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3. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Are You an Aggressive Dog?

Research found that of all breeds, doxins were the most aggressive to both their own owners and to strangers. "It would be terrifying to imagine a really large doxin," he says. But it's reasonable to hypothesize they're doing that behavior because they're small,. I think it's maybe a compensatory element. In all animals, including human animal, there's something you gain by being larger or louder.

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