• whome
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    5 months ago

    If you leave out the fact that we also breed them till their eyes pop out of their sockets, their brains don’t fit in their skulls, they are in constant fear of suffocating. Then yes

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      They’re either this or well built, intelligent, and filled anxiety over the impending collapse of the galaxy into a black hole. "What was that?! A small tear in the fabric of the space time continuum? Demons? Maybe the cat next door is finally going to murder all of us! Ok, probably not. But maybe I should bark at whatever it is just in case. "

      • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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        5 months ago

        Some of that is poor training, they bark at unknown things until you come, and then bark to back you up when you answer the door.

        What you do it wait outside until they quiet down, then come in, or if you are answering the door move them away from the door before answering.

        There’s probably somebody with better training methods.

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      4 months ago

      those breeds are quite new, for the vast majority of our history dogs have been bred to be healthy, since they do important work and having them die on you is annoying after you put in all the work to train them.