There is something very special about a dog. They have a brain and a mind that causes them to identify with humans in a way that no other animal does. It’s quite uncanny.
They have done a lot of testing on dogs brains and the way they think. I won’t say killing a dog is like killing a person; that’s ridiculous and a leftist concept. But I will say a dog is special. It’s not like a cow. A dog will search your face to try and understand your feelings. That is proven - no other animal does that - not even the primates.
“A dog will search your face to try and understand your feelings. That is proven - no other animal does that - not even the primates.”
Well a cat will search your face as well. It’s just the indifferent shrug that comes afterwards that makes some people think that they don’t.
The only thing my dog searches for is food.
I agree, and I feel the same way about horses. Both animals look to us as ‘leaders’, and give us their trust and loyalty.
Civilization was built upon the backs of horses, and it seems to me that we owe them a special place in our sensibilities; a place of honor. And not as much for the horse’s sake, as for our own, and the edification that a value like that brings with it.
Same with dogs.
I doubt that, even in cultures where some will eat these animals, true horsemen or observant and understanding dog owners will; except perhaps in the direst of circumstances.
(My grandmother’s second husband had some involvement in the Boxer Rebellion, and related stories of men having to eat their horses. As the story came down to me, it was relayed as a horrifying thing to the men to have to do.)
JT