Nature or Nurture ? - Page 5

"Cryptorchidism is a combination of genetics and environment and is clearly not learned."

??? Environment ???

Not going to debate with you about dog sports - you really seem to have an "IPO" trauma.

So sorry to hear about your dog susie, please accept my condolensces also. :(

I'm a huge believer in genetics.  If they haven't got it to begin with, they'll never get it.

 ' If they haven't got it to begin with, they'll never get it.'

Depends on what 'it' is.

Courage and fight drive for starters.

I would certainly like to hear more about what type of environment contributes to cryptorchidism...

Sorry to here about your losses.

Imo genetics are like a rough diamond that has to be cut and shaped into a gem. While i can't change the nature of the stone i still can ruin the gem.

While i can't change or  improve on good genetics i can still ruin good genetics by bad nurture.

Good genetics and good nuture equals good performance.

So nature and nurture are equally important imho.

 

To me good genetics has ability to adjust to good or bad nurturing and still thrive, with weak or bad genetics there is always a low ceiling to the dogs adjustment whether good or bad nuturing. 

My current GSD had 7 homes by the time I got her when she was 3 1/2. I don't think she was ever mistreated, rather she was overlooked by all but one of her former owners and received little training or acclimation to real world situations. It took a few months to bring her around to the point where I could show and title her, but she's doing very well now - 3 years later. Nature or nurture? I don' t know. Maybe some of each?