Dogs have been domesticated for like 5x as long as horses, they never stopped being man's best friend
this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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Even cats have been domesticated for longer than horses.
...Cats are domesticated?
Yes, but actually no. WE didn't domesticate cats. They domesticated themselves so they could reap the benefits of being our pets.
Eh, they domesticated themselves.
sleeper agents, the lot of 'em
Kinda
Did you just make that?
Dogs have been serving mankind for like 15,000 years.
Horses were a fling
We were on a break!
I don't think we had trebuchets 15,000 years ago.
Why the long face, chum?
cancer
Damn that sucks, I’d stay but I already made plans with my dawgs
As someone who has had to take care of both, I much prefer the dog. One, they're more cuddle loving, and two... they shit less. Way less.
They also can't kill you instantly because a random noise scared them.
Not only that but people are also stealing their tranquilizers
And their antiparasitics!
I would buy them legally if allowed.
Guilty of war crimes, I am
The invention of the automobile was probably the best thing that ever happened to horses! They went from slaves to pampered darlings
Also, people eat horses a lot more often than they eat dogs.
There’s something about the _____ of a horse that is good for the inside of a man
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that'll accommodate the girth but not necessarily the length