These folks are ignoramuses. From the moment we made fire there have been pupies to sit beside us. That means from the time it began till. It ends.
I wouldn’t be surprised, since the dog/human relationship seems so natural and almost predetermined or predictable.
During the height of the feminist movement of the 70s and 80s, I used to say that God made dogs for us, to make up for making women.
Meaning how loyal, honest and true, dogs are.