Are dogs with papers more loyal to their owners?

Answer 1

Dogs don't understand what those papers mean so there would be no reason for special treatment, only the humans who sell and buy them pay attention to those papers.

Answer 2

Your question does not make any sense. Loyalty comes with the bonding between dog and owner, and some breeds are indeed more loyal than others by nature, but any dog can become incredibly loyal to it's master by trust.
Dogs with papers mean that you know for a fact what breed that dog is and what his parents, grand-parents, great-grand-parents and so on were. It also shows what kinds of lines the dog comes from, such as conformation champions or just ho-hum pet dogs.

My dogs are loyal to me, all eleven of them, because of our time spend together and all the training we have done together. Not because of some pieces of paper...although I do cherish those papers a great deal.

Answer 3

A dog has no clue if it has papers or not.

I have 4 dogs, 3 are mixed breeds from local animal shelters and 1 is a pedigree with papers. They are all 4 extremely loyal and loving. So, NO, it makes no difference.

Answer 4

Papers have nothing to do with a dog's loyalty or anything about their personality, etc. Rescued dogs are sometimes the most loyal because they have come from a very bad place to a wonderful home.

Answer 5

Only if they're the kind they can pee on when it's 20 below out and they're saved from having their little butts froze off in the snow.....goes for little dogs, big dogs generally don't care and don't need any kind of papers, just a good person to be loyal to.

Answer 6

No, a piece of paper stating a purebred, does not make the dog understand anything. Mutts can be just as loyal.

Answer 7

A dog that is treated with love and respect will be loyal to their owners. I have owned pure bred and Mutts and they have all been well behaved and loyal because of the way they were raised.

Answer 8

I dont believe that papers have anything to do with loyalty, the right up bringing will make a dog loyal.... just respect, love, and attencion will make your dog a loyal friend till the end. papers will just let you know if they are pure bread!

Answer 9

No.

Dogs are like humans in that they all have their own personalities. Dogs, by nature, are very loyal because in the wild they are pack animals, and pack animals are loyal to one another as their safety and ability to eat depends on loyalty and the hierarchy of the group. Accordingly, dogs of any kind will generally be more loyal to humans than other types of animals who don't have a genetic imperative for loyalty.

With that said, you should know that a lot of a dog's loyalty comes from their individual personality and how they were socialized as a puppy. It also has a lot to do with the relationship they develop with their humans. A dog who trusts his or her humans, and who respects them, is much more likely to be loyal than a dog who is a bit insecure or who has been treated badly.

Papered, registered dogs are neither more nor less loyal to their owners than any other dog. I have had both kinds in my life, and because of my comfort with dogs, and my knowledge of how to treat them to get a good response, I have always had extremely loyal dogs. But in the end, a purebred dog is really only about their bloodlines. They will tend to have better, clearer breed characteristics, but they won't necessarily be more loyal or loving.

There is one exception, and that is purebred dogs who have mental illnesses. Because of inbreeding here in the US, there are several breeds of dogs who have tremendous potential for developing mental illnesses as they age. My cousin, a vet tech, told me that both pure cocker spaniels and pure miniature poodles suffer from higher incidents of mental illness than is usually found in the general dog population of the US. It is directly related to them being overbred, and the recessive genes for mental illness ending up being more prominent in the gene pool. When you have a dog that has those types of problems, they may exhibit all sorts of strange behavior, including not being loyal, being downright hostile, and having rapid mood cycling, like a bi-polar person.

So basically, if you don't care if your dog is of show quality, adopt a pooch from the pound. They are ever bit as smart, loving and loyal as any purebred dog out there.

Good luck.

And by the way, if you get a dog, please help control the unwanted pet population. Have your dog spayed or neutered to prevent unwanted litters.

Answer 10

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!

papers have NOTHING to do with the dog's behavior or temperament, or health for that matter.

Proper and Responsible Breeding, Genetics, and Owner Knowledge are MUCH more important than papers.