Dogs learn to drive in New Zealand

Re:Dogs learn to drive in New Zealand by pbiggar on Saturday December 08, 2012 @01:46AM (#4890961)

I showed this comment to a shelter volunteer, and they were livid. They felt this would attract the wrong kind of people to adopt dogs: dogs need loving homes, not people who view them as kitschy party tricks.

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Re:Dogs learn to drive in New Zealand by papa_bear on Saturday December 08, 2012 @02:02AM (#4890997)

This driving thing is already a kitschy party trick. And I teach my dog wacky tricks mostly to show friends when they come over, but it doesn't mean I don't love him.

I think the only reason it invites the idea that it would attract the wrong kind of people is because I used a beer example. But if dogs came knowing how to fetch drinks from the fridge, I think few would complain.

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Re:Dogs learn to drive in New Zealand by pbiggar on Saturday December 08, 2012 @02:09AM (#4891016)

The driving thing serves their purpose: a wide reaching campaign to show that dogs are really smart, even shelter dogs.

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Re:Dogs learn to drive in New Zealand by pharrington on Saturday December 08, 2012 @02:01AM (#4890995)

but it is a joke

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