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I live in a rural area, our dog has a doggy door and we have no fence. She’s completely free to leave. The same goes for my two dogs growing up. They all would

I live in a rural area, our dog has a doggy door and we have no fence. She’s completely free to leave. The same goes for my two dogs growing up. They all would/would have defended me with their lives. I once had to charge a deer with a fawn that was stomping on my current (12 pound) dog, so you could say I’ve at least somewhat approached the same. For what it’s worth I’m sure all of the dogs could have survived on their own, at least in the summer.

pmoriarty 5y ago
"They all would/would have defended me with their lives." This can be seen as an instance of manipulation and deprivation of free will on a species level, as dogs have been deliberately bred by humans to have these traits. Though, then again one could question whether animals (or humans, for that matter) have free will to begin with, even if they're not bred to have traits that are desirable to humans.