The genetics of behavior is still a taboo subject, to everyone's detriment. Again, I mention dog breeds as instructive on this. My Malinois, raised from puppyhood by an old Malamute, and now living with a Greenland dog, remains intrinsically Malinois in behavior, priorities, needs. The Greenland dog, raised with the Malinois, would fit into her original group instantly. Group living, social animals both, but so much of who they are is cast in stone.
The genetics of behavior is still a taboo subject, to everyone's detriment. Again, I mention dog breeds as instructive on this. My Malinois, raised from puppyhood by an old Malamute, and now living with a Greenland dog, remains intrinsically Malinois in behavior, priorities, needs. The Greenland dog, raised with the Malinois, would fit into her original group instantly. Group living, social animals both, but so much of who they are is cast in stone.