Terriers, unlike natural predators that humans have not fucked with, do not hunt because they are hungry Their instincts have been warped into a genocidal urge to find any small burrowing thing in the vicinity and rip and tear and rip and tear until nothing moves anymore
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Now that we've mostly moved on to higher-tech, less bloody means of large-scale pest control, terriers are obsolete for their original function, and their more-domesticated descendants get these feelings out by just being very annoying
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It's just funny how heavily we've fucked with dogs, especially compared to cats Terriers are a Bio-Organic Weapon They literally have Dalek minds, "EX-TERM-IN-ATE, EX-TERM-IN-ATE"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @kstraith
i feel like humans never quite forgot that they domesticated dogs for practical reasons, while cats just domesticated themselves and we let them for the aesthetic :p
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Replying to @IamJadehawk @kstraith
My favorite thing is how retrievers are the most "exactly what it says on the tin" animal we have We designed a whole-ass animal just to retrieve shit for us
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A golden retriever's whole damn life revolves around a human indicating they want something retrieved and then running off posthaste to carefully retrieve it And they're deeply emotionally invested in doing it too
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The Rick and Morty jokes about creating a sentient being with feelings and emotions just to pass you the butter is kind of redundant We already did that, to creatures of flesh and blood, centuries ago
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Or take greyhounds That's not even a "practical" purpose, we just got really into making dogs race and betting on it So we made a dog that stores up all its energy for the day and expends it all in one big sprint that lasts exactly as long as a typical race
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Learning the Dalmatians were herding dogs (and specifically horse herding dogs) was one of the most "Oh, now I get it!" moments for me. We stopped trying to force horses to run to fires and Dalmatians suddenly lost the purpose they'd been bred for, and got bored and pushy.
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Most of the stuff about "temperamental" purebreds is literally this science-fiction conceit about Bio-Organic Weapons genetically engineered for the task of piloting starfighters or whatever having to integrate into normal civilian life now that the war is over
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Just all the breeds that have "too much energy", a golden retriever acting the way it does because it was *designed* to have enough energy to spend a whole day every day retrieving ducks shot down by hunters And now it won't fucking leave you alone asking for things to retrieve
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