Dog Health Questions: The role of genetics in dog training?

I asked this a few days ago and got only a few answers:
It is a proven fact that genetics play a part in the training and behavior of dogs. A dog with a history of well tempered, trainable dogs in its background will have these same characteristics to an extent.

However, what if a dog with a good genetic background falls into the wrong hands or situation early in life. For example, if that dog is not well socialized when it is young, will its genetics enable its rehabilitation once it is removed from that situation and provided with the proper training and handling? Can its past be overcome by its good breeding? If so, is it expedited by genetics?

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Recommended Answer:
Yes, since genetics is the basis of all temperament issues in dogs, even the ones that have the genetic capability will bounce back, most of the time, and become the dog they were meant to be in competent hands.
I have seen dogs with EXCELLENT genetics stay away from any training and exposure to life and jump right into it with both feet once they were exposed to it by good trainers...bomb proof temperament...great genetics!!! Hope I helped.

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• It really depends on the dog and the breed. Siberian huskies, for example, have insanely high prey drives. mine have been raised around my maine Coons so they are wonderful with cats; while my males littermate has actually killed two. Terriers fall into the same category, excaept it is proven that they tend to take abuse/neglect/abandonmant more "personally", therefore tend to have more difficulty working out the kinks if not properly trained and socialized early. My female Sibe is an abuse rescue. I adopted her @ amlost 5 months old. i am a certified trainer, and I still have issues with her and she is almost 5 yrs old now. there is no guarantee that ANY dog will turn out ANY specific way, even when they are bred correctly. it is all about the specific personality, the socialization and training they recieve, and the enviornmant they are provided. Genetics DO play a role to an extent, but it is not a guarantee you will be able to get your Lab to swim just because he is a "water dog".


• Not beyond the basics.
  
  Only when work on real breed specifics comes in is there any major differences.
  A Peke CAN be rote-trained to run out & circle behind a flock but it will never make even a decent herder.
  Buzzwords like "rehabilitation" doesn't mean anything more than training."Socializing" is another...it doesn't mean tea-parties w/da udder doggies,it just means exposure to new situations. Which CAN be done at any point...by competent humans.