How long does it take for a “learned behavior” to become an instinct for an animal?

Question

I don’t know if “learned behavior” is the right term for this. But say we trained every dog in the world to do a specific thing for the next 500 years, would it eventually become an instinct?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Yes. That’s how we get herders and pointers and the gentle mouths of ferocious poodles.

Not because the learned behavior somehow oozes in to the genes, but because we keep the dogs that learn the desired behavior quickly and well. The dogs that can’t retire to the farm.