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Originally Posted by luciferase75
If you see a litter, don't get the dominant one unless you like a challenge. By challenge, I mean biter or one you have to actively dominate, depending on breed. The smallest will be passive and/or skiddish. You can train out both sides to a certain extent, but some part of that behavior will remain. Just food for thought.
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I don't think that this is a fair generalization.
The smallest puppy in the litter can still have a dominant personality, and the big ones are often very docile, mellow animals.
Our dog (golden retriever) for example was second smallest in a litter of 7 but was clearly born with an alpha mentality. She was quite a handful as a pup but is a wonderful, well adjusted pack member now. An excellent addition to our family.
In addition if you're going to invest some time training the dog you would be better off with the dominant animal in general. The submissive dog is more prone to fear biting and may not be well motivated to train.