#mushers have to pledge to a welfare organization

[darkwood-sleddog]

At the end of the day all dogs, no matter what they look like or what they were bred for, are DOGS. And as such they still want to enjoy the doggie aspects of life. Running and playing and sniffing and digging and engaging with humans in a positive way.

Like your Frenchie would love to run up and down a hiking path the same as my dogs if given the chance but their conformation makes it difficult for them. It’s not that they are lazy or don’t want to. Their brain does not perceive difference, their body simply does not accommodate fun dog things.

Your little dog still wants to interact with others and say things with dog body language and get that body language listened to and respected the same as my dogs but society’s interpretation of what is appropriate around a toy dog and a larger dog is unfortunately different. Their brain does not perceive difference, simply society does not think they are a danger when they react negatively to their boundaries being pushed in a way they do with larger dogs.

Somehow we tend to treat different breeds as separate species, but they are all dogs, all Canis Lupus Familiaris. And they all deserve to do dog stuff. Thank you.

#dogblr #late night ted talk lmao #anyways it grinds my gears #to see so many dogs with unfulfilling lives #and yet people think mushing is abusive like lol okay #I’ve never met a single French bulldog that didn’t seem like it was just....bored out of its mind #because it physically couldn’t do anything #it’s just funny to me that #mushers have to pledge to a welfare organization #about their care #and do all this public tucking outreach #and fight tooth and nail to offset negative public perception #and average dog owners can just sit their #and ignore their chihuahua’s warning growls as if it’s a game of sorry #and like never put the dog on the ground except to piss and think that’s okay #like why do you have a dog again?? #to....not? do stuff with it??? #huh