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3. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Dog Breeds Are Not Naturally Aggressive, Period.

Aggression is more complicated than that. What counts as aggressive behavior is really changed according to context. People who want aggressive dogs get those breeds and teach them to be aggressive, you're saying? At some level. And it's also confirmation bias where we remember the cases of a pit bull who attacked a woman in the face or killed a child or another dog.

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