Hearing Pouliot talk about headstrong, distractible puppies — the kind that usually make good police dogs — is a lot like hearing an elementary-school teacher talk about attention-deficit disorder and the trouble with boys.
Still, they are gentle by nature and tend to make good family dogs, said Jacque Schultz, who operates a greyhound adopton network for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York.
As they tend to regard all strangers as friends, members of the breed will usually not make good guard dogs.
They can make good family dogs and are patient with children, but can require some sort of purpose, be it hunting or agility work in order to prevent them from becoming bored and destructive.
They are spread either in English or as loan translations, with such 19th-century American wisdom as "Don't swap horses in mid-stream" (Abraham Lincoln did not originate it), "Good fences make good neighbors," "A dog is man's best friend" or "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" gaining wide currency.
Whoever this person is is clearly a very naughty, grudge-fuelled indomitable mischief-maker… but if they're looking for freelance employment as a personal assistant I pay competitive rates, plus travel (must make good tea and tolerate dogs).
Dogs make good crew members".
Remember that dog people make good leaders.
"You can train any breed," said Ms. Kalik, but breeds like Labrador and golden retrievers, which make good pets and good working dogs, are "a happy medium".
Have students try to imagine what our lives would be like without an understanding of evolution we would be unable to develop drugs that successfully treat common childhood illness such as ear infections and strep throat, or to develop disease- or insect-resistant crops, or to breed less aggressive dogs that make good pets, etc.
