This is a controversial opinion I’ve had for years honestly.
I don’t think dogs are secretly hyper intelligent or anything like in this story, but I do think it’s kind of fucked up how we methodically and systematically took wolves and genetically deformed and disabled them just so they can be tools for our own comforts and services.
Like if you were to look at a pug, a dog that is absolutely crippled with health issues on a breed level, can literally pop their own eyeballs out from sneezing too hard, barely breath right, etc. and compare it to a wild and healthy wolf, it’s tragic.