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It's actually really sad. Dogs began to be bred for aesthetics rather than for a certain purpose and now a lot of pedigree dogs have huge health problems :(. Here's the documentary I was referring to. As for the whole cat thing, I have no idea. I remember reading somewhere about the way cats being domesticated being very different to how dogs were. The gist of it was that dogs were domesticated for hunting/security, etc. where cats were just handy to have around to keep mice down. As a result, dogs became more dependent on humans (which is why they seem love us so much), and cats have more of a "meh" approach to humans. If someone on Hubski studies animals or just happens to have more insight, that'd be awesome!