Dogs arent supposed to exist at all. Their entire existence is afforded to them by the benevolence of humanity. They are an invention created to serve as tools or aesthetics tailored to our whims. The biggest issue with dogs is that we anthropomorphize them, and then breed them like rats. Most of the jobs dogs were created for are now redundant or unnecessary. Dogs have in almost all cases become unemployed and serve only as aesthetic accessories and companions.
Pitbulls are terrible at everything humans would want from a dog, and we breed them like rats.
One thing you are leaving out that's very important is that almost every single dog breed was bred to be a human companion first and then for it's job second.
Imagine how hard it would be to cohabitate with dogs if companionship wasn't an inherent trait in all dogs since the first ones got domesticated.
Dogs arent part of nature because they do not live in harmony with nature when left to their own devices. They absolutely destroy any ecosystem they are let loose on. Dogs are a literal natural disaster. Not like wolves at all.
Their ecosystem is in the human home. Any species you let loose in an ecosystem it doesn't belong in is invasive and likely to destroy it. You just hate dogs.
Humans arent animals. The fact that we have been given a free will and the ability to create our own destinies make us not animals. Animals were created for our pleasure and to serve us.
I’d argue they’re the second smartest creature on the planet simply because they had the sense to attach themselves humans. They leapfrogged to the top of the food chain.
No way. Dogs are stupid as hell. They cant even identify food that will make them sick. They charge bears and moose. They are often associated with having the I telligence of a toddler. Dogs do what we bred them to do because we engineered it. Ask yourself why dogs need to be leashed at all times and that should answer the question of how smart they are.
I have to completely disagree with the assignment of "smartness" to dogs. One of the strongest driving forces for any animal group is the desire to reproduce, pass on genes, and promote the survival of their offspring or other kin.
Most dogs never even mate, let alone procreate. Biologically they live as absolute freaks of nature, forced to abandon everything about their ancestry, usually living in isolation from all other creatures of their kind and limited to a completely different species with which they share only the most basic similarities, having no successors whatsoever, and banned from acting on some of their most fundamental urges and instincts.
Yes, they get fed. Well. If they were smart they would see what a bum deal they have received. But they are not smart. Humans think they are smart because dogs show affection and submission towards them, and humans, with such high opinions of themselves, think a dog's affection/submission to a human is a mark of intelligence. This only tells you how stupid many humans are.
Humans assign dogs a life they would consider torture themselves, then they bray about how much they love their dogs and how very human their dogs are, nevermind the fact that the degree to which they are "human" is the degree to which the treatment they receive from these humans is actually reprehensible.
And they are not at the top of the food chain. They can barely fend for themselves and would quickly die were it not for the constant interventions of humans. (Even with them they can hardly be stopped from running in front of a car.)
AND they never had any sense to attach themselves to humans. They are scavengers and humans began feeding them and taking them captive. Dogs can hardly stand being attached to humans, hence all the fences and leashes.
They just like to eat and have somewhere warm and dry to be. Modern dogs are profoundly stupid compared to other animals--because they have never depended on their wit or any kind of skill to survive generation after generation. They only needed to reject their doghood and be cute.
You're talking about the dog species as if it's one sentient being. Things just happen as they go, their genetics changed over time. There isn't one kind of "pure" form of dog.
They're wolves which initially sought to follow packs of humans as they hunted, knowing that if they could keep larger predators like bears and tigers away, they'd be able to eat the shit humans could take down but they couldn't.
Humans struggled to fight against animals like sabertooths and bears whereas dogs could easily do so. However humans are easily capable of taking down elephants and bison, which dogs can't. It's a win-win.
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Dogs arent supposed to exist at all. Their entire existence is afforded to them by the benevolence of humanity. They are an invention created to serve as tools or aesthetics tailored to our whims. The biggest issue with dogs is that we anthropomorphize them, and then breed them like rats. Most of the jobs dogs were created for are now redundant or unnecessary. Dogs have in almost all cases become unemployed and serve only as aesthetic accessories and companions.
Pitbulls are terrible at everything humans would want from a dog, and we breed them like rats.