A dog is a cute animal that has fur, four legs and a tail, and it barks.

That is a very peculiar definition of “dog” and the only one I’ve seen, but it doesn’t seem to be the one used by biologists or anyone else who takes dogs seriously as animals. If you don’t take them that way, what are they?

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If you want pics of a dog hmu

OK, I’ll bite – what is a dog?

(I don’t want pics, just definitions)

Well, dogs are vary unique creatures, they are the prime example of human domestication.

Humans basically own dogs, as a species and individually. They come in many shapes and sizes and no 2 dogs look the same.

There are many breeds originally created for a specific purpose who still keep that job. There are many dogs made for attacking people and self defense, some help with agriculture and hunting, but most just hang out with their humans and chill.