The personality of a potential owner is one of the key ingredients that should be considered in the decision-making process. If the owner's temperament clashes with that of the dog's, then this could lead to problems.
For example, some breeds absorb training at a slower rate and respond only to a patient, empathetic approach. An owner who is used to training Rottweilers, which need a more demanding training technique, will fail miserably if he or she uses the same assertive approach with a Belgian Sheepdog, a breed with a more delicate constitution.
A large, loud, physically imposing ex-football player should not pick an extremely submissive Italian Greyhound as his pet. The dog could be too intimidated to do anything but urinate submissively and shake.
That same person would be better off with a fairly dominant male German Shepherd, a dog capable of appreciating a more imposing leader. Honestly determine what your presentation to the dog will be like, both temperamentally and physically. Are you tall, short, mild-mannered, overly nurturing, loud, meek, impatient? Making an honest assessment of yourself now will aid you greatly when you go through the breed-specific profiles that follow.
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