365 Days of Drabbles, Day One Hundred Sixty-Eight

[jeriendhal]

For ankewehner: “What pets does the Groupmind allow on the Ring?”

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“You. Did. What?” the breeder shouted.

“Chemically neutered all of your poodles, sir,” the Groupmind repeated.

“'Neutered...' Those dogs were worth a hundred grand!”

“Sir, the same was done for all the other canine pets brought to the Ring.”

“But why? We've been domesticating them for ten thousand years! They weren't dangerous!”

“No, but the amount of morphic alteration they have suffered can only be described as animal cruelty. Consider the difference between a Toy and a Standard poodle even, never mind a Chihuahua and a Wolfhound,” it said

“'No dogs allowed.' Hmph!”

Comments

[ankewehner.livejournal.com]

I'd probably been a bit more selective, but in principle, I approve. :D

[harvey-rrit.livejournal.com]

Toy poodles in particular have grievances to redress.

Their instability is due less to overbreeding than to being essentially a Chihuahua covered with pubic hair.

[meganeko-mausuu.livejournal.com]

...they basically set it up so that once all the current dogs die, there will never be any more. They have taken away PETS. No wonder their "charges" revolted. Hmph.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Doing the utterly wrong thing for the right reasons is what causes half the Groupmind's troubles.