Dogs are man's best friend for a reason, they've evolved alongside humans, so I'd make an exception for them specifically

unless I gotta feed my family, then pickles becomes food.

I genuinely am discomforted when people refer to animals as tools. They are useful, absolutely, but tools is... Wrong.

hmmm

she's the dog in my profile pic btw, awesome dog, but I like my wife and kids more.

Sad but true tho

I mean they kind of are, but they have a heart, soul, desire, emotions, etc, which differentiates them from the wrench

all animals have those

mmhmm

even chickens. but you have to be a man, and think who's more worthy of survival, you or them?

Dog eat dog world

Us, obviously, but I'd still miss them a bit y'know? Like if it was a chicken or something i wouldn't have remorse because that's how the food chain works, but given that dogs weren't bred/raised as food animals, i'd probably hesitate

try raising ducks sometime, they're like feathered dogs, they'll follow you around, sit in your lap, do funny cute shit.

mmmm, duck

See, I don’t think of it as that, I think of it as ’They lived their life, they either die painfully naturally or they die to serve a purpose’
That doesn’t make them a tool.

and shit all over the fucking place, holy hell ducks shit like mofo's

My friend had a duck <:trumplaugh:666855109644386314> they funny

Actually, a good amount of our species' success is attributed to our relationship/taming of wolves and the eventual evolution of dogs, so I wouldn't really call them tools

They was tools tho. Think humans would of tamed them if they was not useful?

useful =/= tools

Humans are useful, they aren’t tools

my first real experience with animal attachment on the farm was when I was like 7 or 8. Old man bought 2 pigs with his brothers. Told me, "Don't go near them! They're dangerous!" But they were hella nice to me, I could take them on walks on rope even though they weighed 400lbs and could eat me in seconds. When the grass was tall in the orchard, sometimes I'd take em for walks, they'd lay down in the sun, let me lay on them.

Pigs are dangerous.

I used to have to collect eggs from the henhouse, see you buy chickens as chicks, and they're supposed to be sexed, but sometimes they make a mistake sexing, and we ended up with this real fuckhead rooster that would fly at me claws first and attack me. Fucker would fuck me up all the time.

Number of people who have been eaten by them is crazy

they're useful but they're more than just tools. dogs can be emotional companions too. dogs also see extensive use in the military and police force, dogs are basically heroes. Saying a dog is a tool would be like saying a veteran is a tool, they both gave their lives serving this country and their species and keeping us safe, that deserves respect.

Also that rooster sounds like an asshole

One day I was laying on the fruit drying trays in the sun, and that fucker got out. He was on top of the henhouse cawing at the pigs. "COCK A DOODLE DOO!" but the pigs didn't pay any attention to him, in fact, they had their backs turned to him which pissed him off more.

If y’all truly think animals are tools I recommend reading Sgt. Rex.
Great book about a military working dog

I love dogs. But they was tools, but they grow in are heart. They helped us for so long. So that's why we love them so much. Unless you from china or Muslim

So dumb ass decided to fly down into the pig pen to challenge them. It took less than a split second for the pigs to fly across the pig pen and nail him. In a puff of feathers, my 2 sows vanquished my rooster foe, I was so happy and grateful.

So he got rekt

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/coronavirus-chinese-official-suggests-u-s-army-blame-outbreak-n1157826?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

China will china.

For the rest of the year I would continue loving on my pigs, they me. I'd take them down to the nearby creek to wallow. I'd look them in the eyes, see intelligence, they'd always be happy to see me and just started following me without a rope. I could point them to go back in their pen and they would.

Didn’t the virus come from bats tho? Smh, China shifting blame

mine lives in my house

Then one day my uncles showed up early in the morning. My old man was polishing his .22. They moved the pigs from the pen into our fenced in yard. They were all sitting around and drinking beer. My old man took aim, nailed porky right between the eyes. Petunia had no idea what had happened, she walked over to porky, she got shot too.

Why did he kill them in front of you? I understand where you’re going with this though

he's bullshitting you

Then they was Sunday morning and they all had bacon

Both pigs fell over to their sides, instant brain shot. I watched the blood trickle from the headshot, their eyes haze over blue. My dad and uncles bound their feet, put a pole between their legs and carried them out to the carport where we kept the power transfer sprayer.