Those are cats, not dogs.
:D
I must disagree.
I have had Ibizan Hounds and Portuguese Podengos for 25 years.
Neither breed needs me to survive.
I could turn them loose in the woods and they’d thrive.
Sometimes, I think they only come back inside for the fluffy comforters.
:)
The “Life After People” series addressed the dogs without human caretakers issue.
Except for dogs like Pugs and lap dogs, they’d all do just fine without us.
Chillingly so.
And I disagree with you. Rescue dogs, given enough food and comfort, will drop their instinctive habits of survival. My God, even the birds at my backyard feeder have become welfare recipients. How bewildered they all look when it’s empty.