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[podling]

It bugs me somewhat that puppies don't have names for the first several weeks of their lives...

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The last few litters of puppies I saw kind-of had names... they each had a little colored ribbon assigned to them at birth, so you had "mister blue" and "miss scarlet" and such.

Also, on "domestication" and such... I mean, to some extend, our cats and dogs domesticated themselves; given enough time, raccoons seem to be keen on going that way as well. The thing is that in the modern day most people don't work side-by-side with their dogs the way they once did, the way the dogs were BRED to, and so many people think of their dog as just another piece of property or something. It's totally not a thing for everyone, particularly in the modern day; I think of dogs more like furry kids for people that don't want to worry about financing college or having the garage burned down. =)

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[podling]

Oh, that's cool! Little color coded puppies! If I ever have puppies (and by that I mean, have a dog that has puppies, not have half puppy/half Andrea hybrids) I hope I remember that.

And yeah, furry kids. They're high maintenance, not for everyone, true, but they do have positive aspects other than just financing college and irresponsible fire breathing tricks. I mean, they don't talk back. They're not as moody. They're wish is often to please you, which may be true with human children to a point, but I think they lose that after a while. And they're fuzzy & furry and cute! :)