The article Stop Stereotyping Dogs written by Clive Wynne and Lisa Gunter argues that breed type has no correlation with behavior, for a dogs’ personality comes from “genetic and environmental influence” (Wynne and Gunter). However, Wynne and Gunter argue that breed type influences people, for example an animal shelter in Florida removed all breed specifications from their kennels, and the adoption of Pitbull’s went up by 75 percent. Even more, Wynne and Gunter tested the accuracy of “shelters breeding assignments”, and found that “only 12 percent were purebreds or a straight mix of two breeds. …staff only correctly identified all the breeds in a dog’s makeup in just a 10th of their animals”. Interestingly, Wynne and Gunter also found that
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A pathetic appeal utilizes the reader’s emotion to the writers’ advantage, which can influence the reader to take a step back and view things differently. Wynne and Gunter state, “With man’s best friend, just as for his master and mistress, stereotypes based on perceived heritage are often misguided or just plain wrong”, which gives the reader a gloomy comparison to relate to; in other words, the authors want the audience to think about the racism is this country, and to consider if there really is a difference between that, and dog breed stereotyping. Alternatively, the authors also compare choosing a life partner to a dog, and their argument is that humans need to “see past labels and seek real compatibility”, and if people look past labels while dating, why can they not look past the breed of a dog (Wynne and Gunter)? All in all, the article makes the reader’s feel sympathetic towards the dogs who are breed shamed, which hopefully opens their minds to different dog breeds. In the end, Wynne and Gunter use the readers humanity and emotions to get their point across, which is to forget preconceived notions on breeds and find the dog of your …show more content…
In other words, do not fault a dog for preconceived notions on the breed, for breed specification on personality is false, which the authors proved throughout their article by utilizing the Aristotelian appeals. The authors worked to prove this to naysayers in the article, and they disapprove of the fact that breeds are stereotyped. In fact, society needs to discontinue stereotyping all together, for the actions of a few do not determine who the entire group is. The outcome of labeling is never good, for example, racism is full of stereotypes, and just like with dogs’ people cannot identify who a person is based on appearance alone. Finally, Humans and dogs have different backgrounds, and should be treated as individuals, and “their personalities are not dictated by the race of their ancestors” (Wynne and
A pathetic appeal utilizes the reader’s emotion to the writers’ advantage, which can influence the reader to take a step back and view things differently. Wynne and Gunter state, “With man’s best friend, just as for his master and mistress, stereotypes based on perceived heritage are often misguided or just plain wrong”, which gives the reader a gloomy comparison to relate to; in other words, the authors want the audience to think about the racism is this country, and to consider if there really is a difference between that, and dog breed stereotyping. Alternatively, the authors also compare choosing a life partner to a dog, and their argument is that humans need to “see past labels and seek real compatibility”, and if people look past labels while dating, why can they not look past the breed of a dog (Wynne and Gunter)? All in all, the article makes the reader’s feel sympathetic towards the dogs who are breed shamed, which hopefully opens their minds to different dog breeds. In the end, Wynne and Gunter use the readers humanity and emotions to get their point across, which is to forget preconceived notions on breeds and find the dog of your …show more content…
In other words, do not fault a dog for preconceived notions on the breed, for breed specification on personality is false, which the authors proved throughout their article by utilizing the Aristotelian appeals. The authors worked to prove this to naysayers in the article, and they disapprove of the fact that breeds are stereotyped. In fact, society needs to discontinue stereotyping all together, for the actions of a few do not determine who the entire group is. The outcome of labeling is never good, for example, racism is full of stereotypes, and just like with dogs’ people cannot identify who a person is based on appearance alone. Finally, Humans and dogs have different backgrounds, and should be treated as individuals, and “their personalities are not dictated by the race of their ancestors” (Wynne and