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Re:The War on Dogs by latchkey on Monday June 05, 2023 @01:59AM (#36192905)
You're thinking of a larger dog. This is a small dog (Bichon Frisé), with the temperament of a cat. Probably wouldn't survive long in the wild.
Re:The War on Dogs by red-iron-pine on Monday June 05, 2023 @11:40AM (#36197893)
Plenty of larger dogs are couch potatoes. Take your Newfie or Great Dane for a couple km and they're happy to snooze for the rest of the day.

Plus dog walks aren't just for the benefit of the dog.

Re:The War on Dogs by 29athrowaway on Monday June 05, 2023 @01:08PM (#36199453)
Open your front door and let's see if they prefer the sofa.

A dog that loves your house is like the old guy in Shawshank Redemption that only has a life within the jail.

If the dog was intelligent, would it still protect you from intruders? And if it didn't, would you still keep it around?

If the dog was intelligent and it was truly part of your family, would you pay for its college tuition? Or do things you would do with an adopted member of your family like inheriting your house? Or it would be more like a slave that is only there to defend you?

So, in the end, it is all just abuse. You kidnap an animal, then restrain it, neuter it so it cannot be aggressive, discipline it to adapt to an unreasonable and unnatural standard of cleanliness and behavior, etc.

Your dog likes you because you took away its family and essentially marginalized it so that it is forced to bond only with you. And also because of artificial selection for those traits. If it was aware that it was kidnapped and forcibly sterilized it would never like you. You are just abusing a lesser form of intelligence.

Re:The War on Dogs by 29athrowaway on Monday June 05, 2023 @01:07PM (#36199420)
It still does not belong in a human habitat no matter how much you want to make it a thing.

A dog has to be among their own species and have a dog life. Cover large areas, sniff around, spread their scent, interact with other dogs, etc.

In a human house, living in isolation among humans that have unreasonable expectations, a dog life simply sucks.