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[โ€“] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 157 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Dogs were hardwired by selective breeding to worship their owners. Not long ago they at least were loyal companions. You got one off the streets, fed it leftovers, washed it with a hose, it lived in the yard, and it was VERY happy and proud of doing its job. Some breeds now were bred into painful disabling deformities just to look "cute", and they became hysterical neurotic yapping fashion accessories. Useless high maintenance toys people store in small cages ("oh, but my child loves his cage") when they don't need hardwired unconditional lopsided "love" to feed their narcissism.

[โ€“] socsa@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do agree that the caging trend is fucking awful. I have friends who leave their two large dogs caged for 8 hours a day and it crushes me. These are both well behaved dogs who wouldn't make a mess out of a cage so I really just don't get the point, other than it's millennial meta to do cage training.

[โ€“] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, and I heard as a response "but he LOVES the cage". Really? Why does it need a door with a latch then?

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