About a dog

I’ve come to the conclusion in the past few years that our schools should offer a canine awareness class.  So many people out there own dogs, or come into regular contact with them, all the while remaining ignorant about what drives them, or how they communicate with us or one another.  Many dog attacks could be avoided, for example, if more people had a clue when the dog was saying “leave me alone.”

We get a lot of fear mongering in the media, and among people who should know better than to accept anything at face value.  “Oh, pit bulls are dangerous.  They should be banned.”  Maybe we should ban stupid humans.  That would improve matters immensely.  And not just for the dogs.

It’s not as though dogs are some mysterious creatures newly come into our company.  We’ve been breeding and raising them for thousands of years.  But people cling to popular misconceptions.  It’s not helped by these moronic assholes who think dog-fighting is “good sport” or that owning a bully breed dog somehow makes them tough.  News flash–people who feel the need to look tough rarely are.

Then there are the people who think breeding dogs for fun and profit is some sort of Constitutional right.  Not that most of these people would understand a real Constitutional right if it flew up and bit off part of their ear.  There are millions of dogs put to death every year because of selfish jerks eager to make an easy buck.  Breeding is a science, folks, not a hobby for illiterate pinheads.  It takes work, and knowledge, and a true dedication to improving the breed.  Anything else is an insult to everything dogs have given us through the eons they’ve traveled at our side.  Civilization might not be what it is if not for the dog.