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"Natural dog" is a silly term. Dogs are a domesticated animal and breeds have been around for almost as long as writing. [1] I call mine a "mutt" - it's inoffe
by kharms 10y ago
"Natural dog" is a silly term. Dogs are a domesticated animal and breeds have been around for almost as long as writing. [1]
I call mine a "mutt" - it's inoffensive and gets the point across.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_breed#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_breed#History
- tetrep 10y agoMutt is intended to be an insult. While I'm fairly confident I've never heard it used as such first hand, it's still the 2nd definition on whatever Google uses for defining things: a person regarded as stupid or incompetent. "“Do not give me orders, mutt.”"
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- zeveb 10y ago'Dog' is also an insult, and for that matter so is 'bitch' (n.b. for non-English-speakers: 'bitch' is the English word for a female dog). I don't think that there's anything wrong with calling things by their proper names.
- bitwize 10y agoIf you wish to be pedantic, "mix" and "mixed breed" are fairly neutral terms.
- nailer 10y agoA natural dog's parents picked each other because their butts smelled good. An unnatural dog's parents were chosen by someone looking to make an animal with a squashed snout.