FOAK: Dog training and 'shock' collars

But then I'd have to carry the dog. If I'd had the lead, at least I could
have dragged it.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Eh? As far as I can see, most breeds are artificial constructs.

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Muck left a note on my windscreen which said:

If the keeping of the animal is wrong then what's your opinion on
keeping animals for produce?

 

Grimly Curmudgeon left a note on my windscreen which said:

I didn't say they were not. I was trying to add to the original comment
by saying that in nearly all cases of cross breeding the purpose was to
create a shape/character for specific working tasks.

From those established breeds the pedigree and the breed standard is
derived to which purpose the dogs are bred within the breed. The OP's
comment seemed to suggest that a breeder could chose to breed a
purebreed Mastif with, for example, a St Bernard to obtain a greater
depth of body. In the case of pedigree breeding this woud be wholly
unacceptable.

 

Champ left a note on my windscreen which said:

I think you've mistaken me for someone who disagrees with the OP.

 

Food animals are ok, they're grown as a crop and harvested.

 

Muck left a note on my windscreen which said:

"It's not the lead, it's the keeping of the animal, bit it caged, boxed,
leashed, tied or whatever."

 

Crops are ok. Rover Burger anyone? Kitty pie?