynHaxat

[email protected] her

columndelivered to your inboxeach

morningatwapo.st/gethax.

Join thediscussionlive at noon

Fridays atwashingtonpost.com/live-

chats.

have anotherchild,you will

adaptand managethe physical

and emotionalstressesof

becomingafamilyof four.You

will find ways, becausethatwill

be the life and the to-dolistyou

wakeuptoevery day. If you

decidenot to have anotherchild,

you will adaptto having afamily

smallerthanthe one you once

envisioned.Becausethat’swhat

you’llwakeuptoevery day.

Barringsomethingbiggerthat

takes over and decidesfor you —

somethinglikeahealthissueor a

relocation or anytail thatwags

the dog of yourfamily—the most

sayyou have in yoursatisfaction

fromone experienceto another

is throughself-acceptance.If you

can getyourselfto apoint of

confidencethateitherchoicewill

workout fine for you, in different

and not entirelypredictableways

—orwillrun its own course,

good or bad, eitherway—then

the pressure’s off, and you can let

the answercometo you.

Thinkingthere’s awronganswer

mightbe what’strippingyou up.

Re: Kids:Consider your

personalitieswhenyou take

familysize into account.Ihavea

cousinwho’s asinglechildand

was quitemiserable,becauseher

parentswereintroverts and she

felt lonelyalot. My husbandhas

acousin,also asinglechild,

whoseparentsactivelyinvolved

his friendsin playdates,

Adaptedfroman

onlinediscussion.

DearCarolyn:My

husbandand I

have abeautiful

babygirl. She’s an

easy baby,as

babiesgo,but it’s

beenatoughyear.

We’restarting to thinkabout

whether we wantanotherchild

—oratleast, Iam. He says he’s

fine withone and has many

reasons,mostly logistical and

financial.

He’snot wrong,but Ialso look

aroundat nearly all of my friends

and familywho have twokids. I

knowthatshouldn’t be anything

likeafactor in my owndecisions,

but it’s reallyhardto not think,

“Theyall did it, whycan’t we?”

We’reboth pushing40. Howcan

Ieitheracceptwe are complete

as afamilyof three,or decide

we’d be able to handlethe

physicaland emotionalstress of

becomingafamilyof four?

—Deciding

Deciding:If all you see is stress,

or if yourhusband’s fine-with-

one settles into ahard no, then

it’s ano.

If you can envisiongood

outcomeseitherway, though?I

won’t pretend this is true of

everyone,but Ithink,ingeneral,

peoplegrowinto the lives they

create for themselves.So if you

Thinking about growing their family:

The more the merrier or more stress?

Carolyn

Hax

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