March 25th, 2010
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Meeting the parents of your puppy in the hope that observing their traits will inform you about what lies ahead for your pet isn’t always useful. The parental traits that are passed down to one or all of their offspring are random and unpredictable – as is true for many animals, people included.
Man O’ War’s parents didn’t have any more foals like him and none of Mozart’s children were musical geniuses. Take a deep breath and accept fate – anyone who hopes that researching the daylights out of a puppy’s heritage will help to produce an amazing adult dog may just be barking up the wrong tree. Radio show host and pet expert Tracie Hotchner is the author of The Dog Bible and The Cat Bible. Click here to follow her on Twitter and be sure to check out her website |
